• Calypso water park named tourism inventor of year

  April 27, 2012 - 8 h 02

  Calypso water park's Summit Tower garnered the splash park Ottawa Tourism's innovation of the year, in awards announced Thursday night.

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• Unions check in to local hotels

  April 18, 2012 - 16 h 30

  One of the city’s leading labour leaders said he hopes an ongoing dispute between Novotel Ottawa workers and managers will lead to higher unionization rates within the local hospitality sector.

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• Porter lands first biofuel flight in Ottawa

  April 17, 2012 - 16 h 44

  Canada's first biofuel-powered commercial flight landed in the Ottawa International Airport on Tuesday morning after departing from Toronto.

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• Le Nordik undergoes $4.1M expansion

  April 17, 2012 - 16 h 43

  A multimillion-dollar project to add additional saunas, baths, pools and a new lounge will make Le Nordik the largest day spa in North America, according to officials at the Chelsea facility.

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• $257M in economic impact for convention centre in next five years

  April 13, 2012 - 12 h 17

  The Ottawa Convention Centre celebrated its first anniversary Friday by releasing economic impact numbers showing the facility will generate an economic impact of $257 million in the next five years.

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• Gallery paints plans for Wi-Fi network

  April 5, 2012 - 8 h 09

  Tourists to Ottawa's largest art museum may soon have the chance to listen to audio guides and browse the National Gallery of Canada's website on a Wi-Fi network covering its public areas.

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• How to 'munici-pimp' Ottawa on a tight budget

  April 4, 2012 - 12 h 05

  In the ultimate demonstration of low-cost marketing, Ottawa Tourism made a splash last year with placards, sharpies, local actors and a stroll downtown.

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• Tourism spending up in Ottawa

  April 2, 2012 - 10 h 05

  Sightseers brought deep pockets to the nation's capital last year - a trend that is continuing this year so far, according to the city's tourism agency.

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• Ottawa to host AMO conference in 2017

  March 30, 2012 - 15 h 43

  Up to 2,500 guests will head to the nation's capital for a municipal government conference the year that Canada turns 150.

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• Ottawa travellers trekking to Syracuse

  March 26, 2012 - 14 h 55

  Cross-border shopping for clothes and accessories may be a time-honoured Canadian tradition, but an association representing the country's airports says that for thousands of Ottawa residents, air fares are increasingly on the list.

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