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[Greg]

https://www.amazon.c...s=selfie sticks

 

All those selfie sticks on sale at Amazon Canada, and not one found it necessary to suggest that they are for exclusive use by Asians.

[North Shore]

That's a bit of, hey, it's not us... type of excuse.   Asians use selfie sticks, customers complain about large groups of Asians, Butchart bans them.

 

 

What?? Butchart Gardens is now banning Asians?

 

 

[Nparker]

...Butchart Gardens is now banning Asians?

Only the "straw man" version.

[VicHockeyFan]

Be A Tourist this year:

 

 

NEW FOR 2017

A fantastic FREE Shuttle Service is being offered from downtown to Butchart Gardens and other Be A Tourist locations.  Get onboard a comfortable CVS Tours double decker bus. Sit back and relax, take in the sights along the way, and enjoy access to free wifi during the trip.

 

 

 

 

https://attractionsv...m/be-a-tourist/

[VicHockeyFan]

[tedward]

^ Interesting. My family hasn't done this since the last time they offered free bus service to Butchart's. That must have been four, five years ago at least. Long enough for it to be "new" again anyway.

[UDeMan]

Delta Ocean Point Hotel sold

 

From the Globe and Mail, can't link as it's behind the pay wall.

 

British Columbia Investment Management Corp. is moving to sell off its portfolio of large Canadian hotels valued at more than $1-billion as it retools its real estate investment strategy, according to people familiar with the sale process.

The Victoria-based pension fund giant has entered into an agreement to sell SilverBirch Hotels & Resorts, including its 26 hotel assets and management operations, to private investor group Leadon Investment Inc. These well-known properties span the country, including Delta hotels in Toronto, Calgary, Victoria and Halifax.

BCIMC is checking out of the hotel business at a moment when the industry is under immense competitive pressure, but foreign bidders have been eager to snap up assets. Hotels demand rigorous management to keep up with changing brands and customer needs. These properties have increasingly required investments in technology to improve online booking systems and contend with rival upstarts such as AirBnB. Amid these pressures, hotels in Canada and the U.S. have drawn interest from foreign institutional investors, particularly from China, that are seeking to buy properties outside their home market that generate a relatively consistent income. Story (http://www.theglobea...ess/streetwise/bc-pension-fund-to-sell-canadian-hotel-portfolio-for-more-than-1-billion/article33767646/)

[lanforod]

I don't get it. It says all this stuff is free or discounted.,, but you have to buy this VIP card?

[Greg]

I enjoy "be a tourist in your home town" and "dine around." Good time to remind yourself to do some of the things you take for granted and eat out somewhere out of your regular routine.

[VicHockeyFan]

I don't get it. It says all this stuff is free or discounted.,, but you have to buy this VIP card?

 

Yes, buy the pass, get the deals.

[lanforod]

Free... no, 15 bucks. Good deal yes but not free.

[VicHockeyFan]

Free... no, 15 bucks. Good deal yes but not free.

 

Well, it's the same program as it has been for over 40 years, so most likely know what it is.

[Nparker]

Free... no, 15 bucks. Good deal yes but not free.

It's the equivalent of "free heat & hot water" with your $1100 monthly rent. I always think landlords should advertise "Free Rent" and then in tiny print: heat & hot water are $1100 extra - non negotiable.

[Nparker]

...All those selfie sticks on sale at Amazon Canada, and not one found it necessary to suggest that they are for exclusive use by Asians.

Perhaps they are going the way of the Dodo already...selfie sticks, not Asians.

...Dechant’s store, which sells and repairs cellphones and their paraphernalia, has a few selfie sticks left, marked down from $29.99 to $9.99. He can see where this is going. “They’re annoying for most people,” he said. “We have one little space in the store where we have a couple.”...

http://vancouversun....ility-bans-bite

Butchart Gardens rarely makes a marketing faux-pas. They've been in the tourist biz for more than a century, so I think they know a fad when they see it.

[VicHockeyFan]

Not sure if this is new this year.  Nice scrolling digital display on the front "route-name" area.  Did not get my camera out fast enough to catch it.

 

 

 

[Nparker]

...Nice scrolling digital display on the front "route-name" area.  Did not get my camera out fast enough to catch it...

So you're just expecting us to believe you? 

[HB]

Wait until you see the CVS 99 passenger Double Decker which is totally electric. It will be used exclusively for shuttling cruise ship passengers out to BG.

[VicHockeyFan]

Wait until you see the CVS 99 passenger Double Decker which is totally electric. It will be used exclusively for shuttling cruise ship passengers out to BG.

 

Why don't you show us a picture of it, instead of making us wait?

[Nparker]

Wait until you see the CVS 99 passenger Double Decker which is totally electric.

And it's a bicycle! 

[VicHockeyFan]