New Spa Opening in Belleville Ontario

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Soon to open in Belleville is Sugar Kiss Spa.  A newly created business, founded, operated and managed by a single person. Sugar Kiss Spa looks to provide high quality spa treatments.  With a well thought out business plan and great prices, Sugar Kiss Spa should have no problems finding success.

Sugar Kiss Spa is Located at 42 Elizabeth Crescent in Belleville.  Specializing in esthetics Sugar Kiss Spa will be opening soon, renovations are currently in progress.  Sugar Kiss spa will be open Saturday – Monday from 10am – 8pm and can be reached at (613) 849 – 6564.

Rovers Irish Pub Review

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Over the last week I have spent a good amount of time at Rovers Irish Pub in Belleville, Ontario. 

Planning events is not easy but it is always good to see when you have a successful one.  In public relations you need to be able to deliver success in your event planning.

This year I was working with some classmates from Loyalist PR on this event, which was held this week.  The event was for the QAC (Quinte Arts Council), which was held at Rovers Irish Pub in Belleville Ontario.  The event was also Rovers Irish pub’s grand opening.

I would say the event was a huge success, our team leader Grace Scutella did an amazing job as leader holding the group together and getting things done.  Rovers Irish Pub was in my opinion was lead by their amazing food.  Their head chef Paul cooks amazing food no matter what it is.  During our event Stirling Friend (Grace’s Son), assisted Paul in the kitchen and the two of them ran waves of orders, always sending out success.  The two chefs were some of the fastest working chefs i have ever seen.

I would like to thank everyone that attended the event; it could not have been a success without everyone.  I would also like to say thank you to Rovers Irish Pub for being great hosts & assisting in the success of our event.

Rovers Irish Pub is in my opinion has some of the best food in Belleville Ontario. Rover Irish Pub is also a pub with good beer but beer just tastes like the brand of beer.  Rovers Irish Pub does have a variety of Irish beer, which I am not experienced in.  Rovers Irish Pub is Located in downtown Belleville.

Great Stay at the Capri Inn in St. Catharines

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I have been involved with youth darts since I was a youth playing in darts.  You can read more about youth darts in Belleville, Ontario in an earlier post.  I enjoyed play darts my whole life and the sport was huge for both my social and education parts of my life.  Some of my life-time friend I meet through youth darts.  I will always recommend darts to all youth for those reasons.

Youth darts every year has NDFC (National Darts Federation of Canada) championship.  The championship is built up of a number of tournaments until you become number one in the world.  Every year, the Eastern Ontario Championship is held St. Catharines at the Quality Hotel Parkway Convention Center.   This year the hotel was doing renovations.

Last year friends had stayed at the Capri Inn, just down the road.  This year we choose to stay there with them.   We had chosen to stay there because of the good experience last year.

Capri Inn Located at 391 Ontario St. In St. Catharines was an amazing motel to stay at.  Two year now I have gone there and had an amazing experience.  The staffs were some of the friendliest people I have meet in St. Catharines.  The motel I found was the cheapest in the area and had no sacrifice in style or comfort.  Capri Inn i found offered as much as the others for the best price.

I recommend anyone looking to get away for a few days, visit St. Cathrines and stay at the Capri Inn.

I am the current Mayor on Foursquare.

Events in the Quinte West (March 12-18, 2011)

March is a busy month for Loyalist PR, also their last month of classes.  If you haven’t heard Loyalist PR is hosting workshops from March 18-23.  For more Info read my post http://kwbenjaminblog.blogspot.com/2011/02/free-workshops-from-loyalist-pr.html .

There are many other projects held by other classmates and are approaching.

Saturday, March 12, 1:00 PM – 11:00 PM, will be the End of Winter Blues Fest.   The event will be held in the Shark Tank Pub at Loyalist College.  It looks to be a great an event, with interesting entertainment.  You can RSVP on Facebook.  http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/event.php?eid=134834536584221&index=1.

Wednesday, March 16, 1:00 PM – 11:00 PM, will be the Gleaner’s Basketball Game.  The game hosts staff vs. students from noon till 1 Pm.  The game costs $2 or a donation of a non-perishable food product.  I will be assisting this event.  You can RSVP on Facebook.  http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/event.php?eid=197767616912275

Thursday, March 17 11:30 AM – 3:00 PM will be the (QAC) Quinte Arts Councils St. Patrick’s Day Celebration, which will be held at the Rover’s Irish Pub.  I will be assisting this event.   You can RSVP on Facebook.  http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/event.php?eid=113117795432561

Friday, March 18 5 PM – 8 PM is Gleaners Fill That Bus.  The event is one of the most interesting event to check out.  For more info or to RSVP, veiw the Facebook event. http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/event.php?eid=188372307864559

Experience with Roland Thunder Motorcycle Clothing

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Roland Thunder is located at 74 King St. in downtown Trenton, Ontario.  For almost a year Roland Thunder has been open in Trenton providing quality motorcycle gear.  The business looks to be doing well as you can watch the variety of products grow.  All his products are available at the store front in Trenton, Ontario.  Roland welcomes all to visit his business.  He also has appearances at bike shows around the area.

The store offers much more than just motorcycle gear, like Helmets, jackets, gloves, boots, motorcycles and more.   There are also guitars, T-shirts and clothing of all sizes plus others.  In my opinion, it is just best to go and check out what is there.  There are so many amazing products there you need to see them for yourself.  The store is open Wednesday – Sunday, at 74 King St.

I personally know Roland, he is a friendly local business owner.   He always accepts new customers even if they only have a question.  He enjoys riding motorcycles himself and I would say is knowledgeable about the subject, which led him to create this business and offer quality motorcycle gear for good prices.  If he can’t provide something for you, he most likely can help you find what you are looking for. 

If have never ridden a motorcycle before and are interested or if you just need some products he is a good person to go talk to.  He enjoys interesting others in riding and looks to increase the amount of motorcycle riders in the area.  Anyone interested please visit Roland Thunder.

Roland Thunder is looking into expanding to another location, possible in the Ajax area; stay tuned for that information later.

you can also find Roland Thunder on facebook.

Loyalist PR Presents St. Patrick’s Day Celebration in Support of the Quinte Arts Council

Rover’s Irish Pub at 230 Front Street in downtown Belleville will be hosting a St. Patrick’s Day of Celebration on March 17, 2011 beginning at 11:30 am.  This event is being organized by the Quinte Arts Council with support of Loyalist College Public Relations students.

The celebration will include an old fashioned Irish fare prix fixe menu, a honourary Irish table, Irish dancers, a pianist, Irish music and a raffle. Enjoy soup, salad and a choice of four traditional Irish main courses, and imported beverages such as Strongbow Cider, Guinness, Harp Lager and Kilkenny beer.  The prix fixe menu is only $25 (does not include gratuity or beverages). Tickets must be reserved in advance by calling 613-962-1232.  Lunch will be served between noon and 3:00 pm.

Leading the festivities will be Shannon Neely, the Master of Ceremonies and head of the Honourary Irish table. A bagpiper will escort our Honourary Irish to their special VIP section where they will don a St.  Patrick’s Day hat and receive a certificate of appreciation.  Those who would like to celebrate their Irish heritage or become Honourary Irish for the day should call Shannon at 613-966-1020 ext. 454 or e-mail shannon@financialprotect.com.   Tickets are $125 and include the prix fixe lunch, and VIP extras.  Guests will receive a tax receipt in the amount of $100.  Festivities for the VIP guests take place from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm.

Traditional Irish dancers will perform during the lunch hour as well as an Irish pianist. Music and festivities carry on throughout the afternoon and evening.

Carol Feeney, executive director of the Quinte Arts Council remarks, “This should be a fun day and we are delighted to have the support of the Rovers Irish Pub and the Loyalist College Public Relations students to raise funds for our programming and artist services.  We hope to have a good turnout.”  

 

New Local Sports Blogger

This is just a quick blog to bring some attention to a new local sports blogger.

Blogging is a part of public relations, but you don’t need to be into public relations to blog.  The internet has given humans a lot more opportunities in the in life.  Social media took the work with storm, and it is only going to get bigger.  Blogging is available in anyone, provided my many different websites.

Sports are another interest of mine.  A friend has started a sports blog, anyone interested in sports should check it out.  http://www.uneekvids.blogspot.com/ is the address to the site.  I have found the blog site interesting.  Although the site and blogger is recently new, i hope the best for the blog site and hope you all enjoy it.

The blog site started January 17/2011, which is a week ago.  The sites post popular post is about the Upcoming Super Bowl (Click Here).  The blog sites like to predict upcoming a events.

Toppers Poor Customer Service

What started as a night of movies and ordering out, had became a stressful night.  I was in the mood for pizza, and had not had Toppers pizza in a while.  I was already not a fan of their service, as they have messed up my order the first two times I have ordered from them.  Although I had only ordered from them three or four times, their pizza was good.

We decided to order from them, despite our history. 

After a forty-five minute wait, our order had arrived.  To come to no surprise, we did not get our whole order.  We call Toppers to report, we had not gotten our whole order, and they had asked if we would like a credit on our account.  After asking not for the credit but for the rest of our order, they rudely stated they would send another driver out.

After waiting another ninety-five minutes, we had called back.   They had said the driver was on their way.  We continued to wait for the rest of our order.

That was last night; I still have not received my full order.  This morning when I had woke up, I had called complaining, the manager had told me, she was working in the kitchen last night and had remembered my order, and also heard nothing about my requests.  They continued offering to credit my account, but after having three failed services and this, who would use a service like this?

In my opinion, Toppers Pizza has the worst customer service. I don’t understand how I never got my full order, in more than Twelve hours of waiting.  It was bad customer service, failed employee communication, and bad branding.

I was not happy.

Blogger Report: Twittens, Hands Need Them !!

First, I have to say, I like the name (Twitter + mittens), nice.

A friend I met in my Business Admin. Class last year, had come up to me and had shown me this product he had and his company was selling.  I got looking at them and I’m going order three pairs, I didn’t need to think much about it.  Good idea, new work.

The gloves say enough for themselves, I do think they are an amazing idea.  They have a Facebook pages ( Twitten ), in the info it says “the gloves of the text generation “

        I think they would be useful even if you don’t text, but I think they would be key for people that do text.

        Also, a great idea for a x-mas gift.  The gloves are only 19.99 CND

The product made it way to the Toronto star and explains the story more if you would like to know more. The article is “Twittens deliver frostbite-free texting” published Dec. 6 2010.

In my opinion the gloves still say enough themselves. So please check them out.  Here is the website: Twittens.ca

You can follow them on Twitter, too. @Twittens_ca

Bell Saves a Displeased, Frustrated Rogers Customer.

Thank You, Justin at The T Booth in the Belleville Quinte Mall for saving me, I highly recommended dealing with him for any kind of phone.  He was straight up, didn’t lie, and got me what I wanted.

As I just blog in my blog; Rogers Loses a Life Time Customers I had a lot of Rogers problems and bell saved me.  Roger kept trying to sell me the stupid Sony Ericsson, now it is not that the X10 didn't look better then the Vivaz Pro, it did but I’m sorry Sony Ericsson, Rogers killed your experience with me, I will never go Sony Ericsson again.

Bell saved me and I love the Samsung Galaxy S Smartphone, it was what I wanted and more.  I don’t care if it was a little more, I care about the service I get from the provider and Rogers just showed me how unprofessional and uneducated they are to me.

To add to it all, Rogers sent me a bill in the mail today for like 50 bucks, it has not even been a week since I purchased their phone and I returned it not even 72 hour after having it, never got to use it because it never worked.  Rogers, you’re funny.

Thank You, again Justin, at The T Booth in Belleville Quinte Mall for saving me.

Rogers Loses a Life Time Customer

Rogers was one of my favoured brands in its industry.  It is sad to see Rogers starting to fall, they are all over the news, in court rooms, and now pissing off their customers and lying to them.  Rogers what are you doing, smarten up.

It started when I wanted a phone, thanks to Loyalist PR.  At the time Rogers was one of my more trusting brands to go to, and I knew nothing about these smart phones.  If they would have told me the phone hovers above my lap as I texted, I would have believed them. 

So I entered and looked at phones, after waiting a while for the understaffed Roger Plus store to assist me in my questions, they had answered my questions which were, I wanted an android smart phone, they showed me one and I asked if they has one with a standard full keyboard, and they appointed me to the Sony Ericsson Vivaz Pro.

That is where the problems started.  I got phone the phone didn’t work, because they set me up on a wrong plan, so I had to call the HQ and change my bill, which they tried to charge me for.  After, I did that the phone still didn’t work; HQ tells me it’s becuase, it’s a symbian, not an android, which pissed me right off.   nothing worked on it and i had to return it for a new one.  Once I find out this, I was complaining because ROGERS LIED TO ME, AND SET ME UP ON A CONTRACT I DID NOT ASK FOR.

I had problem exchanging the phone, I had problems with returning the phone, and in a fight over the phone with their HQ telling me they had to follow ROGERS policies and the ROGERS PLUS STORE is telling me they don’t.  30 minutes later and Rogers plus DID NOT HAVE TO FOLLOW ROGERS POLICIES.

HOW CAN A COMPANY NOT FOLLOW ITS COMPANIES POLICIES?

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I WILL NEVER DEAL WITH ROGERS AGAIN, THEY LIED TO ME THREE TIMES AND DOES NOT FOLLOW POLICIES, FOR THAT REASON I WILL NEVER TRUST THEM AGAIN.

GOOD-BYE ROGERS, Hello Bell

NEXT BLOG: Bell Saves a Displeased, Frustrated Rogers Customer.  Thank You, Justin at The T Booth in Belleville Quinte Mall for saving me, I highly recommended dealing with him for any kind of phone.  He was straight up, didn’t lie, and got me what I wanted.

GO BELL GO, TRUST ME GO TO BELL.

Blogger Report: Party with Belle Balloons

Belle Balloons is a business focused on bringing people together, celebrating their achievements and just making people smile altogether.  Belle Balloons is located in Belleville, Ontario at 282 Front Street (downtown), in the Fusion Gifts store.  The owner is Gerrilynne Hoskins.  Gerrilynne is a wonderful woman, with a good sense of design, a creative eye and a friendly dedicated hard worker.  No matter the celebration or situation Gerrilynne Hoskins will do her best with every event that is planned.

Belle Balloons can take your normal celebrations or event and put it over the top, making it a memorable and unforgotten celebration or event.


Whether it’s certain colours you are looking for or the whole event planned from scratch, Belle Balloons is willing to do their best to work with you and what you want.  Their goal is to provide the perfect celebration or event for you and all of your guests.  Even if you are not in the local Belleville area, Belle Balloons is online and you can order all your needs from the internet.

Belle Balloons is a friendly business.  If you have any questions, just visit 282 Front Street, in Belleville to discuss anything you may want to know or what you may need for your celebrations or event and what the company can do for you.

Belle Events is a sister company
                               of Belle Balloons.

Belle Balloons has many ways to contact them;

• They are on Facebook (Belle Balloons / Belle Events)
• You can also visit their website at http://www.belleballoons.com/.
• Their phone number to contact them  is (613) 968-4840.
• You can also email them at greatideas@belleballoons.com.

Gerrilynne and Belle Balloons wishes everyone

   "a great day and hope you think of them for your next celebration".

I highly recommend Belle Balloons/Belle Events, if you want to hold a great looking event.

Blogger Report: Directions Unlimited's CEO

Roberta Denyes

CEO, Management

Directions Unlimited

Belleville, Ontario

In a newly created company, Roberta Denyes works hard as CEO, and management of her  business called Directions Unlimited, A small business that helps other entrepreneurs to pursue their dreams of starting a business.  Working on brainstorming, setting goals, giving directions, planning a profitable marketing strategy and teaching others social media, Denyes is focused on being a good leader and giving others direction in their lives.  Denyes also never gives up on education, taking in everything she can get to improve her knowledge.

 “You never really know where you’re going to end up, but unless you get your foot in the door, you will not be able to find the direction you should be going in.” Denyes said.  After moving around the world and working in different financial industries, Denyes had found her calling back in Canada, after getting her GED (General Equivalency Diploma), than BBA (Bachelors of Business Administration), and ABC (Aboriginal Business Certificate).  She found her calling as it came in the form of leadership, when she started the Fredericton Native Friendship Center, leading others and giving them direction.

Her biggest achievement was establishing a Board of Directors run by youth to develop a youth program. During which she met great leaders that she would always feel encouraged by their leadership in their communities.  “My career goal is to develop a business that offers advice and leadership to small business entrepreneurs. My success will be when I witness a business grow into something great.” said Denyes.

After my interview with Denyes, I recommend anyone in need to check it out on facebook: Directions Unlimited.