{"id":55036,"date":"2021-08-02T14:18:12","date_gmt":"2021-08-02T18:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/?p=55036"},"modified":"2021-08-04T16:05:39","modified_gmt":"2021-08-04T20:05:39","slug":"ckms-news-2021-08-02-expanding-operations-at-bingemans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/ckms-news-2021-08-02-expanding-operations-at-bingemans\/","title":{"rendered":"Expanding operations at Bingemans in Kitchener"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Host: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/@NamishModi\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Namish Modi<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CKMS News spoke with president of Bingemans in Kitchener, Mark Bingeman. This piece is a follow-up to the nterview with Explore Waterloo Region CEO Minto Schneider from <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mE5tDMvw1a?amp=1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">last week.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In discussion with CKMS, Bingeman discusses how the pandemic has affected Bingemans, one of the biggest hospitality organizations in Waterloo region. Bingemans has several types of facilities including banquet halls, water park, arcade, bowling alley and much more.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As of July 16, Bingemans was allowed to open many more of its indoor facilities as Ontario moved into Step 3 of its reopening plan.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bingeman is happy that the company is bringing back staff who may have been laid off during COVID while he expects bigger events like Oktoberfest to come back in Fall, in a modified, covid friendly form.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tune in to the CKMS interview below:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">--<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This program is a part of the \u201cLocal Journalism Initiative\u201d grant program and is funded by the Community Radio Fund of Canada, the Government of Canada, and the CKMS Newsroom.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Check out the archived versions of\u00a0 this program and other episodes on<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/radiowaterloo.ca\/news\"> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">radiowaterloo.ca\/news<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">., and other stories commissioned under the Local Journalism Initiative at<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/\"> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">canada-info.ca<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can\u00a0 follow us on twitter<\/span><\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/radiowaterloo\"> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">@RadioWaterloo<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. If you want to get in touch with comments, or ideas about stories to cover, email us at news@radiowaterloo.ca<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Host: Namish Modi CKMS News spoke with president of Bingemans in Kitchener, Mark Bingeman. This piece is a follow-up to the nterview with Explore Waterloo Region CEO Minto Schneider from last week. In discussion with CKMS, Bingeman discusses how the pandemic has affected Bingemans, one of the biggest hospitality organizations in Waterloo region. 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