Natural Highs

    From Buffalo News: Chemical plants, casinos and cheesy tourist traps can spoil the beauty of Niagara Falls, but only if you let them. Look closely, from the right spots, in the right frame of mind, and you’ll discover that you weren’t born 200 years too late to relish the natural wonder. Niagara Falls still strikes…

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      Cirque Niagara Avaia pamphlet

      One of the exciting new attractions this year is Avaia. This is being performed by Cirque Niagara. It is a performance along the lines of Cirque du Soleil, and will combine “artistry, acrobatics and dance” and includes “19 of the world’s most beautiful performing horses”. I have scanned the promotional pamphlet and included the text…

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        I Know Niagara

        One of the things I picked up at the Niagara Tourism Expo was a leaflet for a program taught at the Tourism Industry Development Centre at Niagara College‘s Maid of the Mist Campus. It is for employees in the hospitality industry in the region and helps them understand the region more: Do YOU Know Niagara?…

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          Niagara Tourism Expo

          The biggest mall in the Niagara Region is The Pen Centre, located in St. Catharines. This weekend (Saturday and Sunday) they are having a Niagara Tourism Expo. There are many of the regional entertainment destinations that have tables and/or displays setup. HOCO was there promoting their Clifton Hill attractions (they were even giving away free…

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            Niagara Falls in Who Wants to Be a Millionaire board game

            My sister picked up the Who Wants to Be a Millionaire board goard at a local thift store. My wife and I were playing with my parents tonight and there was a $1000 question that was about Niagara Falls: Between which two Great Lakes are the Niagara Falls? A ) Huron and Erie B )…

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              New $40M waterpark makes three

              From the Niagara Falls Review: And then there were three. The Fallsview Indoor Waterpark the latest addition to the Falls Avenue Entertainment Complex owned by Canadian Niagara Hotels opened quietly at noon Thursday. But there was plenty of noise inside the structure, built high atop Falls Avenue at a previously reported cost of $40 million…

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                May Package Offers @ Niagara Falls Hilton

                On Monday I received the latest email newsletter from the Hilton Niagara Falls Fallsview. They are promoting three of their packages: Disney’s Aladdin Jr. Cirque Niagara’s Avaia IMAX Movie & Pizza Night To subscribe to the newsletter, fill out the form on the left-hand side of any page on the Hilton Niagara Falls web site.

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                  May 2006 Clifton Hill Resorts Update newsletter

                  The May 2006 issue of the Clifton Hill Resorts Update newsletter is out (I received it Wednesday). It contains details of the Niagara SkyWheel package that was previously posted: As always, you can subscribe to the Clifton Hill Resorts Update newsletter by visiting the Clifton Hill Newsletter page.

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                    Tourism nightmare

                    From Niagara This Week: The local tourism industry must step up its marketing to ensure its neighbours south of the border continue to view Niagara Falls as a world-class destination, despite the Canadian dollar setting new 28-year highs, says Anna Pierce, manager of Niagara Falls Tourism. “When SARS hit, the tourism industry called it the…

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                      Niagarafallsview.com Summer Package Specials

                      On Tuesday I received the latest email newsletter from the Radisson Hotel & Suites Fallsview. They focus on several packages they offer: The Adventure Fun Pak The Whirlpool Jet Boat Package Helicopter Package Romance Package You can sign up for their newsletter on their web site.

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