From Niagara This Week: Niagara This Week looks at the city’s soaring skyrises in a three-part series. Part one: the evolution of the skyline A new hotel tower for the Fallsview tourist district is just another sign of the good fortunes the Honeymoon Capital has enjoyed since the first casino opened its doors in the…
Continuing my series on the arcades in the tourist area (last week I wrote about the Great Canadian Midway), today I will write a bit about Marvel Super Heroes Adventure City. This is owned by Canadian Niagara Hotels and is in the Falls Avenue complex. Marvel Super Heroes Adventure City opened a couple of years…
A couple of weeks ago, the Lodge Near the Falls (which only had that name for 10 months) changed it’s name and sign to Country Hearth Inn & Suites. As you can see by the picture, they still haven’t changed the sign on top of the hotel. I don’t have any idea why they changed…
There are lots of different magazines and fliers that are around. I thought I had looked through them all, but I recently flipped through the Menus magazine, and was impressed with it. I’ve seen it around, but I guess I’d never looked at it before. I picked up my copy at the Pen Centre in…
The weather has been consistently cold, and I don’t know how many snowy videos you want to see. For the video of the week today I’ve found a nice video on YouTube that shows Clifton Hill, the Falls, fireworks, and more. The video is 7 minutes long but is worth the view. I look forward…
From the Niagara Falls Review: The bicentennial celebrations for the War of 1812 will last three years, but if local tourism operators play their cards right, the good time can last much longer. That was the message Mary Mahon Jones, CEO of the Council of Tourism Associations of British Columbia, had for local tourism operators…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Anyone brave enough to stroll around the base of the Skylon Tower while the winter wind still blows has only the frigid temperatures to fear. No falling ice. “We’re clear. We have no ice whatsoever,” said Walt Scozzafava, maintenance manager for the Skylon Tower.
Other than the Falls themselves, one of the most recognizable landmarks in the tourist area is the Skylon Tower. This week I will highlight the Skylon.com web site. First off, I’m not sure how long the current site has been up for, but it has been a long time. I’m not a fan of the…
I am a member of CAA (Canadian equivalent of AAA) and get a magazine from them every few months (quarterly?). The magazine has general content for all CAA members, and then information specific to the region you are in. I just received the Spring 2007 issue and there are several Niagara related items in it…
From the Niagara Falls Review: If every tourism-related business in Ontario laid off one employee, it would be equal to putting the entire population of Niagara Falls out of work – twice – says the chairman of the Tourism Federation of Ontario. “One hundred and sixty thousand people,” Lou Seiler told an audience at the…