From the Niagara Falls Review: This year’s Sleep Cheap Charities Reap event is already shaping up to be the hottest one yet – and it has barely started. About half of the 6,000 or so rooms made available by the 25 participating Niagara Falls hotels were booked Friday, the first day reservations were taken, says…
From the Niagara Falls Review: There are an estimated three million individual lights in this year’s Winter Festival of Lights. But 5,000 of them are conspicuous by their absence. For years, the festival was symbolized by the long, brightly lit strands of bulbs cascading down the Skylon Tower. Indeed, for most visitors it was the…
Yesterday I received the latest issue of the Clifton Hill Resorts Update newsletter (for those interested, although not mentioned in the newsletter, the Comfort Inn Clifton Hill is participating in the Sleep Cheap, Charities Reap promotion). They are promoting several winter package plans. The newsletter also highlights the Winter Festival of Lights. You can subscribe…
From WIVB News: In commemoration of the sacrifice and contributions made by veterans and current service personnel in both Canada and the United States, The Niagara Falls Illumination Board will light the Falls in red as a symbol of remembrance and honor to all who have served and those who paid the ultimate sacrifice. According…
From the Niagara Falls Review: You can start booking Sleep Cheap rooms today. Hotel operators will begin taking calls for the program at 7 a.m. This year’s Sleep Cheap Charities Reap event will take place over four nights, from Nov. 26-29. Participating hotels will offer room rates of $35 per night for a standard room,…
Someone with a Blogger blog posted about a recent trip to Niagara Falls: I took a recent trip to the Niagara region (St. Catherines, Niagara Falls, Niagara-on-the-Lake, etc.). That was cool. I got a couple of bottles of wine and some jam and took in the Falls and the tackiness Clifton Hill. It’s always a…
Early yesterday morning I received the latest newsletter from the Marriott Niagara Falls Falsview & Spa. Like most of the hotels in the area, they are promoting Fall packages. You can subscribe to the newsletter by clicking on the Special Email Offers link on the side of the Marriott Niagara Falls Fallsview & Spa main…
From the Niagara Gazette: What’s all this fuss over a two-second spot in a new video that our federal government has released to promote attractions across the U.S.? The film clip offers a glimpse of the Horseshoe Falls (aka the Canadian Falls) instead of the boulder-choked American and Bridal Veil Falls. How insulting is that,…
As has been mentioned before, the building between Mama Mia’s and Tussaud’s was torn down, and a new building is going up. Quite a bit has been done since the last time I took a picture. There have been rumours that it will be a Build-a-Bear store, but nothing official has been announced.
The Hilton construction continues. It appears that the third and fourth floors are up.