Yesterday (Thursday) I received the latest newsletter from the Great Wolf Lodge. They are promoting more winter packages for the month of December, including a New Year’s Eve package and a family package through the month of December. You can sign up for the mailings by visiting the Email Signup page on the Great Wolf…
From the Buffalo News: A new Niagara Tourism & Convention Corp. visitors center on Rainbow Boulevard will feature a curved glass facade to welcome tourists to the city. The building will replace a temporary information center the agency has operated for three years. “We wanted it to be all glass so that it is open…
From Niagara This Week: Niagara Falls will need to shine its brightest this weekend if it wants to keep the reputation it earned last year as Canada’s brightest star. Judges from WinterLights Celebration, a nation-wide competition which measures spirit and pride in communities, will be in the city this weekend checking out the Winter Festival…
Panoramio, a site owned by Google, has a gorgeous picture of the Niagara SkyWheel at sunset taken by user Nikkers: You can see a much larger version of the picture on the Panoramio site (be sure to click the “Original size” link at the bottom right corner of the image).
From the Niagara Gazette: Local representatives and businesses have come together with one goal in mind: improve the city’s tourism industry. With that in mind, a summit is being held to discuss getting things back on track — particularly downtown. “We eventually want to make it into a ‘Clifton Hill,’ but on the American side, 
From the Buffalo News: What’s left today of A Festival of Lights is mostly wistful memories. Jimmy Cancemi remembers late nights spent building intricate winter scenes and fantasy landscapes in the months leading up to the annual event. Elaine Meranto recalls organizing hundreds of volunteers who worked shifts guiding tourists and manning animated displays. And…
The building between Mama Mia’s and Tussaud’s is progressing quickly. However there is still no official indication at the site what will be there.
From the Niagara Falls Review: Finally, some relief from city hall. Not tax relief, but this kind might actually be more valuable. Especially when nature calls. The public washroom in the municipal parking lot on Ellen Avenue is a welcome sight in the Victoria Avenue and Clifton Hill area, where restaurants and stores actively discourage…
From the Niagara Falls Review: There were some big gains for Niagara Falls this year, but the “little victories” keep Mayor Ted Salci going as he heads into the second year of his second term, he says. “You’ve got to keep pushing,” Salci said during an interview in his corner office at city hall. Tuesday…
There is a small amount of snow on the ground now, but since it isn’t winter yet, I’ll post the last of my autumn pictures (I previously posted about the White Water Walk and general Niagara Falls in Autumn pictures). On the same day that my wife and I went along the White Water Walk,…