From Niagara This Week: The local WinterLights Celebration committee is calling on residents to brighten up winter nights in Niagara Falls. The committee has launched the 2007 Sparkle Awards contest, an annual light and decoration competition that lights up the city. The contest is open to any resident or business in the city that fit…
Someone with a Multiply.com blog has posted a lot (and I mean a lot) of pictures form their recent trip to Niagara Falls. from Mississagua, it took us about a little over an hour to Niagara Falls… went to Casino Niagara… Waves Indoor Waterpark… and those interesting shops at Falls Avenue… it was great to…
I came across a new web site the other day called Niagara Blog (yes, another copy cat!). I’m not really sure what the purpose of the site is. There are a fair number of videos, but very little text accompanying the videos explaining why they are even being posted. With that being said, there was…
From the Salisbury Post (in North Carolina): This summer, my wife Sammie and I visited Niagara Falls for the first time. You hear about it for years and you think it can’t be that big. Then you see it and … oh my gracious!
On Saturday I received a short update from Niagara Frontier: This is a news update from Niagara Frontier Info! Hello, sorry we haven’t emailed you in a while. Thanksgiving is now over and the Winter Festival of Lights in Niagara Falls, ON and the Fatima Shrine in Lewiston, NY festival of lights are in full…
Apparently a former sea lion trainer at Marineland (who has a Blogger blog) quit his job. He’d rather be a tech support person for cell phones! He posted a video of himself with a sea lion with these comments: Anyway this is me doing my old job, I think it’s very apparent as to why…
From the Niagara Falls Review: It’s no secret 2007 has not been one of the tourism industry’s better years in Niagara Falls. Of particular concern is the fact there have been fewer visitors from the United States. Various causes, such as the high Canadian dollar and confusion about what documents are needed at the border,…
This is the third and final installment of Margin’s thoughts on the convention centre. That should be the opening premise here: a convention center in Niagara will never make enough money itself to warrant a $100 million investment based on sound economic planning. Yet it is being sold to the public as a business proposition…
On Tuesday I received the latest newsletter from the Great Wolf Lodge. They are promoting winter packages for the month of December. You can sign up for the mailings by visiting the Email Signup page on the Great Wolf Lodge Niagara Falls web site.
From Sympatico Finance: Niagara Falls, one of Canada’s most prized tourism attractions, is luring fewer American visitors this year because of an unfavorable exchange rate, a Canadian tourism official said on Thursday. The number of U.S. day trippers crossing the border into Canada to see the spectacular waterfalls has dropped 16 percent this year, Christopher…