I don’t mean to mislead you with the word “preview”, but I couldn’t think of any other way to describe it…
I was quite surprised last year with the interest in the sleep cheap event. I had a lot of visitors who found the site because of that. Well, if that is what the people want, I’ll do my best to give it to them. I don’t have any secret inside information, but I can still provide some useful details. Using last year’s official information regarding participating hotels, I am going to take a picture of each hotel and have a posting every day on one of them. It won’t be anything monumental, but there will be a picture or two, a link to their web site, contact information, a link to anything on the blog about that hotel, and a link to a basic Internet search on that property. There were 25 hotels participating last year, and so by October 27 I should be finished. Hopefully by then we’ll know more about which hotels are participating.
As Sue has previously mentioned, the work is progressing in setting up the Winter Festival of Light displays.
From the Niagara Falls Review:
Tourism is “sinking” and needs a lifeline from the federal government, says Randy Williams, president of the Tourism Industry Association of Canada
“Tourism wants to be on the government’s agenda. We feel for too long our industry has been ignored by the federal government,” said Williams whose group represents for hotels, restaurants, attractions and festivals.
It launched an advertising campaign in September to get the attention of candidates running in the Oct. 14 federal election. Plant closures like Welland’s John Deere drew party leaders’ attention to the trouble in Canada’s manufacturing sector, but the tourism industry wants politicians to know their sector is also struggling. The ads showed an ocean with a life buoy being thrown into the water with the headline “Our Tourism Industry is Sinking Fast.”
Rescue options Niagara Falls candidates offered range from more emphasis on nearby Americans, luring Chinese travellers, regulating gas prices and more federal support for the attractions like the Niagara Falls convention centre.
From the Niagara Falls Review:
It has been a majestic landmark in Niagara Falls for more than 100 years.
And while it is seen by millions of visitors every year as they drive past it on their way to view the Horseshoe Falls, few people ever get the opportunity to see what’s inside the Canadian Niagara Powerhouse building.
The closest most people get is when they turn into the Niagara Parks Commission parking lot which is located just across the street from Table Rock and the Horseshoe Falls.
Someone with his own web site/blog has posted about a recent trip to Niagara Falls. It is a very lengthy and thorough posting:
The next day, we checked out of our hotel and took a 4-hour drive to Niagara Falls. We arrived there at about 2:30 or so. We went on this amazing jet boat ride an hour earlier than it was scheduled to be, because we where ready as soon as the 3:00 people where leaving and there just happens to be an open spot for us. Before we left, I was looking at some pictures of the ride. Because of the pictures, I was totally freaked out. It looked SO scary!! I didn’t really know what to expect, but I did expect to get soaked. My mum and dad had only told us we where going in a jet boat ride and we’d get soaked. No more detail included.
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