Graham on January 31st, 2009

A week ago my family was graciously hosted at the Hilton Niagara Falls Fallsview. We checked in Thursday for a one-night stay. I will be doing a thorough write-up and will have it available within a couple of weeks. For now, her are a few quick points/observations from our visit:

The hotel is beautiful. I had [...]

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Graham on January 30th, 2009

Yesterday (Thursday) I received the latest newsletter from Niagara Hospitality Hotels, the operator of the The Oakes Hotel Overlooking the Falls.

To subscribe to the newsletter, click on the Special Offers link on the main page of their site.

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If you’ve been following the site for a while, you may remember that in June 2007 some workers were hurt at the Americana. Well, the Americana Conference Resort and Spa has been charged $60,000 for the accident.
From Niagara This Week:
A court has fined the operator of the Americana Conference Resort and Spa $60,000 in relation [...]

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Graham on January 30th, 2009

A posting yesterday on Jim Byers’ Travel Blog mentions the TripAdvisor 2009 Travelers’ Choice Awards:
There was good news and bad news for local travel folks.
On the plus side, the award for best for families in Canada was the Great Wolf Lodge in Niagara, with the Carriage Ridge Resort in Barrie coming third and the Comfort [...]

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Graham on January 30th, 2009

From Niagara This Week:
It’s officially one of the seven wonders of Canada but will Niagara Falls hold up against 261 others in a world-wide competition to find the top seven natural wonders?
Swiss-based not-for-profit New Seven Wonders is leading the search for the new seven natural wonders of the world and Niagara Falls is in the [...]

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RedFlagDeals.com posted today about a great deal at the Menachella hotels:
Here’s a nice hotel & meal combo for Niagara Falls: book at Embassy Suites Niagara Falls, Fallsview Plaza Hotel Niagara Falls or Falls Plaza Hotel Niagara Falls between Sunday and Friday and get a $45 Dinner Voucher for The Keg. What makes this [...]

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Graham on January 29th, 2009

On Tuesday I received the latest newsletter from the Niagara Clifton Group (the Travelodge, Fun House, Brick City, etc group).

To sign up for the newsletter, click on the Join our FREE Email Mailing List link on the side of any of the pages at Falls.com

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From the Buffalo News:
A Buffalo design firm will draw up plans for the demolition of the glass Wintergarden on Rainbow Boulevard as negotiations over the sale of the building continue.
USA Niagara Development Corp. directors unanimously voted Tuesday to add $269,106 to a $504,900 contract with DiDonato Associates of Buffalo for construction administration of the second [...]

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Graham on January 28th, 2009

From the Niagara Falls Review:
Volunteers with the Winter Festival of Lights were honoured recently at a volunteer appreciation party.
Nearly 200 people contributed in excess of 2,800 volunteer hours for this year’s festival.

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This is a little bit of history for you. The other day I came across the initial press release from when Canadian Niagara Hotels and Marvel announced Marvel Superheroes Adventure City (from March 2003). It’s interesting to read given that a year ago the Marvel sign came down. That’s about 5 years, so I wonder [...]

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