Lucky 13th at the Hilton Niagara Falls

Last Thursday I received the latest newsletter from the Hilton Hotel and Suites Niagara Falls Fallsview. To subscribe to the newsletter, fill out the form on the left-hand side of any page on the Hilton Hotel and Suites Niagara Falls Fallsview web site.

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Pan Am Games may spur public transit expansion to Niagara

From the Niagara Falls Review: The Pan Am Games might spur changes to the long-term transit plans for the Golden Horseshoe. While some say certain projects should be moved up the priority list to be completed in time for the games, others critical of the idea of using diesel trains for the Union-Pearson Rail Link,…

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Simply Stacie: We’re Back

Someone with a Blogger blog posted about a recent trip to Niagara Falls: We also went to Niagara Falls and had a blast there. We went to Clifton Hill and did a few of the attractions there. Nightmares Fear Factory was my favourite. It was really scary! The falls are really pretty. I’ve been to…

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Timing is everything

From the Toronto Sun: Explore your own backyard Tourist towns near the border with the U.S. have suffered a triple whammy in recent years. The recession, new passport rules and a strong Canadian dollar have kept Americans at home. According to statistics from Ontario Tourism, from January to June 2009 the number of American visitors…

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Festival lights up Niagara

From the Niagara Falls Review: With the flick of a switch, the Niagara Parkway erupted with about three million lights illuminating more than 120 seasonal displays. The 27th annual Winter Festival of Lights, which attracts more than one million visitors each year, officially got underway this past weekend with performances ranging from magical to soulful….

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Spinning Security at 500 Feet

This doesn’t affect any of the visiting tourists, but here is a short article from JMR SoftwareSystems about the challenges implementing a network at the spinning restaurant at the Skylon Tower: The very location of the RDR presents a challenge. With a more than 500 foot span from the central computers at the bottom of…

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Sleep Cheap rooms still available

From the Niagara Falls Review: Rooms are still available for next week’s Sleep Cheap, Charities Reap event in Niagara Falls. Local hoteliers are offering Niagara region residents overnight stays starting at $35 between Nov. 9 to 12. About two-thirds of the rooms have been sold for the event, said organizer Jim Diodati. Some hotels are…

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Where will you be when the clock strikes 2010?

On Thursday I received the latest email newsletter from the Marriott Niagara Falls Fallsview & Spa. 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 page.

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The Szmurlos: Niagara Falls

Someone with a Blogger blog posted about a recent trip to Niagara Falls (with lots of pictures): I made everyone stand around and wait at the top of the falls because I had to get a video of the Maid of the Mist doing its thing. Turns out that it just fights the current of…

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