Falling for Niagara Falls in a big way

From Canada.com: Like Disneyland, Drumheller and a drive across Canada, Niagara Falls is one of those vacations on the familial bucket list. Renowned for a century as the “Honeymoon Capital of the World,” Niagara Falls is today built for families, offering accommodations, attractions and package deals much more in tune with nuclear families than newlyweds….

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Hotels see rise in room occupancies

From Buffalo Business First: Hotel room occupancy rates continued to rise through the first quarter of the year, mirroring other local statistics and economic factors that show the hospitality industry is climbing out of its slump. According to statistics compiled by Smith Travel Research of Nashville, the occupancy rate in… Niagara Falls, hotel occupancy increased…

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Twitter updates for 2011-05-12

They are laying down sod at the old Dinosaur Park location on Clifton Hill. It looks beautiful! http://twitpic.com/4wr3hm # Here is the new-look TGI Fridays on Victoria Ave. Almost done… http://twitpic.com/4wqger # There are lots of teens around on Clifton Hill. There must be a school trip… #

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I’m falling behind…

Some of you may have noticed that I haven’t been doing a very good job keeping up with things on the site. I’ll go several days without posting things, and then post a bunch over a couple of days, and then go days without posting things again. Don’t worry, I’m not abandoning the site. I…

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Radisson Hotel & Suites Fallsview Completes Full Hotel Renovation; Hotel’s New Look Inspired by Scenic Niagara Falls

From a PR Web press release seen on Yahoo! News: Buffalo Lodging Associates is proud to announce that renovations have been completed at the Radisson Hotel & Suites Fallsview located at 6733 Fallsview Boulevard in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. The 232-room, 15-story Radisson Hotel & Suites Fallsview is steps from the new Scotiabank Convention Centre…

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Maid of the Mist’s future uncertain

From Buffalo Business First: The 2011 season for the Maid of the Mist Steamboat Corp. began Wednesday morning. But the bigger question is whether this will be the last year that the Niagara Falls, N.Y.-based company will be permitted to run its boats from the U.S. and Canadian shores of the lower Niagara River. At…

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Setting sail under cloud of uncertainty

From the Buffalo News: Maid of the Mist workers Tuesday hurriedly prepared for the start of the upcoming tourist season — hoping it won’t be the last on the Canadian side for an iconic tour boat company that traces its roots back 126 years. The Maid of the Mist Steamboat Corp. has owned exclusive rights…

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Gas leak forces Clifton Hill evacuation

From the Niagara Falls Review: Businesses on Clifton Hill in Niagara Falls had to be shut down and buildings evacuated after a four-inch natural gas line was severed by construction workers Thursday afternoon. Firefighters, police and paramedics were called to the scene at about 4:15 p.m., and began to shut down the area to all…

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‘It feels more like a park than a Parkway’

From the Niagara Falls Review: The inaugural Car-Free Day on the Niagara Parkway wasn’t free of suggestions from both tourists and locals who want to see the event evolve from its humble beginnings Sunday. “This is awesome,” said Mike Sherman, a cyclist from Montreal who was riding down the empty Parkway toward the Horseshoe Falls…

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Niagara Falls Hotel launches all-new website for Spring 2011

From a Webwire press release: Guests of the Comfort Inn Clifton Hill have high expectations of quality, style, service and satisfaction when they stay on Clifton Hill’s World Famous Street of Fun by the Falls. They can apply those same expectations to the hotel’s new website, which has been redesigned from the ground up, and…

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