From the St Catharines Standard: It can be a driver’s traffic nightmare – getting to or from the Rainbow Bridge and having to use Falls Ave, Roberts St. or Bender Hill. There’s no easy way in or out, and when combined with tourists who might not be sure where they are going, it compounds the…
From a PRWeb press release: Jodi Grundig, Editor of FamilyTravelMagazine.com, was one of nearly 50 influential family travel writers and bloggers who gathered last weekend (Sept. 20-22, 2013) from around the United States and Canada at the TMS Family Travel Conference in Niagara Falls, NY. Organized by Travel Media Showcase, Family Travel Forum, Taking the…
From the Niagara Falls Review: A premier international tourism conference could bring an extra $3 million to the Niagara Falls economy if the city is chosen to play host to the 39th annual Rendez-vous Canada convention in 2015. And while negotiations are still ongoing, all that is left to do is dot the I’s and…
From the Niagara Gazette: Niagara Falls could soon see another new hotel. The Niagara County Industrial Development Agency’s Board of Directors voted unanimously Wednesday to accept an application for a 10-year payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreement from Sunrise Lodging, LLC, a local firm that plans to build a 72-room Comfort Suites hotel on Niagara Falls Boulevard between 70th…
From the Buffalo News: Expansion of the Fashion Outlets of Niagara Falls received environmental approval Tuesday as the Town Board approved a number of resolutions that clear the way for construction to begin. The board, which has been reviewing the site plan and how the expansion will impact traffic, drainage, noise and air quality as…
From the Niagara Gazette: The city’s Community Development department is taking to the small screen in an effort to attract people to Niagara Falls. The department has commissioned two commercials highlighting Community Development programs and promoting the city as an ideal place to live, work and play.
Early last week I received the latest email newsletter from Whirlpool Jet Boat Tours. You can sign up for their newsletter by entering your email address in the “Signup” form on the left side of most of the pages of the Whirlpool Jet Boat Tours web site.
Every year around Halloween, Nightmares Fear Factory gets a lot of publicity from the pictures they take of their guests being scared… From KFOR channel 4 in Oklahoma City: A rather famous year-round haunted house in Niagara Falls, N.Y. called Nightmares Fear Factory sends out their “Faces of Fear” every year. Check out this year’s…
From Yahoo! Malaysia News: Niagara Falls had been a tourist destination for decades before 1901, but it wasn’t until Oct. 24 of that year that the first person decided to ride a barrel over the falls. Former schoolteacher Annie Edson Taylor made the plunge on her 63rd birthday, hoping for fame and fortune. Taylor, whose…
From Niagara This Week: February may seem quite a ways off, but the Fallsview Casino has it top of mind with its announcement of headlining acts. Soul legend Billy Ocean on Feb. 7, 8 and a Valentine’s evening show with American singer/songwriter Michael Bolton are just two of the acts set to grace the stage…