A couple of weeks ago I received a newsletter from Niagara Hospitality Hotels, the operator of the The Oakes Hotel Overlooking the Falls. To subscribe to the newsletter, click on the Email Deals link on the main page of their site.
From a press release I received recently from the DoubleTree Fallsview Resort & Spa by Hilton: Serving the travelling public for the last fifty years, Orsini Bros. Inns Inc. was established with the purchase of the Coral Motel on Lundy’s Lane in March 1964. The accommodations industry has changed a great deal over the years…
From the Buffalo News: A preliminary engineering and environmental review for the removal of the Robert Moses Parkway along the Niagara River Gorge is to begin in May, Assemblyman John D. Ceretto announced Friday. Ceretto, R-Lewiston, said the New York Power Authority is paying $2 million to fund the work, which Ceretto called “the next…
From the Toronto Sun: Pop star Justin Bieber and his entourage hit the Niagara Fallsview Casino on Saturday night, but it appears they didn’t get very far. Fallsview Casino spokesman Greg Medulun said Bieber and “a number of others in his company” arrived at the casino around midnight by limo. When one of the people…
I know it’s old, but I still wanted to include it… From Bullet News Niagara: In partnership with Niagara Falls Tourism, Niagara College’s Event Management program is excited to announce that Jet Black and Dave Schram, hilarious duo from Amazing Race Canada, will be hosting Solving Niagara April 5. The Amazing-Race-style event is a fundraiser…
From the Buffalo News: This international travel destination is getting some attention from European television for its tourism and culinary efforts. A crew from the BBC World Service’s “The Travel Show” was in town Monday and Tuesday filming for an upcoming segment on the Falls. The show hopes to provide its audience with insights into…
From Niagara This Week: A lot of ink has been spilled on the life and times of Pete Rose. Countless baseball books, news stories and feature stories have been written on him across decades: the controversy, the lifetime suspension, the negativity. And yet, through it all, ‘Charlie Hustle’ remains a fan who loves to talk…
From the Buffalo News: Joy Behar can make people laugh. That we know. But can the recently departed co-host of “The View” work a crowd? Can she thrive in what might be the entertainment industry’s most intense spotlight – that of a stand-up comic? That was the question Saturday night when Behar stepped onstage at…
From the Buffalo News: We’re happy to see that Nik Wallenda is returning to this area, even if it’s not back to Niagara Falls, where the wire walker gained fame. Wallenda has kept a special place in his heart for Niagara Falls since his walk across the Horseshoe Falls in June 2012. Live television allowed…
From Niagara This Week: The two catamarans that will ferry passengers to the foot of the Horseshoe Falls now have names. Hornblower Niagara Cruises revealed the names Monday. The company had actually selected the names in December of last year following an international contest to the name the new boats. The names were then submitted…