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Earlier this week I received the latest email newsletter from the Falls Avenue Resort.
2017
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Celebrate Spring at Annual Hydrangea Display at Niagara Parks’ Floral Showhouse
From a press release seen at Niagara at Large: Take in the dazzling sight of giant floral displays bursting with the colours of spring. Among this year’s features are enormous hanging baskets – some over five feet wide, overflowing with colourful hydrangeas. A seasonal specialty, the annual Hydrangea Display at the Niagara Parks Floral Showhouse will…
Niagara Parks unveils Canada 150 projects
From the Niagara Falls Review: Canada’s 150th birthday will have Niagara Parks Commission gardeners busy this spring. Interactive gardens, a revitalized Niagara Glen and 30,000 red and white tulips will greet tourists this summer for the NPC’s commemorative programming for the country’s year-long celebration. Backed with $563,000 from the province’s Ontario150 Funding Program, the NPC…
Wine, whisky and drama: More to Niagara than just the Falls
From the Niagara Falls Review: In the morning you’re on a catamaran a few feet from the base of the world’s best-known waterfall, with green water the colour of a Chinese vase thundering down from above and enveloping you in a mad, swirling mist. At lunch you’re sipping Cabernet Sauvignon in a posh dining room…
Water park, luxury hotel part of $70 million plan in Niagara Falls
From the Buffalo News: Canadian hotel developer Michael DiCienzo wants to build a $50 million luxury hotel and a $20 million “daredevil-themed” water park on the U.S. side of Niagara Falls, but the Niagara Falls mayor sounded less than supportive of the project on Tuesday. DiCienzo’s company is proposing a 200-room, upscale hotel with “oversized…
Last Chance to Stay and Play in Niagara Falls
Today received the latest newsletter from the Days Inn Niagara Falls Fallsview hotel. It is the same newsletter yet again.
Niagara highrise partners eyeing Asian clientele
From the Daily Commercial News: The architectural drawings look stunning but groundbreaking for the $500-million, 1.3-million-square-foot River Road Niagara Falls Luxury Resort project remains a couple of years away at least as the project partners continue to piece together a development plan. The project will see a pair of luxury highrise hotels, 61 and 60…
Butterfly Conservatory welcomes critters for Ontario’s birthday
From the Niagara Falls Review (includes 14 photos): The Butterfly Conservatory is hosting a new exhibit, ‘Wild Ontario – A Celebration of Ontario’s Biodiversity’ will be open to the public from April 29 until June 6. The exhibit, part of the Niagara Parks Commission’s ‘Begin Here’ Ontario 150th celebrations and created by Little Ray’s Reptile…
Starbucks at Skylon Tower renovations complete
At the same time that the Murray Hill Starbucks was being renovated, the one inside the Skylon Tower was also being renovated. It has now reopened.
Niagara Square closes its doors
I know this isn’t directly related to the tourism area of Niagara Falls, but if you’ve been to the city more than a couple of times, changes are you ended up at Niagara Square. From the Niagara Falls Review: It’s the end of an era at Niagara Square. The enclosed area of the Montrose Road…