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Passport regulation complicates already low American travel to Canada

From CanadaEast.com: David Tetrault has noticed a 50 per cent drop in business at his bed and breakfast in Niagara Falls, Ont., this year and he estimates a chunk of that is the result of new passport regulations at the Canada-U.S. border. “Our business is probably 30 per cent less just because of the passport…

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Hilton Would Like To Make A Suggestion

This isn’t directly Niagara Falls-related, but given how active the Hilton in Niagara Falls is on Twitter, I thought it was a relevant article. From Hotels Magazine: In the past couple months, Hilton Hotels Corp. has quietly begun experimenting with one of the most aggressive hotel marketing strategies on Twitter. Hilton was actually relatively late…

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Canada’s Tallest Hotel Tower Changes Niagara Falls’ Skyline Forever

From a PRNewswire press release seen on Yahoo! Finance: The Hilton Hotel & Suites began its transformation to become the tallest hotel tower in Canada in January 2007. Now the largest resort in Niagara Falls, it boasts over 1,000 hotel rooms and suites, including two spectacular Presidential Suites on the 52nd Floor. Each elegantly appointed…

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Council ‘derails’ $65-million entertainment complex, mayor says

From the Niagara Falls Review: The future of a proposed $65-million entertainment complex is uncertain after city council removed from Monday’s agenda an agreement on the possible sale of the city-owned property to the developer. “It’s obviously questionable at this point,” said business development officer Serge Felicetti whose office has been dealing with Andrzej Kepinski,…

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Marblehead-bound cross-country cyclist reaches Niagara Falls

From the Marblehead Reporter: Marblehead-bound cross-country cyclist Jean-Marc Dykes has reached the historic Niagara Falls. The falls are at the 3,600-mile mark of his journey across America to raise awareness and funds for lupus. Dykes said the Falls were quite a sight but quickly added that all of America that he has seen from his…

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