From the Niagara Falls Review: With yet another long weekend behind them, some local tourism officials like what they’ve seen from the summer so far. “Everybody seems to be up slightly (from this time last year),” said Niagara Falls Tourism chairman Wayne Thomson. “Rates for accommodations are not what they used to be, but I…
From the Buffalo News: The Niagara USA Visitor Center, operated by the Niagara Tourism and Convention Corporation, is now open to visitors. Major construction on the building at 10 Rainbow Blvd. has been completed, but display installation and work on final interior details are still in progress. An official grand opening is slated for late…
From the Toronto Star: For a city whose main attraction perpetually plunges 53 metres, Niagara Falls has conspicuously lacked depth for decades. On your next visit, get away from the kitsch and vapid casino culture and you might be surprised to see elegant, soulful shoots emerging in this city that attracted about 14 million tourists…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Niagara Falls council and the Niagara Parks Commission appear to be closing in on a deal to operate some kind of joint-venture People Mover System, as they face a June 30 deadline to take advantage of $50 million in government assistance or lose it. “We’re down to the wire,” Mayor…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Two-hour free parking and 10 weeks of weekend festivals are the keys to this summer’s plan to generate activity in downtown Niagara Falls. The Downtown Business Improvement Area board asked city council to use $250,000 of city money to help it run special events this summer, to cover the cost…
From the Buffalo News: It took Kenn Morgan more than six months to capture just the right shot of Niagara Falls State Park on film. Morgan, a Buffalo resident, and seven other still-film camera buffs set out in the fall to find unique images of the country’s oldest state park. “The idea when we started…
From the Sheraton on the Falls blog: The 20 acre Falls Avenue Resort is taking entertainment in Niagara Falls to new heights in June and July. Tina Winn, aka Galaxy Girl tm will perform death-defying stunts more than 127 feet in the air without the aid of nets or safety devices. Her unparalleled aerial performance…
From the Buffalo News: A state secret more closely guarded than the agenda of the recent G-20 summit in Toronto finally was cracked Monday. Yes, the Obama girls, Malia and Sasha, did visit the Canadian side of Niagara Falls on Sunday, along with their grandmother, Marian Robinson. The White House on Monday confirmed the visit…
On Wednesday I received an the latest email newsletter from Great Wolf Lodge.
From Niagara This Week: Dalton McGuinty will have his hands in honeymooners’ pockets with the introduction of the harmonized sales tax, according to the Progressive Conservative party’s tourism critic. Ted Arnott, MPP for Wellington-Halton Hills, was in Niagara Falls Tuesday to talk tourism. Speaking to a group of residents and tourists at the bottom of…