From the Niagara Falls Review: A Niagara Falls vacation was a little cheaper in 2009 than it was the year before as hotel room rates dropped last year by about 5%, according to Hotels.ca,a hotel reservation agency that tracks prices across Canada. Lower room rates is a trend that should continue this summer as the…
From the Buffalo News: The Binational Tourism Alliance, with offices in Buffalo and Niagara Falls, Ont., is not a marketing group. Instead, it aims to break down barriers to tourism and cultural development. Arlene White, the executive director, said the border should not be an impediment, “just the way it doesn’t stop the Falls from…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Five minutes isn’t enough time to explain complicated legal or financial positions during Niagara Parks Commission meetings, says James Bannister, a consultant and member of the Preserve Our Parks group that monitors what goes on at the commission. During their monthly meeting Friday, commissioners adopted a five-minute time limit for…
From the Niagara Falls Review: How about “The Queen on Queen” as the theme for this year’s downtown summer festival in Niagara Falls? The real Queen of Canada in the real downtown. After a couple years of hit-and-miss festivals aimed at bringing people downtown, the Queen could give Niagara Falls a regal shot in the…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Maid of the Mist is seen as an important part of any visit to Niagara Falls, tourists respect the name, and any interruption in its service would “negatively impact” Niagara’s tourism industry, a survey commissioned by the historic boat tour company suggests. The company hired Leger Marketing to survey 2,308…
From the Niagara Falls Review: The Niagara Falls Chamber of Commerce is reflecting on business activity during 2009 and wondering how the year before us will play out. An old friend told me once there are always possibilities. But we have to find them. We hope in 2010 we will find new possibilities on working…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Fay Booker, a Burlington business consultant who specializes in how corporations govern themselves, is expected to become the next chairwoman of the Niagara Parks Commission at a time the provincial agency is under scrutiny for the way it operates. Tour ism Minister Michael Chan’s office announced in a 5 p.m.,…
From the Niagara Falls Review: When planners for a competition of 2,000 cheerleaders asked Niagara Convention Civic Centre president Kerry Painter if her staff could have 20,000 orders of french fries at the ready, there’s only one answer she could give. “Absolutely. I sure can,” Painter said, laughing about some of the unforeseen requirements the…
From the Niagara Falls Review: About the only thing faster than Olympic gold medallist Jon Montgomery going downhill on his skeleton is how quickly his popularity across the country has exploded. From his joyous acceptance of the gold medal to his spontaneous beer-jug hoisting celebration on the streets of Whistler, B.C., Montgomery has become a…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Niagara magician Greg Frewin’s triumphant night at last year’s World Magic Awards in Los Angeles will be televised on Sun TV this Sunday night. The show, which saw Frewin win the prestigious Magician of the Year award, will air at 8 p.m. The special aired in November in the U.S….