Falls Avenue Hotels launch Winter Campaign with $250 in Niagara Falls Dining & Attractions Passes

Along with the email newsletter, there was also a PR Web press release: A Niagara Falls hotel getaway on Falls Avenue now features $250 in dining and attraction passes as part of the Holiday Magic on Falls Avenue Winter campaign. The popular offer features admission passes for attractions, dining and entertainment venues on the 20…

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Parks commission has learned a thing or two from Clifton Hill

From the Niagara Falls Review: If you’re checking out the new Rink at the Brink this weekend, you’ll have no trouble finding it. The Niagara Parks Commission’s new fence running the length of its Table Rock parking lot makes it impossible to miss it. It turns visitors to the falls into cattle, herding them from…

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Rink ready to rock

From the Niagara Falls Review: It won’t take long for the city’s newest ice rink to heat up. A three-month battle of the bands competition starts next Thursday at Rink at the Brink, the new outdoor facility that opened near Table Rock Wednesday. Rock the Ice Nights will run every Thursday until a champion is…

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Maid of the Mist under siege

From the Tonawanda News: An Atlanta businessman with eyes on the boat tour operation in Niagara Falls has filed a lawsuit in Albany in an effort to force state officials to allow his company to compete against the Maid of the Mist Corp. William Windsor, whose son owns a tour-ticket company known as Alcatraz Media,…

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Magician Frewin stars in CBC Christmas special

From Canada.com: Magician Greg Frewin will star in a CBC Christmas special that will climax with a stunt over Niagara Falls. Greg Frewin Magic Man: Home for the Holidays will focus on Frewin as he balances family and career while running a dinner theatre. The veteran Las Vegas performer will cap the hourlong show suspended…

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The ice is nice: Rink at the Brink is ready for skaters

From the Niagara Falls Review: The unmistakable sound of winter in Canada -metal cutting into ice -will blend with the roar of Niagara Falls when the Rink at the Brink opens today. After two weeks of getting it ready, the Winter Festival of Lights attraction will open on Niagara Parks Commission land, creating a new…

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Visiting Canada’s tallest hotel tower

From Canoe Travel: As my boyfriend Mauricio and I drove along highway 420 to Niagara Falls, Ont., I could see it in the distance: Canada’s tallest hotel tower, rising 500 metres above the ground and now open at the Hilton Hotel & Suites Niagara Falls Fallsview. It’s impossible to miss the 53-storey tower as you…

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No shakeup at the Parks

From the Niagara Falls Review: There are no plans to shake up the Niagara Parks Commission, Tourism Minister Monique Smith says. In an interview Tuesday, she brushed off a Conservative critic’s claim that replacing the whole board is the only way to restore public confidence in the government agency. “We have no intention of replacing…

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New N.F. hotel opening soon

From Buffalo Business First: With a nod to an elegant past, the Hotel Giacomo will welcome its first guests just before the Thanksgiving holiday week. By all accounts, the hotel’s opening is a significant moment in Niagara Falls history. It represents the rebirth of an architectural icon that dominates the skyline but also stands as…

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STYX, Glass Tiger to perform New Year’s Eve in Niagara Falls

From the Niagara Falls Review: Legendary rockers STYX and the Canadian group Glass Tiger will take to the stage on New Year’s Eve in Niagara Falls. The Niagara Parks Commission released its lineup for the popular, televised concert Tuesday afternoon. “Niagara will be the place to be on New Year’s Eve,” said Niagara Parks Commission…

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