From the Toronto Star: Brangelina. TomKat. And now, Elkhi. It’s official: Toronto-born Elesh Parujanwala and Bollywood bombshell Rakhi Sawant are engaged to be married, following Sunday’s finale of reality TV show Rakhi Ka Swayamvar, India’s answer to The Bachelorette… “I have plans to show her my life and my lifestyle, my entire family and friends….
From the Niagara Gazette: After a man was stopped from jumping into the Niagara River and plummeting over the Horseshoe Falls Tuesday night, emergency personnel were unable to stop another man’s attempt Wednesday morning. Unfortunately, it seems that the police are keeping busy with this sort of thing…
From the Buffalo News: The Niagara Tourism and Convention Corp. has brought back a consultant who helped start the agency six years ago to refocus its marketing strategy for the future. The strategic marketing plan will attempt to pin down exactly who visits Niagara Falls and what markets should be pursued, corporation President John Percy…
From the Niagara Falls Review: The province has reappointed three Niagara Parks Commission members whose terms were ending -but not Bob Gale, the controversial member whose term expired in February. “We wanted to make sure the board remained functional. We were concerned about that,” Ontario’s Tourism Minister Monique Smith said in an interview Tuesday. Niagara…
From an i-Newswire press release: The Skyline Inn hotel is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the three diamond rating from AAA/CAA for 2010. This rating recognizes the continued high level of hospitality that the associates at the Skyline Inn provide. A three diamond rating requires that a hotel establishment be versatile with…
From a 1888PressRelease press release: The Hampton Inn by Hilton at the Falls hotel is pleased to announce that it has once again been awarded the three diamond rating from AAA/CAA for 2010. A three diamond rating is awarded to hotels that offer guests flexible accommodations with a recognizable style, including upgrades and amenities that…
From the Associated Press via the San Francisco Chronicle: Up here, it becomes clear what helicopter pilot Ruedi Hafen has said on the ground: A helicopter offers a view of Niagara Falls like no other, and no one wants to leave without a picture, or 10. It’s also obvious just how imposing the landscape really…
From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Thomas Barnett opened the first museum in Niagara Falls, a concatenation of “natural and artificial curiosities” that drew in the tourists. It also attracted the envy and competition of Saul Davis, a ne’er-do-well who entered into a competition that ended in gunfire, a death and Davis ultimately buying up the Barnett…
From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Niagara Falls spills 750,000 gallons of water per second down a 167-foot drop in a roar that began when glaciers melted 10,000 years ago. Tourists come by the millions, stare into the white mist, and marvel at one of the wonders of the world. Then they have wonders of their own:…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Most drivers hate getting a parking ticket, but the majority of people who receive them in Niagara Falls do pay for their fines. Even those who live out-of-province or in the United States, which are sometimes much harder to collect. “Most people are pretty good about it,” said Sue Wheeler,…