From a PRWeb press release seen on Yahoo! News: With a little glitz and a lot of live music and entertainment, Niagara Fallsview Boulevard is the most happening place in Niagara Falls, Ontario this summer. Just 500 yard from the Canadian Horseshoe Falls, Fallsview Boulevard features the newest Niagara Falls Ontario hotels; the Las Vegas-style…
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…
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…
From Niagara This Week: He’s a little less than 30 cm tall, cute as a button and cuddly as a kitten. And he sure gets around. Dave Phillips-Jackson, a Teddy bear from Wales, has been taken to tourist sites all throughout England. His owner, Alison Phillips, sent him through the mail to a friend in…
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…
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,…
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…
From the Niagara Falls Review: An historic Canadian landmark is getting a spruce-up thanks to $500,000 in federal infrastructure spending announced Monday. Queenston Heights in Niagara-on-the-Lake will see its worn interpretive signs and deteriorated wood stairways and railings replaced. A series of interpretive plaques will also be installed along the Niagara Parkway exploring themes from…
From UPI.com: The number of people traveling between the United States and Canada dropped from May to June, a tourism official said Sunday in Niagara Falls, Ont. This is the first time in memory the number of tourists declined in the border region between Western New York and Canada, said Arlene White, executive director of…
From the Niagara Falls Review: A union protest created havoc for guests checking into the Courtyard by Marriott Thursday, and the union leader behind it warned of more disruptions if the hotel’s management doesn’t return to the bargaining table. “Since we’re coming into the busy season, we’re planning stepped-up protests in the coming weeks,” said…