Sheraton on the Falls Hotel and Christienne Fallsview Spa Win TripAdvisor’s 2015 Certificate of Excellence

From a PR Web press release see on Press Release Rocket: The Sheraton on the Falls is a CAA 4-Diamond property located directly across the street from the spectacular Niagara Falls featuring first-class accommodations, world-class cuisine, and state-of-the-art meeting and event space. The Christienne Fallsview Spa is located on the hotel’s 14th floor and features…

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Niagara Falls sees upturn in tourism business in 2014

From the Buffalo News: Niagara Falls and Niagara County saw some solid tourism numbers last year, according to the Niagara Tourism & Convention Corp.’s annual report released Tuesday. Some of the highlights of the report included… …“I’m happy to stand before you today to talk about the wonderful numbers and tourism growth that we have…

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My travel guilty pleasure? Niagara Falls!

From the Globe and Mail: Niagara Falls, Ont., is tacky, brash and vulgar, as subtle as a punch in the nose, as un-Canadian as a drunken brawl at a PTA meeting. This is precisely why it is so magnificent. It is a town full of casinos, cut-price cocktails, slightly mildewed carpets, haunted houses and dubious…

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New restaurant to open on Happy Wanderer property

From the Niagara Falls Review: It was once the home of the Happy Wanderer Restaurant, a valuable piece of property right in the heart of the tourism district in Niagara Falls, that has been closed for years. The Stanley Ave., property, which is within walking distance of the Fallsview Casino and many of the larger…

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Bashing tourism – a Niagara Falls tradition

From the Niagara Falls Review: Look, when you’ve lived here long enough, we all do it. Complain about tourism. We gripe when we’re in a hurry and there’s a car with a Pennsylvania plate ahead of us. We gripe when we hit a pothole on Drummond Rd. but see a War of 1812 archway over…

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Fallsview Casino installs huge, high-definition LED billboard

From the Buffalo News: A high-definition LED sign 13 stories tall now drapes off the side of Niagara Fallsview Casino in Niagara Falls, Ont. The three-sided digital billboard is purported to be the largest of its kind in Canada. The new sign, which went into operation in mid-May, is roughly as tall as the static…

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Niagara Falls embraces the senses

From the Daily Journal: Perfectly carved during an Ice Age more than 10,000 years ago, Niagara Falls is the pièce de resistance of the Niagara escarpment. The limestone underpinnings that muscle to the surface forming bluffs along the Mississippi River, return underground only to rise again further east. The glaciation carved not only the Great…

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Fire at Falls pizzeria

From the Niagara Falls Review: The Niagara Falls Fire Department were called to a fire at Bravo Pizzeria & Grill on Ferry St. at around 3 a.m. Friday. Platoon Chief Wayne Willett said a passerby saw smoke coming from the building and called emergency personnel. Willett said the fire originated in the upper left area…

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Falls receives $323K for 2015 NYE show

From the Niagara Falls Review: Niagara Falls will receive $323,250 from two tourism programs to help secure talent and pay for production costs for the 2015 New Year’s Eve show. City staff made a submission for funding to the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport’s Celebrate Ontario program for the Queen Victoria Park show televised…

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City’s Proximity to Canada Finally Does Us Some Good in New Poll!

From the Niagara Falls Reporter: Niagara Falls has done it again, coming in at Number One on another list. And this list has nothing to do with the nation’s most dangerous cities, overtaxed municipalities or unwanted teen pregnancies, either! Last week the readers of USA Today voted the Cataract City as the “Best Kid-Friendly Destination”…

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