From the Buffalo News: A new home for technology development and job training in the tourism industry has taken root in the downtown tourism district. The Niagara Global Tourism Institute, once fully up and running, also will serve as a research hub and business incubator aimed at boosting tourism in Niagara Falls. “Niagara Falls today…
From Bullet News Niagara: The Canadian Motor Speedway’s physical presence is starting to form in Fort Erie. On Wednesday afternoon, local dignitaries and officials from the proposed $400-million development attended an unveiling of its corporate office in Fort Erie on Garrison Road. Azhar Mohammad, executive director of the project, thanked municipal and regional staff and…
From a PRWeb press release: Niagara Falls is the place to be on New Year’s Eve. Experience the world-class entertainment, incredible outdoor atmosphere, live concert, fireworks shows, and lively attractions that make it the ideal holiday getaway destination for New Year’s Eve. ET Canada’s New Year’s Eve free concert is taking place on Dec. 31, 2014…
From Niagara This Week: Boomer’s back, and he’s up to his old tricks. Boomer is one of five Siberian tigers that are a part of Greg Frewin’s magic show but one day back in July, it looked like the tiger’s life was in jeopardy. “We noticed a small, teeny mark,” Frewin said. “It started to…
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From the Niagara Falls Review: When it was first announced in 2009, Rink at the Brink was described as the “most significant event” the Winter Festival of Lights had ever undertaken. The festival’s acting chairman Jim Diodati (not yet Niagara Falls Mayor) said the 60-by-120 foot outdoor rink would offer a “more dramatic” setting than…
From a PR Newswire press release seen on Yahoo! Canada Finance: For the 10th consecutive year, Fallsview Casino’s luxury 374-room hotel in Niagara Falls, Ontario has been granted the coveted Four Diamond honour from CAA/AAA. CAA/AAA is among the world’s best known and highly respected rating system in the hospitality industry, recognizing establishments for their…
Click the photo or link below to view to a great local (well… if you’re from Pittsburgh) news segment/article about Niagara Falls in the winter. Like the reporter who put together this piece, Niagara Falls is a place I have visited with my family and friends many times over the years. After viewing it, I called my mom…
Every year since I was 8, My family has spent Thanksgiving in upstate NY and then headed over the following Saturday to the Falls. That means that we were there for the first Winter Festival of Lights in 1983. This was long before casinos and mega hotels. This was when the Festival was even celebrated on the…
From Global News: Country superstar Keith Urban and pop heartthrobs Nick Jonas and Shawn Mendes will get Canadians warmed up for 2015 on ET Canada‘s New Year’s Eve at Niagara Falls. The line-up, which also includes Lights, was announced Monday. The two-and-a-half-hour show, live from Niagara Falls, Ont., will be broadcast on Global beginning at…