From the Niagara Falls Review: It rears its head every summer in Niagara Falls like a visiting relative you’re ashamed of. The ‘G’ word. Gouging. If you’ve lived here long enough, you know the drill. You know what restaurants to skip. You know what areas to avoid when the snow melts. You know that for…
From the Buffalo News: Niagara County and the Niagara Tourism and Convention Corp. have agreed in principle on a new three-year contract for the NTCC to continue as the county’s official tourism promotion agency. NTCC President John Percy said details remain to be negotiated, but the agreement staved off the June 18 expiration of the…
Here is an interesting article from Reed Construction Data about developments in the Niagara region: For anyone who hasn’t visited Niagara Falls in a decade or so, the most astonishing initial sight is skyscrapers rising into the clouds to the east of the Queen Elizabeth Way. The city has changed dramatically, with luxury high-rise hotels…
From the St Catharines Standard: A group of Niagara Falls motel owners will be fighting for their survival at Tuesday’s city council meeting. The Niagara Innkeepers Association, representing 40 motels and about 1,900 rooms, is requesting more time to pay its February tax bill in instalments to weather the industry’s slowest time of year. Without…
From the Buffalo News: Supporters of Niagara Falls Mayor Paul A. Dyster insist his big-picture perspective is what’s needed in a city long plagued by blight and controversy. His critics have challenged many of his priorities and policies. Dyster sat down with The Buffalo News’ Brian Meyer to discuss economic development, efforts to bolster tourism…
From Niagara This Week: Robin Garrett is no longer the chief executive of the Tourism Partnership of Niagara. The decision was a mutual one, said TPN chair Janice Thomson. “We had a conversation,” Thomson said. “It’s exactly as we said in the release.” Garrett confirmed Thomson’s assessment.
From the Niagara Falls Review: After reviewing the 2012 New Year’s Eve Wego bus service, city staff determined revisions should be made to make it easier for people to get in and out of the free concert area at Queen Victoria Park. Revisions for this year’s service include adding additional buses, running later and rerouting…
From the Buffalo News: A tourism mecca at the edge of one of the world’s most famous natural attractions. That’s the idea behind Niagara University’s plans to establish a center for high-tech innovation in the tourism in downtown Niagara Falls. Called the Niagara Global Tourism Institute, it would be the second institution of higher learning…
From Niagara This Week: For the fourth year in a row, Niagara Casinos has been named one of Hamilton-Niagara’s Top Employers by the editors of Canada’s Top 100 Employers. Now in its eighth year, Hamilton-Niagara’s Top Employers is an annual competition in which employers in the same field are compared and evaluated using eight criteria….
From the Buffalo News: Regional attractions are losing visitors from school field trips because of budget cuts. Some signage in downtown Niagara Falls may be either missing or misleading to tourists. Shifty tour guides are attempting shakedowns at local attractions. And there still is no means of transportation connecting attractions in the Falls to others…