Romantic Couple’s Getaway in Niagara

Last week I received a newsletter from Niagara Hospitality Hotels, the operator of the The Oakes Hotel Overlooking the Falls. To subscribe to the newsletter, click on the Email Deals link on the main page of their site.

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Wallend to meet with tourism minister

This happened on Friday, but I neglected to post the articles leading up to it. It is always interested to see how things are presented before in the news, and then afterwards. I’ll have a posting later with the articles after they met. Niagara Falls Review – Wallenda to meet tourism minister Friday Niagara This…

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Speedway opponent drops OMB challenge

And now for one little bit of news that isn’t related to Nik Wallenda 🙂 From Niagara This Week: The proposed Canadian Motor Speedway project has one less barrier to hurdle this week after a settlement was reached between one of the major groups opposed to the project and the speedway proponent. Council voted unanimously…

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Butterfly Conservatory welcomes critters for Ontario’s birthday

From the Niagara Falls Review (includes 14 photos): The Butterfly Conservatory is hosting a new exhibit, ‘Wild Ontario – A Celebration of Ontario’s Biodiversity’ will be open to the public from April 29 until June 6. The exhibit, part of the Niagara Parks Commission’s ‘Begin Here’ Ontario 150th celebrations and created by Little Ray’s Reptile…

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NCCC article in Business Niagara

Business Niagara magazine has a nice article in the October/November 2009 issue about the Niagara Convention and Civic Centre and Kerry Painter, the president and general manager. I can’t find the article online, so I have created a PDF file of the article if you’d like to download and read it. You can download it…

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Niagara Falls on the rebound?

From Niagara This Week: The streets are crowded, bodies are packed tightly aboard the Maid of the Mist Tour boats as they chug toward the foot of the Horseshoe Falls. Throngs of fun seekers on the sidewalks lining Clifton Hill spill out on to the road way. There seems to a be a buzz in…

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    Behind the Falls: Maid of the Mist

    From the Niagara Falls Review: As the steel boat chugs towards the 52-metre wall of rushing water, the passengers begin a steady chant of cheers. In unison, they pull the hoods of the blue raincoats over their heads. As the boat came within 75 metres of the mighty Horseshoe Falls, the raincoats didn’t offer much…

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    Niagara Sunset Cruises will begin July 1

    From the Niagara Falls Review: Ask and you shall receive. When his customers kept asking about the possibility of having dining cruises, Whirlpool Jet Boat owner and operator John Kinny saw the opportunity and decided to do something about it. Starting July 1, Niagara Sunset Cruises will be offering dining and sight-seeing cruises in the…

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      Say Hi to the Gruener Family

      One of the “alerts” I received about Niagara Falls included this blurb from the Gruener Family Blog: Tomorrow, we’re off to Niagara Falls, Ontario to stay at the DoubleTree Resort Lodge and Spa for two nights and wander around Niagara Falls and the Clifton Hill area. Low-key and relaxing, just what we need while we’ve…

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