From the Niagara Gazette: After May reports that the Hotel Niagara’s sale would finalize in June, undisclosed delays have pushed the closure date to the end of summer. In addition, an invitation obtained by the Niagara Gazette this past week advertises a “rare investment opportunity” at the historic Hotel Niagara, with recipients invited to consider…
Last week I received an email newsletter from the Marriott Niagara Falls Fallsview & Spa. You can subscribe to the newsletter by visiting the Marriott Niagara Falls Fallsview & Spa newsletter page
The Summer of Thrills started earlier this month. I’m not sure if they have such a thing this year, but here is a promo post card I found from last year:
From the Buffalo News: Virginia Celenza is not the kind of person to just sit down and take it easy. At 80-plus years old, she admits she is taking it a bit more slowly – but you would never know. For Celenza and her late husband, Joseph, who died last year, retirement meant opening their…
Remember when the former location of Jack’s Cantina burned down? That was 3 1/2 years ago, and the lot has sat empty/fenced for all this time. Within the last couple of weeks it was cleared and is now a small parking lot. part of the parking is for Spicy Olive employees, and the rest is…
From the St Catharines Standard: For 54 years, Peter Gordon played to an audience of millions. The Niagara Falls resident estimates thousands of people a night – between 90,000 to 150,000 on a summer night – have been entertained by his rainbow of lights on both the Horseshoe and American Falls. “It made you feel…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Dolores Fabiano finds Niagara Falls’ “love-hate relationship” with tourism “quite fascinating.” Fabiano, who is executive director for the Niagara Falls Chamber of Commerce, said it’s almost like the city’s No. 1 employer is a victim of its own success. “It’s the nature of the beast, I guess. It gets the…
From a CNW press release seen on Yahoo! Canada Finance: Niagara Casinos was awarded a 4 Green Keys rating from Green Key Global acknowledging their sustainable convention facilities and practices, topping off another year of substantial environmental initiatives at both Fallsview Casino Resort and Casino Niagara. Green Key Global, a leading environmental certification body, takes…
From the Buffalo News: A trip to visit Niagara Falls could be much more than a stop to view the world famous waterfalls. Plans to develop new tourism in the “Falls to Fort” region and extend tourists’ length of stay and overall spending were announced at a media event Monday in Niagara Falls, hosted by…
From the St Catharines Standard: The Marriott Niagara Falls Fallsview Hotel has earned Hall of Fame honours from travel review site TripAdvisor. The Marriott recently earned the site’s Certificate of Excellence for the fifth year in a row, which qualified it for the lofty status.