ZZ Top makes Fallsview Casino debut

From a CNW press release seen on Yahoo! Canada Finance: Rock and Roll Hall of Famers ZZ Top take the stage at Fallsview Casino for the first time ever this August. For one night only they will perform their repertoire of hits such as “Tush”, “Legs”, “La Grange”, “Gimme All Your Lovin’” and “Sharp Dressed…

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Niagara tourism bonanza for first-time visitor

From the Welland Tribune: Karl-Heinz Holzwarth was wrapping up his inaugural trip to Canada, and mining for future destination possibilities. On Wednesday, he found gold at Niagara’s Ontario Travel Information Centre. “My wife Rosa and I were in our car heading to Niagara Falls, took the wrong road, and I saw this visitor centre on…

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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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Harry Connick Jr. brings signature style with a side of charm to Fallsview Casino

From a press release seen on Niagara Frontier Publications: “American Idol” judge Harry Connick Jr. will perform at 8:30 p.m. Sept. 1-2 at Fallsview Casino in Niagara Falls, Ontario. Award-winning pianist, vocalist, composer, bandleader, actor and philanthropist Connick performs pop classics, ballads and New Orleans jazz from his multi-platinum albums with charm and his signature…

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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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