From the Niagara Falls Review: The Winter Festival of Lights will be heading into its 35th season riding high. That’s because the 34th edition, which concludes Tuesday, has seen increases across the board. Tina Myers, the event’s executive director, said officials have seen a 12 per cent increase in vehicle traffic and a 17 per…
From the Minneapolis Star Tribune: Are you going to the Canadian side? You must go to the Canadian side — it’s much better! Just about every time I mentioned that my family and I were planning a trip to Niagara Falls, that was the response. I was taken aback because I’d always thought of Niagara…
From the Toronto Star: After an extensive Toronto Star investigation into the treatment of sea life at Marineland, serious allegations are now being levelled about the diet and conditions of its land animals. Casual brutality when animals need to be put down is common and substandard enclosures are prevalent, according to Jim Hammond, the former…
RT @NiagaraParksPR: MSNTravel has Niagara Falls in '8 of the World’s Best Waterfalls' http://bit.ly/IgPa3 (They use an awful pic, though!) # http://twitpic.com/dvqxe – Here is the new @BaymontNiagara sign # http://twitpic.com/dvqsh – It's a beautiful day today, and people are lined up to get down to Maid of the Mist # I got my new…
From the Buffalo News: The Niagara Global Tourism Institute, an initiative led by Niagara University to “transform the regional tourism industry,” opened Friday in the Power City Building in downtown Niagara Falls. The institute will use the university’s expertise in hospitality and tourism management “to enhance Niagara Falls’ tourism industry,” according to a Niagara University…
I posted previously about the work being done on River Road. They were replacing the sewers or water main or something. Well, within the last couple of weeks everything reopened. The road is nicely paved and everything is back to normal. A few things to note: Where Falls Avenue and River Road meet was modified….
From Niagara This Week: When Jesse McCracken set out to create a documentary film on motel culture in Niagara Falls, he found himself on the doorstep of the Continental Motel on Ferry Street, expecting another interview discussing the decline in the number of the mom-and-pop type of inns that were once a booming part of…
No matter what age you are, there is a lot to do at the Great Wolf Lodge, but ultimately it is the kids that will enjoy it the most. As I mentioned when talking about the hotel, there are all sorts of activities for the children. In the lobby there is a talking moose, bear,…
From NorthJersery.com: Our trip started with sightseeing on the Canadian side of Niagara Falls, then we toured Toronto, had family fun-time on Horseshoe Lake in Minden and shopped in Kingston. (I know this isn’t much of an article, but it’s always good to see Niagara Falls mentioned. It means some people came and they are…
Last Wednesday I received an the latest email newsletter from Great Wolf Lodge
