From the Niagara Gazette: Niagara Gazette — Niagara Falls may have another 100 hotel rooms soon. The Niagara County Industrial Development Agency expects to receive an application for assistance for consideration from hotelier Ali Rizek, who intends to build a Comfort Inn on an empty lot at 6115 Niagara Falls Blvd. at their monthly meeting…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Niagara tourism industry insiders say they support John Tory and Tim Hudak’s call for the government to repeal the provincial sales tax for attractions and accommodations this summer. “Anything that will help bring tourists to Niagara Falls is a good thing,” said Chamber of Commerce president Carolyn Bones, during the…
From the Niagara Falls Review: One more illusion. One more long night to get through. Once magician Greg Frewin deals with his Blades of Fire, the three-week marathon is over. But it won’t be easy. It’s the big finale of his CBC special, and there probably isn’t a worse place to be in Niagara Falls…
From Niagara This Week: Niagara Falls took on a pink hue Saturday night to illuminate the importance for women to detect breast cancer in its early stages. Country-singing sensation LeAnn Rimes stood at a pink podium at the Edgewater Tap and Grill and flipped the switch turning the water rushing over the city’s world famous…
From a PR Newswire press release: Fallsview Casino and World Poker Tour® are giving Canadian players another opportunity to compete for the chance to have their name etched onto the prestigious WPT® Champions Cup as WPT expands its Season XII schedule to include the Fallsview Poker Classic WPT running February 22-24, 2014. “Poker is more…
On page 6 of the November/December issue of Hospitality Technology magazine had a blurb about the Embassy Suites. The news item didn’t have anything to do with Niagara Falls, but the picture they chose to represent Embassy Suites was of Embassy Suites Hotel – Niagara Falls Fallsview. Nothing earth shattering, but I thought I’d pass…
From the Niagara Falls Review: The man behind the Canadian Motor Speedway project is banking on a groundbreaking by the beginning of winter. Executive Director Azhar Mohammad said while the results of the Ontario Municipal Board’s decision haven’t been released yet, he’s remaining optimistic. “There really wasn’t any opposition,” he said of the hearing that…
As I’m always on the lookout for good Niagara Falls sites, I came across a Flickr collection the other day for someone with the username Mtl_Shag. This person came to Niagara Falls 6-9 months ago, and took some nice pictures of the Falls in Winter. There are also other Niagara Falls pictures as well.
This isn’t really tourism-related, but ARN has an interesting article about some of the technology in use at the border: When visiting Niagara Falls, chances are you’re too enthralled by the beauty and power of the cataract to think of anything else. Until you cross the U.S./Canada border — then you have to think about…
Obviously due to the holidays this week, posting will be light for the next week or so.