Niagara Falls to Connect to Fun in the Central Florida Sun

From a press release seen on Yahoo! Finance: Allegiant (Nasdaq:ALGT – News) today announces new, nonstop jet service between Niagara Falls, N.Y., and Orlando, Fla., via Orlando Sanford International Airport (SFB), will begin Feb. 15, 2012. The company, known for its exceptional travel deals, will introduce the new service with fares as low as $79.99*…

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Twitter updates for 2009-11-17

http://twitpic.com/pwfxl – I saw this in a phone booth at the Cadillac Motel on Ferry St # http://twitpic.com/pwegz – Nice shot of the Niagara SkyWheel and the clouds above #

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    Concrete evidence of hotel; Work on 58-storey Niagara Hilton continues in carefully choreographed work exercise

    From the Niagara Falls Review: Tourists watched with keen interest as the cement trucks kept arriving and the concrete continued to be poured into a giant hole Wednesday on Fallsview Boulevard. Construction workers were busy pouring the foundation for the expansion of the Hilton Niagara that will be 58 storeys. “Everything has been going great,”…

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    Oct. 24, 1901: First barrel ride over Niagara Falls

    From Yahoo! Malaysia News: Niagara Falls had been a tourist destination for decades before 1901, but it wasn’t until Oct. 24 of that year that the first person decided to ride a barrel over the falls. Former schoolteacher Annie Edson Taylor made the plunge on her 63rd birthday, hoping for fame and fortune. Taylor, whose…

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      Tuning up tourism

      From the Niagara Gazette: Local representatives and businesses have come together with one goal in mind: improve the city’s tourism industry. With that in mind, a summit is being held to discuss getting things back on track — particularly downtown. “We eventually want to make it into a ‘Clifton Hill,’ but on the American side,”…

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      New ‘Instagrammable’ attraction open in Niagara Falls, Ontario

      From WKBW.com: If you’re looking for the perfect photo-op, Niagara Falls is always a great go-to. But if you’ve been there, done that, there are some more creative backdrops now open in Niagara Falls, Ontario.

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      Summer GO’s here to stay

      From Niagara This Week: The weekend GO trains which ran into St. Catharines and Niagara Falls during the past two summers will become a regular occurance. Earlier this month, GO Transit announced the summer service, which saw four trains a weekend coming to the region from Toronto, will become a part of its regular network….

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        Longer customs inspection times are contributing to slow crossings

        From the Niagara Falls Review: Slow traffic has plagued border crossings in Niagara all summer, but it’s not because people are travelling more. Overall, travel is down this year at three of the Niagara River bridges yet wait-times of an hour or more are not uncommon, especially when entering the U.S. At the Rainbow Bridge…

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        Niagara Falls, a US and Canadian jewel

        From the Stillwater New Press: Spectacular Niagra Falls is a case study on international cooperation and agreement between two nations. Of course, those two countries are Canada, and our good ol’ U.S. of A. As the mighty Niagra River flows from the Great Lakes of Erie to Ontario, the incredible falls are created. The title…

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        Casino union vote count delayed

        From the Niagara Falls Review: Casino workers in Niagara Falls won’t know until at least Wednesday whether the Canadian Auto Workers was successful in getting certified as the union representing 2,900 Fallsview Casino and Casino Niagara workers, says CAW organizer John Aman. It has been two weeks since most frontline casino employees voted after the…

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