From the Niagara Falls Review: One of the city’s top fundraising promotions is off to its usual hot start. Founder Jim Diodati says hotel phone lines were buzzing Monday for the first day of bookings for Sleep Cheap Charities Reap. By Tuesday, five of the 28 properties taking part were sold out. “The first day…
From WNED-AM 970 NEWS: On one side of Niagara Falls, state parks need $85 million in repairs while on the Ontario side millions of dollars are going into renovation of Old Fort Erie and the Laura Secord House. WNED’s Mike Desmond talked with the Chairwoman of the Niagara Parks Commission, Fay Booker, about the difference….
From Canoe Travel: As my boyfriend Mauricio and I drove along highway 420 to Niagara Falls, Ont., I could see it in the distance: Canada’s tallest hotel tower, rising 500 metres above the ground and now open at the Hilton Hotel & Suites Niagara Falls Fallsview. It’s impossible to miss the 53-storey tower as you…
From a press release I received recently from the DoubleTree Fallsview Resort & Spa by Hilton: Serving the travelling public for the last fifty years, Orsini Bros. Inns Inc. was established with the purchase of the Coral Motel on Lundy’s Lane in March 1964. The accommodations industry has changed a great deal over the years…
From Buffalo Business First: On July 3, 1984, a Czech emigre by the name of Karel Soucek rode in a nine-foot barrel over the cataracts at Niagara Falls, and lived. A few months later, on Jan. 19, 1985, a stunt he was performing in the Houston Astrodome malfunctioned and within a day he was dead,…
On Tuesday I received the latest issue of the Clifton Hill Resorts Update. They are promoting a contest, various packages including things to do during the March Break. As always, you can subscribe to the Clifton Hill Resorts Update newsletter by visiting the Clifton Hill Newsletter page.
Yesterday when I was out walking, I saw this sign on Murray St: I thought that the WEGO bus system (to replace the People Mover system) was supposed to be starting up soon, so I thought maybe this was a temporary sign, maybe even a temporary bus stop. I went home and checked the website…
From the Buffalo News: It seemed like an event that even Niagara Falls couldn’t screw up.The son of a famous wire-walking family wanted to tempt fate at the region’s natural wonder. A national television network agreed to give the city more free advertising than it could buy. And thousands of people were vying to get…
I'm attending the Connect2012 technology conference (@ Fallsview Casino Grand Hall) [pic]: http://t.co/oFkWuLfO #
For a few days there has been work going on at Bronto’s Adventure Playland. At first it looked like they were taking the place apart, but then it became apparent that they were just changing the booth. It used to be right in front and you couldn’t really see what was going on. Now it…