From WKBW Channel 7 in Buffalo: Destination Niagara USA recognizes the power of social media and says by connecting with the popular review site ‘Yelp,’ it will help local businesses and tourism in Niagara Falls. Destination Niagara USA is the marketing organization for Niagara Falls and Niagara County that promotes tourism.
From the Buffalo News: Summer tourists are flocking to the falls. So are the bloggers. Online writers from all over the country are returning with reports of their summer vacations. Some loved the falls. Some thought it tacky. And there are ubiquitous pictures of people in Maid of the Mist slickers. Here’s the brutal truth…
This is a 2 1/2-minute video about energy. The first part of the video talks about the power of Niagara Falls: From ABC News/Good Morning America: A look at hydroelectric energy and it’s future in the US
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 Niagara Falls Review: Members of the Niagara Parks Commission will complete a government- ordered review of its lease with the Maid of the Mist Steamboat Co. “no later than Oct. 1,” chairman Jim Williams says. Commissioners met last week to consider advice from the provincial government and their own legal staff, and to…
I'm walking along Ellen Ave behind the Howard Johnson and I can smell the chlorine from the pool. It makes me want to go swimming! #
If you’ve been following the blog for a long time, or know what hotels have been approved (but not built), then you know that several years ago the Loretto Academy on Stanley Avenue was sold. There has been talk for years that a hotel complex was going to be build. I still think it is…
From Niagara This Week: The Days Inn Niagara Falls on Victoria Avenue unveiled its new look Wednesday, two days after the chain opened a new location in the Fallsview tourists district. The 117-room Victoria Avenue Days Inn celebrated the completion of $800,000 in extensive facility and guestroom renovations. These modifications are expected to provide greater…
From the Buffalo News: Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said Tuesday that New York State “is living up to” the agreement it signed a decade ago permitting Indian casinos in Western New York. In town last week for a series of economic development announcements, Cuomo was asked what happens to Niagara Falls if the state loses…
From the Buffalo News: This is what I’m thinking: It didn’t go off without a hitch and wasn’t entirely Chamber of Commerce material, but overall, Tuesday morning’s Whistle-Stop tour visit of ABC’s “Good Morning America†to Niagara Falls was a pretty positive experience for the area. Diane Sawyer, Robin Roberts, Chris Cuomo and Sam Champion…