Centerplate Chosen to Serve Ontario’s New Niagara Convention & Civic Centre

From a PR Newswire press release seen on Yahoo! Finance: Centerplate, the leading hospitality provider to North America’s premier convention centers, sports stadiums and entertainment venues, announced today it has been awarded the long-term contract as hospitality partner to the new Niagara Convention & Civic Centre in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. The company was selected…

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Improving tourist signs in city becomes priority

From the Buffalo News: The generations- old debate over the best use of street signs to direct tourists to local attractions may be nearing a settlement — but not quite yet. City Council Chairman Sam Fruscione and Mayor Paul A. Dyster said they plan to discuss the issue during a private meeting today, and the…

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Bike Rally on the Parkway

From Niagara This Week: It is said that Winston Churchill called it “the prettiest Sunday afternoon drive in the world” and on Sunday, June 20, thousands of bikers will likely share his sentiment as they cruise down the Niagara Parkway. Between June 18 and 20 thousands of bikers will descend on Niagara Falls for the…

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Canadian Forces personnel rappel from Sheraton-on-the-Falls Hotel

From the Niagara Falls Review (includes picture and video): Tourists on Clifton Hill in Niagara Falls watched in amazement, but for two members of Canada’s military, it was just another day on the job as they rappelled more than 100 meters down an outside wall of the Sheraton-on-the-Falls hotel. It was all part of a…

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Twitter updates for 2010-06-08

The wall climbing thing at Freefall Niagara that I tweeted about yesterday is on the upper level patio at Daredevil's restaurant # There is either paint or primer being put on the roof at the Ramada on Stanley Ave across from the Doubletree http://twitpic.com/1v1nxb # The front canopy at the Comfort Inn Clifton Hill is…

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Start Your Summer With an Escape!

On Friday I received the latest newsletter from the Hilton Hotel and Suites Niagara Falls Fallsview. To subscribe to the newsletter, fill out the form on the Special Offers page on the Hilton Hotel and Suites Niagara Falls Fallsview web site.

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Twitter updates for 2010-06-07

I just drove by Niagara Freefall. They were unloading a climbing wall. # There is a Canadian Forces display in Queen Victoria Park today by Zimmerman Fountain http://twitpic.com/1ut3vb # The scaffolding at the Bravo! Pizzeria & Grill is mostly down now. I wonder when they'll open… http://twitpic.com/1uspp6 # This little Hart & Huntington ( @hnhniagara…

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My visit to “Bodies… The Exhibition”

Last Thursday I had an opportunity to go to Bodies… The Exhibition at the Niagara Exhibition Centre with my 5-year-old son. Back in February we had seen the BodyWorlds exhibit at the Ontario Science Centre. I was definitely curious to see how the two exhibits were different. I have scanned the promotional leaflet, and you…

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Park poised for 125th anniversary

From the Buffalo News: Dignitaries from around the nation and Canada came to Niagara Falls in 1885 to be a part of history when the governor of New York accepted the Niagara Reservation as a state park. Organizers hope marching units will come from far and wide to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the park…

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