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Last week I received the latest email newsletter from the Embassy Suites by Hilton Niagara Falls – Fallsview
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Fixing the Falls: Downtown still under development
From the Niagara Gazette: The DiCienzio family has been doing hotel business on both sides of the border in Niagara Falls for years. In 2007, the family business, Canadian Niagara Hotels, sold the old Holiday Inn at the corner of Third Street and Rainbow Boulevard to make way for its demolition as part of the…
Give us back our big baby: Marine park in bizarre tug-of-love case over 17-foot killer whale
From the UK Daily Mail: Two theme parks are waging an international custody dispute in court – over a 17-foot killer whale. SeaWorld in Orlando, Florida, is demanding the return of Ikaika, a two-tonne, captive-born orca that it sent to Marineland in Niagara Falls, Canada, in 2006. But Marineland has defied the call – and…
Niagara needs a tourism ambassador too
From the Niagara Falls Review: How’s Niagara Falls supposed to compete with Hello Kitty? Earlier this month, Japan’s tourism ministry named Hello Kitty, a cartoon character, its “tourism ambassador” to China and Hong Kong, a market Niagara has also been eager to tap… If Niagara wanted to follow Japan’s approach, there are so many colourful…
Capitalize on ‘Niagara,’ minister tells trade show
From the Niagara Falls Review: Sometimes it takes someone from the outside looking in to remind us what we ought to know, but all too often take for granted. On Thursday, that someone was Sandra Pupatello, Ontario’s minister of economic development and trade, who sang the city’s praises when she addressed a crowd of civic…
Celebrate the Howl-idays at Great Wolf Lodge’s Winter Wonderland
On Tuesday I received the latest newsletter from the Great Wolf Lodge. They are promoting winter packages for the month of December. You can sign up for the mailings by visiting the Email Signup page on the Great Wolf Lodge Niagara Falls web site.
Monopoly snub unthinkable
From the Niagara Falls Review: Rich Uncle Pennybags can blow it out his top hat. He’s the cartoon-character mascot of the Monopoly board game. Despite his grandfatherly image – with that Wilford Brimley mustache, sophisticated walking stick and the same tuxedo he has been wearing for nearly a century – Pennybags just snubbed Niagara Falls…
Terence in Niagara Falls << Terence in Canada
Someone with a WordPress blog posted about a trip to Niagara Falls: So where were we, ah yes, Terence in Niagara Falls, already seven weeks ago, but definitely worth mentioning. On Sunday the 17th of May, I took the bus to Niagara Falls, to see the Falls, 😉 . Once I arrived in Niagara Falls,…
Marineland: Killer whale bleeding for months, trainer says
From the Toronto Star: Kiska, the killer whale, swims alone in her pool at Marineland, often followed by a trail of her own blood. Her tail has been bleeding off and on since July but has been getting progressively worse, according to Christine Santos, who has been one of Kiska’s primary trainers. She described the…
Niagara goes “unconventional”
From the Niagara Falls Review: Niagara’s convention centre is borrowing a page from 7-Up. The soft drink company marketed itself once upon a time as the “un-cola†to separate itself from its competition. Now the Niagara Convention and Civic Centre will promote itself as “unconentional,†putting an emphasis on delivering “unconventional experiences†to thousands of…