From the Niagara Falls Review: The Olympic torch could light up Niagara Falls before the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver. Mayor Ted Salci confirmed the Falls is one of the cities organizers will invite to participate in the 100-day relay leading to the Vancouver games.
From the Niagara Falls Review: It’s now or never for a people mover system in Niagara Falls – even if it’s not as grand as originally planned, says Dave Schram, a consultant working on the project for six years. “There are two choices. Either move forward with Phase 1 or forget about the project,” Schram…
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From the Niagara Falls Review: Regional chairman Peter Partington said this week that Niagara, despite a number of challenges, is on the right track. “I’m bullish about the future of Niagara,” Partington said during his State of Niagara address this week in Thorold. As the top municipal politician in Niagara, it’s part of Partington’s job…
From the Niagara Falls Review: One of the best-known and oldest business names in Niagara Falls is no more. For all the nearly eight decades of its life, the landmark hotel on Falls Avenue directly across from the Rainbow Bridge has had “Brock” as part of its name. Now, as a new member of the…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Half a people mover might be better than none. After 10 years of trying to develop a mass-transit system to shuttle people through the busiest tourist areas, city council will consider going ahead with the just the top portion of what was originally to be a 10-kilometre loop between Bender…
This past Tuesday the IMAX Theatre in Niagara Falls had a “hospitality” night. I was able to go with my two sons to see the film Dinosaurs: Giants of Patagonia. The theatre of course will still be showing the Niagara Falls IMAX film a dozen times a day, but there are a few showings of…
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…
I emailed Ann Marie Rondinelli at Marineland asking if there was anything new this year. I was disappointed to not hear back from Anne Marie directly. Someone else emailed me what seemed to be a stock reply (telling me some things I already knew): Thank you for your email and interest in Marineland! Marineland is…
From the Niagara Falls Review: Niagara’s tourism operators hope Greg Sorbara’s got some inside information about the upcoming tourist season. The Liberal MPP for Vaughn, who is touring Ontario while undertaking a tourism competitiveness study, told Niagara winemakers Tuesday while the number of visitors from near-border markets may be on the decline, “we’re doing things…