Reshma’s Space – Niagara Falls

    One of my alerts took me to a Windows Live Spaces blog where a person named Reshma writes about her visit to Niagara Falls: Yesterday I spent the entire day visiting the sights in Niagara Falls. I’d bought the Adventure Pass and decided to take full advantage of it – Maid of the Mist, Journey…

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      New Quality Hotel Opens just in time for summer

      As was mentioned previously, there is a new Quality Hotel on Ferry Street (it’s not Lundy’s Lane yet at that point). Here is part of the press release: Choice Hotels Canada welcomes the addition of a recently converted 145-room Quality Hotel® & Conference Centre in Niagara Falls, ON. Located in the heart of the city’s…

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        Tourism industry bracing for a ‘catastrophic’ hit

        From the Niagara Falls Review: Bob Benson doesn’t have a staff of full-time employees. Most of the folks who make the run to Pearson, Hamilton or Buffalo-Niagara International airports to drop off or pick up travellers for Niagara Airbus are retired and work a few hours a week to supplement their pensions. But the general…

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        U.S. diplimoat assures regional tourism leaders on border crossings

        From Hotel Online: An American diplomat reassured regional tourism officials Thursday that tighter border-crossing requirements due to take effect June 1 will not impede the flow of travelers and their dollars to and from Canada. Not everyone attending the fourth annual Binational Tourism Alliance was convinced. Some fretted that a looming flu pandemic, combined with…

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        Sandler, Spade and Schneider bring the funny to Niagara Falls tweets

        From the Buffalo News: What happens when three legendary “Saturday Night Live” alums descend on Niagara Falls? Funny tweets, of course. Adam Sandler, Rob Schneider, David Spade – along with comedian and Nick Swardson – stopped in Niagara Falls, Ont., Saturday night as part of their “Netflix Presents: Here Comes the Funny” tour. They performed…

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        Three Parks posts refilled -but no word on Gale’s spot

        From the Niagara Falls Review: The province has reappointed three Niagara Parks Commission members whose terms were ending -but not Bob Gale, the controversial member whose term expired in February. “We wanted to make sure the board remained functional. We were concerned about that,” Ontario’s Tourism Minister Monique Smith said in an interview Tuesday. Niagara…

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        Falls’ winter beauty to be showcased

        From the Niagara Falls Review: Niagara Falls will be a highlighted location on The Weather Channel’s upcoming It’s Amazing Out There winter tour. The two-day tour is all about discovering the “beauty and amazement” winter brings throughout North America. Meteorologists and officials from the Atlanta-based channel are scheduled to visit attractions such as Journey Behind…

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        Supporting AccessNiagara and the Niagara Falls Blog

        Note: I am not asking for anything here. I’m just sharing some information. Yesterday I received an email that I had received a donation via PayPal. I had totally forgotten I had this setup. A few years ago I setup a page at http://accessniagara.com/donate.php where people could make a donation. I think this is only the…

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        Sleep Cheap reservations start Friday

        From the Niagara Falls Review: Reservations for the 13th annual Sleep Cheap Charities Reap fundraiser can be made starting Friday at 8 a.m. Sleep Cheap will run for five nights again this year — from Nov. 13-17. During the event, many Niagara Falls hotels offer rooms to Niagara residents only at discounted prices. The proceeds…

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