Province shows confidence in Niagara

    From Niagara This Week: The provincial government is betting on Niagara Falls as a good place to invest the public’s money because of its increasing potential to continually evolve as an international tourism destination. Premier Dalton McGuinty was in the Niagara Falls Saturday for a photo-op with municipal, regional and provincial politicians highlighting the Liberal’s…

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    Dogged voting could make Falls a shoe-in on Monopoly board

    From the Niagara Falls Review: Vote, vote, vote. That’s the only way Niagara Falls will have a chance to end up on the new Canadian version of the ever-popular board game Monopoly. Sixty-five cities were preselected for the national vote – but Niagara Falls isn’t on the list. Nothing to worry about, said Hasbro Canada…

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    Johnny Peppers is a restaurant

    Ok, maybe I’m a bit slow here, but for some reason I thought that Johnny Peppers was going to be another bar/club like Cantina Charlies. However, apparently it is a restaurant. They recently put up the smaller text up on the building that says: Great Italian Grill Wood Fired Pizza and Deli

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    Romantic Couple’s Getaway in Niagara

    Last week I received a newsletter from Niagara Hospitality Hotels, the operator of the The Oakes Hotel Overlooking the Falls. To subscribe to the newsletter, click on the Email Deals link on the main page of their site.

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    $10 Safari Niagara Kids Season’s Memberships – Limited Time Offer

    Last Thursday I received the following newsletter from Safari Niagara. To subscribe to the “The Wild Times”, the Safari Niagara newsletter, click on the subscribe link at the top of any page.

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      Niagara Falls Web Sites: FallsAvenue.com

      Last week I highlighted the CliftonHill.com. This week I’ll highlight FallsAvenue.com. Similar to the way HOCO Limited has a central web site for all of their properties, Canadian Niagara Hotels does the same thing. They operate the Sheraton on the Falls, Brock Plaza, Hampton Inn, and the Skyline Inn hotels. They also operate the Rainforest…

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      Niagara Falls Benefiting from Movie Productions

      From WNED: Communities spend millions of dollars on tourism promotion, using everything from newspaper ads to the web. For some communities, there are tourism opportunities which are beyond price, especially movies. That’s why Niagara Falls, Ontario officials are excited about the movie “The Black Marks” with Matt Dillon, Kurt Russell and Terence Stamp being shot…

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      Hilton Would Like To Make A Suggestion

      This isn’t directly Niagara Falls-related, but given how active the Hilton in Niagara Falls is on Twitter, I thought it was a relevant article. From Hotels Magazine: In the past couple months, Hilton Hotels Corp. has quietly begun experimenting with one of the most aggressive hotel marketing strategies on Twitter. Hilton was actually relatively late…

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      AAAA Royal Motel is now the Fallsview Lodge

      The AAAA Royal Motel on Ferry St has recently changed its name to the Fallsview Lodge. They are still replacing all of the signs.

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