Cirque Niagara Avaia pamphlet

    One of the exciting new attractions this year is Avaia. This is being performed by Cirque Niagara. It is a performance along the lines of Cirque du Soleil, and will combine “artistry, acrobatics and dance” and includes “19 of the world’s most beautiful performing horses”. I have scanned the promotional pamphlet and included the text…

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      I Know Niagara

      One of the things I picked up at the Niagara Tourism Expo was a leaflet for a program taught at the Tourism Industry Development Centre at Niagara College‘s Maid of the Mist Campus. It is for employees in the hospitality industry in the region and helps them understand the region more: Do YOU Know Niagara?…

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        Niagara Tourism Expo

        The biggest mall in the Niagara Region is The Pen Centre, located in St. Catharines. This weekend (Saturday and Sunday) they are having a Niagara Tourism Expo. There are many of the regional entertainment destinations that have tables and/or displays setup. HOCO was there promoting their Clifton Hill attractions (they were even giving away free…

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          New $40M waterpark makes three

          From the Niagara Falls Review: And then there were three. The Fallsview Indoor Waterpark the latest addition to the Falls Avenue Entertainment Complex owned by Canadian Niagara Hotels opened quietly at noon Thursday. But there was plenty of noise inside the structure, built high atop Falls Avenue at a previously reported cost of $40 million…

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            Tourism nightmare

            From Niagara This Week: The local tourism industry must step up its marketing to ensure its neighbours south of the border continue to view Niagara Falls as a world-class destination, despite the Canadian dollar setting new 28-year highs, says Anna Pierce, manager of Niagara Falls Tourism. “When SARS hit, the tourism industry called it the…

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              Changes at Screamers?

              I’ve never quite understood the way Screamers was setup. While facing the location, there was a scary attracion on the left, then Dino Rampage, then Dragon Star Restaurant, and then another scary attraction on the right. This picture is of the scary attracion on the right. This one never seemed to be opened, so I’m…

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