Spring Break & Family Vacation Packages

On Monday I received the latest newsletter from NiagaraFallsBestHotels.com. For some reason, it came across as plain text rather than as HTML. To subscribe, fill out the form to join the Best Hotels Mailing List.

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Parks to implement Chinese pay options

From Niagara This Week: Starting next month, Chinese visitors will have Chinese mobile payment options at Niagara Parks attractions. After a procurement process, OTT Pay Inc. was selected as the preferred vendor, catering to the emerging Chinese tourism market. The agreement was finalized with a signing ceremony on March 14. Once implemented, Niagara Parks will…

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Away for a few days

I’m heading up to a cottage for a few days, so I won’t be around to add anything pressing or respond to comments. However, I have a few postings scheduled to be posted today and tomorrow. What can you do while I’m away? Well, make sure you’ve read my posting on the Whirlpool Jet Boat…

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    DAYTRIPPING USA: Day 53

    Someone with a Blogger blog has posted about a recent trip to Niagara Falls: We arrive at a recently remodeled Quality Inn with a “Falls View” shuttle bus stop in front. How much better can it get! Plenty of time left in the day to look at the waterfalls and let the shuttle take us…

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    Cascade Inn renovations?

    Not exactly sure what they are doing at the Cascade Inn, but they do have a few of the balconies taken down with some rooms boarded up. The owners of this hotel I believe are the same owners as the Skylon Tower and the claim to fame that they hold near and dear, is that…

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    Skating on an exhilarating edge in Niagara

    From the Toronto Star: Okay, you’re up and moving gingerly on the new skates Santa brought, but can you stop? That question may arise in your mind this winter as you glide toward the brink of the Horseshoe Falls at Niagara Falls. The Rink at the Brink returned last month, but skaters this year are…

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      A ‘Great American Vacation’ in our own backyard

      From the Buffalo News: Dave Price, weather anchor for â€ŔThe Early Show” on CBS, took one bite of an Anchor Bar chicken wing with suicide sauce Thursday morning and was too shocked to give the national weather report. â€ŔI can’t swallow right now,” Price choked into the camera as he stood at Terrapin Point on…

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      Twitter updates for 2009-08-01

      http://twitpic.com/celcb – This was taken in Oakes Garden Theatre as they were setting up for the Friday night concerts… # http://twitpic.com/cel6i – My wife looked up at this and said her palms were getting sweaty just looking at it. She's afraid of heights. # My wife and I came down to Clifton Hill last night…

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      Space for rent on Clifton Hill – GROUND LEVEL MIDDLE OF CLIFTON HILL

      I was browsing the Kijiji web site, and noticed one of the featured ads up top was of the Burger King on Clifton Hill. I clicked on the link, and apparently there is some space to rent. I wonder which space is available. 5,000 is a fairly large space.

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      Garrett out as RTO boss

      From Niagara This Week: Robin Garrett is no longer the chief executive of the Tourism Partnership of Niagara. The decision was a mutual one, said TPN chair Janice Thomson. “We had a conversation,” Thomson said. “It’s exactly as we said in the release.” Garrett confirmed Thomson’s assessment.

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