A tour offer you can’t refuse

    From the Niagara Falls Review: When the mob takes you for a ride, don’t expect to be home any time soon. When Michael Rizzo, founder of Mob Tours, takes you for a ride, it takes about 90 minutes and some of the highlights along the way include former hideouts, hangouts and homes of Niagara Falls,…

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    Clifton Hill, Niagara Falls

    Someone with a blog called “A Penchant for Travelling” visited Niagara Falls recently and posted about their trip (including pictures): The famous tourist area in Niagara Falls is called Clifton Hill, where there are many hotels, restaurants and shops for tourists visiting Niagara Falls. I think it was the only time we stayed near to…

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    Santa’s Top Picks

    A couple of weeks ago I received the latest email newsletter from the Americana Conference Resort Spa & Waterpark. To subscribe to the newsletter, fill out the form on the bottom right of the main Americana Conference Resort & Spa web site.

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      Screenshots of Marilyn Monroe’s “Niagara”

      As I just posted, the movie Niagara starring Marilyn Monroe had lots of great shots of the Falls. The movie was filmed in 1952 and released in 1953, and it is very interesting to see how things have changed in the 50 years since. I took a few screen captures to show the quality of…

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      Niagara Falls Hotel launches all-new website for Spring 2011

      From a Webwire press release: Guests of the Comfort Inn Clifton Hill have high expectations of quality, style, service and satisfaction when they stay on Clifton Hill’s World Famous Street of Fun by the Falls. They can apply those same expectations to the hotel’s new website, which has been redesigned from the ground up, and…

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      Another Doubletree Niagara Falls keycard

      Another in my series on keycards… I recently found this room keycard for the DoubleTree Fallsview Resort & Spa by Hilton – Niagara Falls. It’s different than the last one I found.

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        Galaxy Golf/Canada Trading Company/Tim Hortons building

        The multi-purpose building that HOCO is finishing on Clifton Hill looks kind of odd. It has the beautiful new Tim Hortons and a soon to be opened retail store called Canada Trading Company. Those two parts of the building have different stone work, but they still go well together. Then the last part of the…

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          Days Inn Adds Niagara Falls Hotel to Portfolio

          From Hospitality 1st: Days Inns – Canada invites travellers to visit its newest location in Niagara Falls, Ontario. The newly renovated full service hotel offers 121 updated guest rooms, on-site restaurant, indoor heated pool and free wireless Internet access. All aspects of the hotel have been upgraded to reflect current design trends in hospitality. “From…

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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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