Massive tourism convention eyes Niagara Falls

From the Niagara Falls Review: A premier international tourism conference could bring an extra $3 million to the Niagara Falls economy if the city is chosen to play host to the 39th annual Rendez-vous Canada convention in 2015. And while negotiations are still ongoing, all that is left to do is dot the I’s and…

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Canada simply gives up competing for the American tourist

This isn’t directly Niagara Falls related, but in the tourism industry we definitely know what the article is talking about. We just don’t get the US visitors we used to. From the Toronto Star: Ottawa no longer wants to waste time and money trying to lure American tourists to the land of moose, mountains and…

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Jimmy Kimmel Show making Niagara detour

From the Niagara Falls Review: The Jimmy Kimmel Show will be filming segments in Niagara Falls next week, but it’s still unclear whether Kimmel himself will be here. Robin Garrett, CEO of the Tourism Partnership of Niagara, said there’s no guarantee the popular ABC talk show host will appear, but “we are negotiating that as…

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