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Last week I received the latest newsletter from Niagara Falls Tourism:
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Did Dan Aykroyd just diss us?
From the Niagara Falls Review: Dan Aykroyd, you’ve got some explaining to do. Local fans might be wondering who they’re gonna call after the ‘Ghostbusters’ and ‘Saturday Night Live’ star called Niagara Falls, New York “a little prettier” than its Canadian counterpart during an appearance across the river Saturday. Aykroyd was promoting his Crystal Head…
Tourism ‘flat’ in Falls
From the Niagara Falls Review: It could be better. It could be worse. But with the peak season of tourism upon us, the general consensus among operators is business has been “mediocre” and “flat,” says Niagara Falls Tourism chairman Wayne Thomson. “Some of the properties are behind a little bit, or slightly ahead,” he said….
Experience Niagara! Accommodation and Attraction Packages
I don’t remember signing up for it, and I don’t think I’ve ever gotten one before, but apparently Niagara Falls Tourism has an email newsletter. I received this earlier in the week:
EASTER WEEKEND BODES WELL FOR 2011 NIAGARA FALLS TOURISM SEASON
From the Niagara Falls Reporter: If Easter week is any sort of barometer, the 2011 tourism season is going to be an exceptionally good one for Niagara Falls. Tourists were out en masse, and even the reality of $4-per-gallon gas prices did not keep them from traveling to see the world’s most famous waterfall. The…
Opening set N.F., Ont. convention center
From Buffalo Business First: Just a few days before the grand opening of the Scotiabank Convention Centre, Kerry Painter is able to finally get rid of her hard hat and steel-toed shoes as she walks around the building. The 288,000-square-foot Niagara Falls, Ont. convention center is that close to opening. Crews inside and outside the…
Tourism operators applaud loosening liquor laws
From the Niagara Falls Review: Beer and wine drinkers might soon be able to walk among the teetotallers now that Ontario’s Liberals plan to loosen the province’s liquor laws. It’s a move some Niagara Falls tourism operators say will help the industry. Attorney General Chris Bentley announced plans to overhaul the rules preventing Ontario resorts…
Fardell quits Niagara Falls Tourism
From the Niagara Falls Review: Eight months after taking the helm of Niagara Falls Tourism, Joe Fardell is leaving the tourism industry’s marketing agency to take his own career in a new direction. Wayne Thomson, chairman of the organization that promotes the Niagara Falls hospitality industry, confirmed Fardell resigned Monday as managing director. “Mr. Fardell…
More U.S. visitors come to Ontario
I’ve said this a couple of times this summer, but I didn’t have any hard numbers to back me up… From the Niagara Falls Review: The latest figures from Ontario’s Ministry of Tourism show a modest increase in American visitation to Ontario during June compared to a year earlier when stricter border-crossing regulations came into…
Tourism looking up
(yeah, I know I’m a few days late with this one…) From the Niagara Falls Review: The Honeymoon Capital is having a better tourism season this year than last, despite the continuing difficulties convincing Americans to take their holidays north of the border, says the president of Niagara Falls Tourism. “We’re holding our own,” said…