CanCon-heavy Niagara Falls New Year’s lineup unveiled

It’s disappointing this won’t be on TV. I’ve never gone down to the park to see anything live, but we always watch it. From Niagara This Week: Canadian content will be king at Niagara Falls for New Year’s Eve. The Niagara Parks Commission and the City of Niagara Falls, along with its other New Year’s…

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Niagara Falls Hotels Get Ready for the Country’s Biggest Holiday Lights Event

From a MarketWired press release: Few things evoke the holidays as powerfully as a good lights display. And the Winter Festival of Lights at Niagara Falls is about as spectacular as they come. Boasting more than 3 million lights and 125 animated displays, this annual event, now in its 33rd year, will attract thousands of…

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Fall brings rising tourism expectations

From the Niagara Falls Review: Continued, targeted marketing — and an influx of visiting seniors — should help Niagara Falls get through tourism’s typical off season, Wayne Thomson says. The chairman of Niagara Falls Tourism said his agency, Tourism Partnership of Niagara and Ontario Tourism Marketing Partnership Corporation are ramping up their fall marketing campaign,…

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Falls receives $323K for 2015 NYE show

From the Niagara Falls Review: Niagara Falls will receive $323,250 from two tourism programs to help secure talent and pay for production costs for the 2015 New Year’s Eve show. City staff made a submission for funding to the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport’s Celebrate Ontario program for the Queen Victoria Park show televised…

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Niagara Falls to Host Canada’s Largest New Year’s Eve Celebration

From a PRWeb press release: Niagara Falls is the place to be on New Year’s Eve. Experience the world-class entertainment, incredible outdoor atmosphere, live concert, fireworks shows, and lively attractions that make it the ideal holiday getaway destination for New Year’s Eve. ET Canada’s New Year’s Eve free concert is taking place on Dec. 31, 2014…

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Niagara Falls gets funding help for New Year’s Eve

From Niagara This Week: The City has managed to secure $240,000 to help stage the annual New Year’s Eve celebration at Queen Victoria Park. Staff was successful in obtaining a pair of grants — $184,500 from the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport’s Celebrate Ontario fund and an additional $50,000 from the Niagara Tourism Partnership.

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Fazio out as Winter Festival of Lights GM

From the Niagara Falls Review: After 10 years, the Winter Festival of Lights and its general manager Dino Fazio have parted ways. Fazio confirmed in an e-mail to the media Wednesday that he has left the long-running festival to pursue “personal projects.” He had been on a leave of absence “for awhile,” according to festival…

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