From Niagara This Week: For a second year in a row, a Niagara Falls hotel has proven to be popular with guests who contribute reviews to a travel website. TripAdvisor has recognized the Radisson Hotel and Suites Fallsview with its Certificate of Excellence Award, given to establishments that rank within the top 10 per cent of…
From the Concord Monitor: Mention Niagara and most travelers think of the famous falls, which deserve their reputation as the mother of all tourist attractions. But there’s another place with Niagara in its name just a half-hour drive from the falls that should be part of any visit to the area: Niagara-on-the-Lake, a lovely Ontario…
From the Buffalo News: Two travelers from Florida came to see our natural wonder last weekend. But unlike most of the 8 million tourists who flock to the falls each year, it took Nate Frankoski and Mike Buonaiuto 49 days to get here. The college students rode bicycles from Key West, Fla., to Niagara Falls…
From MSNBC (includes photos of various waterfalls): Twenty-two million: that’s how many made it to Niagara Falls last year. Yes, it’s touristy, but travelers—even hipsters—clearly can’t resist snapping pictures here and sharing them. There are tens of thousands of #NiagaraFalls shots just on Instagram. Niagara has also quickly become a favorite Facebook timeline cover photo…
From a PR Web press release: Two of Niagara’s most popular family-oriented destinations, Marineland Canada and Clifton Hill, have teamed up to provide a spectacular summertime vacation offer. For a limited time, visitors can stay one block from the Falls on Clifton Hill, and enjoy both the excitement of Marineland and Clifton Hill’s World Famous…
From the Buffalo News: The Buffalo Niagara region is rolling out the red carpet this week in an effort to persuade about 200 group-travel planners to come back within the next three to five years with busloads of travelers. The travel planners began arriving Tuesday at the Crowne Plaza Hotel to begin a whirlwind, three-day…
From Pittsburgh Live: Vacations, it’s said, will be a casualty of the recession, a luxury easy to put off. But summer is a powerful incentive. People want to get somewhere else, if only for a day or two. As it happens, Pittsburgh is well-situated for the economy getaway. Within a half-day’s drive are destinations recreational,…
From the Lockport Union-Sun & Journal: If you’re a U.S. citizen lacking the proper documentation for that return trip from Canada, don’t panic. After all those warnings that you needed to be in full compliance by June 1 — when the new rules took effect — the U.S. Customs and Border Protection has reminded motorists…
From Canoe.ca Travel: Just beneath the cheery din of slot-machine sirens, the sound of blissed-out tourist traffic and the crash of Niagara Falls, an undercurrent of anxiety is flowing among merchants and attraction operators as they brace for what some fear could be a summer of discontent. As of June 1, those who make their…
From Hotel Online: An American diplomat reassured regional tourism officials Thursday that tighter border-crossing requirements due to take effect June 1 will not impede the flow of travelers and their dollars to and from Canada. Not everyone attending the fourth annual Binational Tourism Alliance was convinced. Some fretted that a looming flu pandemic, combined with…