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NIAGARA FALLS: Jim and Pam wed here – for “The Office”

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Originally printed by the Niagara Gazette Aug 27th, 09′
NIAGARA FALLS: Jim and Pam wed here — for “The Office”
Emmy-winning TV comedy crew shoots wedding scenes in Niagara Falls
By Michele Deluca
michele.deluca@niagara-gazette.com
Like thousands of other couples throughout the ages, Jim and Pam were married in Niagara Falls on Thursday.
There was debate over where to tie the knot. It was a toss up between the Maid of the Mist or Terrapin Point. Ultimately the boat won and viewers of the Emmy-winning TV comedy, “The Office,” will be able to watch the whole thing unfold during a two-part show that airs on Oct. 8. (more…)

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The Office: Tourists Surprised by Jim-Pam Wedding on Niagara Falls

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Originally printed by BuddyTV Aug 27, 09′
The Office: Tourists Surprised by Jim-Pam Wedding on Niagara Falls
Thursday, August 27, 2009
If you were somehow aboard the Maid of the Mist on the Niagara Falls last week and spotted a couple with the guy making funny faces to a camera, congratulations, you just stepped into the filming of the highly anticipated Pam-Jim wedding on The Office. The two-part episode is set to air on October 8, and of course the Office people chose to do it on the US side of the falls. (more…)

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Falling for Niagara’s roses

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Originally printed in The Star
Falling for Niagara’s roses
Botanical Gardens’ showcase deserves more attention from tourists
Aug 27, 2009 04:30 AM
Paul Dalby
Special to the Star
NIAGARA FALLS–It’s a bit like having an older brother who always grabs the attention of the girls. Here in the honeymoon capital, nothing can outshine the Falls – unless, of course, it’s Charles Darwin, Dusty Springfield and Dolly Parton.
We’re not talking here about new inductees into the town’s wax museum, just a trio of blooms that could make an appearance in North America’s biggest and best Victorian rose garden. (more…)

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Great American vacation – Niagara Falls

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Originally printed by Examiner.com on August 19th, 2009
CBS News producer Jack Halsbond was behind the wheel of The Early Show’s Winnebago Destination, traveling the country in July and August as part of the “Great American Vacation” giveaway road trip. Read his Web-exclusive road diary.
Niagara Falls was a spectacular backdrop to a magnificent morning highlighted by a full rainbow that appeared from out of the mist, crowning our vacation giveaway with beauty and wonder.
On hand at Niagara Falls are Park Ambassadors, there to help with any questions about the Falls that visitors may have, with their assistance you’ll have the best experience when visiting this magnificent natural wonder. (more…)

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YouDiscover music competitors ride the Niagara Skywheel

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YouDiscover music competitors ride the Niagara Skywheel

You Discover, the talent competition currently being run in the Oakes Garden theatre near Clifton Hill, recently broadcast a video of two competing bands: the Black Flies and the Lucas Project riding atop the giant Niagara Skywheel. While riding the Giant Wheel, they attempt to write a song off the cuff, which is really fun to watch as try to pull it off.
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You can also visit YouDiscover.ca to learn more about the competition and if you check out The Black Flies or The Lucas Project, and click on their “Watch Video” section you will see the Niagara Adventure link as the last video on their band photo pop up.

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TV’s ‘Office’ lovers will be ‘married’ in Niagara Falls

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Printed originally by the Buffalo News
TV’s ‘Office’ lovers will be ‘married’ in Niagara Falls
Director Paul Fieg is scouting out ‘a lot of different locations’ for the wedding
By Alan Pergament
NEWS TV CRITIC
Posted: August 08, 2009
PASADENA, Calif. — Lovebirds Jim Halpert (John Krasinski) and Pam Beesly (Jenna Fischer) will be heading to Niagara Falls shortly for their wedding this fall on NBC’s “The Office.”
Greg Daniels, the executive producer of the Emmy Award-winning comedy that is set inside the fictional Dunder Mifflin paper supply company in Scranton, Pa., confirmed here Friday that director Paul Fieg is currently in the Falls to scout out locations for the wedding. (more…)

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Niagara Falls Tourism launches new website

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Niagara Falls Tourism launches new website
The Niagara Falls Tourism Bureau in Niagara Falls, Canada has just recently launched an all new website!
Their Web Design company, 180 Marketing in St. Catharines, did an outstanding job with the new web design. This new site is a huge improvement from the previous version, which was saturated with banner ads, hard on the eyes (too many reddish colors), and had some navigational issues.

Click Here to Visit Niagara Falls Tourism’s Official Site
The new site has some great features, which include:
-Dynamic animated splash page
-Much larger photography in each main category
-Simplified and effective menu navigation
-New Vacation Planning Section (eg. MyNiagaraFalls)
-Effective navigational drop down menus with zoom out
-High end video presentation section (eg. FallsTV)
-Balanced use of color

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Niagara Falls: Canadian side overflows with kitsch kitsch

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Originally Printed by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Niagara Falls: Canadian side overflows with kitsch kitsch
Sunday, August 02, 2009
Stories by Dennis Roddy, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
NIAGARA FALLS, Canada — Niagara Falls spills 750,000 gallons of water per second down a 167-foot drop in a roar that began when glaciers melted 10,000 years ago.
Tourists come by the millions, stare into the white mist, and marvel at one of the wonders of the world. Then they have wonders of their own: What to do next?
As Nick Ramunno, who oversees a hall full of wax rock stars there for the staring at, puts it: “You need something else besides the Falls. You can only look at the Falls so long.”
That’s when it’s time to climb Clifton Hill.
There is no compromising with Clifton Hill. Either you recoil in horror at the noise, lights, crowds, smells, outsize waffle cones and howling fright houses or you give yourself over to the Great Spirit of Kitsch that has pervaded since the days hotel owners shanghaied each other’s guests at the train station and shook them down for trips to the bottom of the Falls. (Read more…)