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Article: U.S., Canadian merchants lure romantics to Niagara
- Article from:
- THE JOURNAL RECORD
- Article date:
- June 24, 1996
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NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) -- Stephen and Veronica Issa wanted their
wedding to combine romance with style.
What they didn't want was the inconvenience that comes with many
nuptials: hassles over rings, the reception, the music and a
seemingly endless number of other variables.
They found the solution to their problem in a place that has put
couples on the road to wedded bliss since the 1800s -- Niagara Falls.
For decades this city coasted on its travel brochure reputation as
"Honeymoon Capital of the World." But merchants on both the American
and Canadian side of the falls are becoming more intent on earning
the business of newlyweds by marketing both innovations -- wedding
gimmicks and ...