Sep 17, 2024
2024 New York State Tourism Excellence Summit & Awards
Thank you to the 250+ tourism industry professionals who joined us from across New York State, the USA, Canada and Europe at the 2024 New York State Tourism Summit and NYS 250 Commemoration Summit in Saratoga Springs! We want to express our appreciation and gratitude to the many attendees, partners and presenters who participated at the conference.
We also extend our gratitude to our partners, presenters, Julie Tierney and the team at our host hotel, the Holiday Inn Saratoga Springs, and our market host Discover Saratoga (thank you, Darryl Leggieri, Mackenzie Zarzyki & team!) for their hospitality and help throughout the planning and execution of the event.
We would also like to thank New York State Historian Devin Lander (emcee) along with Saratoga County Historian Lauren Roberts, the Saratoga 250 Commission, Saratoga County and County Administrator Steve Bulger for hosting the NYS 250th Commemoration Summit on Wednesday. The program was packed with updates, briefings. case studies of collaboration, and insights from historians, NYS agencies, and tourism executives. We would also like to thank the team at Workshop for putting together the very fun Saratoga Stakes scavenger hunt and reception!
Thank you to our Tourism Summit presenting partners Miles Partnership (represented by Julie Armstrong) and rove (Sally Donavan) for their generous support of NYSTIA programming, as well as Bridget Cerrone representing Advance Media New York for hosting the fantastic 2024 NYS Tourism Excellence Awards Ceremony & Reception at the beautiful Canfield Casino. You can view/Download the photos here! We would also be remiss to thank the New York International Travel Show for hosting the morning breakfast on Thursday, September 12.
Last but certainly not least, we would like to thank our colleagues at I LOVE NY/ESD in particular Ross D. Levi, Danae Jones-Persip, and Sara Emmert for their program contributions and our friends Rich Gagliano and Markly Wilson for joining us in Saratoga. A special shout out to David Contreras Turley, who demonstrates incredible stewardship as our liaison with our colleagues at I LOVE NY/ESD.
