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Congratulations to the 2024-2025 NYSTIA Board of Directors, who were elected on the morning of Thursday, September 12 at the 2024 NYSTIA Tourism Excellence Summit in Saratoga Springs: Board Chair: Greg LaDuca, Visit Rochester Vice Chair-Elect: Stephanie Johnson, LEGOLAND, NY Treasurer: Cass…

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…

NYSTIA's is on the road again! I brought the Tourism Champion's exhibit booth to the Association of Canadian Travel Agencies Summit in Toronto on September 12. We were there to support Diego Gantiva from REACH GLOBAL, representing I LOVE NEW YORK in the Brand USA pavilion. Attendees loved the…

Governor Kathy Hochul today announced $21 million is now available to install electric vehicle fast chargers along major travel corridors across New York State. Funded by a federal National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) grant, the State’s new competitive Upstate NEVI Direct Current…

Join us Thursday morning at the 2024 NYSTIA Annual Meeting to hear Tom Martinelli, Chief Content Office at Content Studio New York, Sloane Lewis, Executive Director at Miss New York Scholarship Organization, and Abigail Quammen, Miss New York 2024 as they present: What's Behind the Award-Winning…

Join us on Thursday morning in Saratoga Springs at the 2024 NYSTIA Annual Meeting where Amanda Dana, Director of Tourism and Film at Pick OCNY (Orange County, NY) will be presenting their award winning project, A 360-Degree Strategy for Success: The Purple Cows of Orange County. This session will…

Join us Wednesday morning at the 250 Commemoration Summit to hear Constance Kehoe, NY State 250th Commemoration Commissioner at Revolutionary Westchester 250. The case study focus of this presentation is a upcoming exhibit at The Pocantico Center of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund in Tarrytown, New…

Join us on Thursday morning in Saratoga Springs at the 2024 NYSTIA Annual Meeting where Kayla Lloyd, Senior Marketing Manager at BBG&G, and Elizabeth McAndrew from NYS Canal Corporation will be presenting their award winning project, Best Practices in Creative Development for Printed…

Governor Kathy Hochul today celebrated the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) historic designation of the Lake Ontario National Marine Sanctuary. The Lake Ontario Sanctuary will become only the 16th site in the National Marine Sanctuary System and the first to be…

SCHOHARIE COUNTY, September 2024 – While some might think of Schoharie County as a quaint, quiet neighbor lacking the big 'hook' of nearby regions, recent data suggests otherwise. The latest tourism impact report commissioned by I Love New York reveals a surprising hero in the local Schoharie…

We can't wait to see you next week in Saratoga Springs for a historic 2024 NYSTIA Annual Meeting & New York State Tourism Excellence Awards! Get ready for and make the most of your trip: Arriving Wednesday, September 12? Register to be a part of the FREE 250th Commemoration Summit packed with…

Where are bison farms in N.Y.? We got great questions like that during the Great New York State Fair. (It turns out there are at least five bison farms in the state.) We had an excellent location in the Exposition Center, where we handed out thousands of guides and took hundreds of photos with our…

Beacon, NY, August 2, 2024 – Governor Kathy Hochul appointed Olga Luz Tirado to the New York State Tourism Advisory Council (TAC), effective September 2024. Tirado served as the Executive Director of the Bronx Tourism Council (BTC) from June 2012 to June 2022. In that capacity, she was…

Join us on Thursday morning in Saratoga Springs at the 2024 NYSTIA Annual Meeting to hear Melaine Rottkamp, Preseident & CEO from Dutchess Tourism, Inc. and Arturo Gaona, Chief Partnerships Officer from Wheel the World, present on their award winning project, Accessible Dutchess: ThinkDIFFERENTLY…

Join us on Thursday morning in Saratoga Springs at the 2024 NYSTIA Annual Meeting to hear Claire Dunlap, Director of Marketing & Sales at Cayuga County CVB, and Colleen Onuffer, Director of Public Relation at Travel Alliance Partnership, speak about their award winning project, Creating…

Join us on Thursday morning in Saratoga Springs at the 2024 NYSTIA Meeting where Sara Poe, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Guest Experiences at The Strong National Museum of Play will be presenting their award winning project, Play Strong: A Canadian Marketing Initiative. The grand opening…

Join us Friday morning at the Saratoga Springs 2024 NYSTIA Annual Meeting when Danae Jones-Persip, Senior Manager of Travel Trade and Programs for the New York State Division of Tourism at Empire State Development and Jennifer Ackerson, President of Alon Tourism Solutions, speak about Mastering Fam…

Governor Kathy Hochul today announced that New York welcomed a record-setting 306.3 million visitors in 2023, while also setting new historic highs for direct visitor spending and total economic impact associated with the state's tourism industry. Visitors to New York State contributed to a…

The firsthand account of the October 21, 1825, canal boat ride from Utica to Canastota - followed by a nine mile walk up the hill to Peterboro for an abolition meeting - was provided by James Caleb Jackson from Oswego NY. He attended that October 22, 1835 inaugural meeting of the New York State…

Week 1 at The Great New York State Fair is in the books! Fairgoers love the variety of brochures and literature provided by our 2024 'Discover New York State Vacation Destinations' booth promotional materials from all of our 2024 Tourism Champion destinations. The  booth is between the I Love NY…