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- When it comes to our fight against the winter surge, we are trending in the right direction and making progress. For six days straight, our COVID positivity rate has been below 10%, the lowest since December 20.And thanks to New Yorkers wearing their masks and getting vaccinated, boosted, and…

Parcel Once Part of Greenwood Forest Farm Resort Community for Black Families View of Greenwood Lake immortalized in noted Hudson River School painting Governor Kathy Hochul today announced the addition of 130 acres of open space to Sterling Forest State Park in the Mid-Hudson Valley, adding new…

James Sauter is the Partner & Co-Founder of Rove, a leading travel and tourism data and analytics company. Top tourism organizations & destinations globally rely on their tourism data & analytic products and industry expertise to navigate change, maximize travel visitation, and grow revenues.…

- The Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor is celebrating National Plan For Vacation Day on January 25 with the release of seven new multiday itineraries that make it easy to plan a trip along the New York State Canal System and Canalway Trail. We would love you take a sneak preview and help us…

Maureen Gittelman is the Instructor & Program Chair of Hospitality & Tourism Management at Dutchess Community College. In addition to teaching marketing, management, and hospitality courses, Maureen also oversees the curriculum and administration of DCC's Hospitality & Tourism Management…

Event registration now open forCanal Clean Sweep 2022Parks & Trails New York, in partnership with the NYS Canal Corporation, is organizing the 17th annual Canal Clean Sweep April 22-24 in celebration of Earth Day and Celebrate Trails Day, and we need your help!How it works:Get a group together:…

- More than 600 travel industry members—representative of all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Guam—signed a letter to congressional leadership urging immediate action on near-term federal policies to restore and grow the U.S. travel industry.…

Berkeley Young, President & Owner of Young Strategies, Inc and highly regarded destination strategist, will be a featured speaker at the 2022 New York State Tourism Conference. Young Strategies works in partnership with MMGY-NextFactor implementing the DestinationNEXT planning model.…

- Dear Fellow NYSTIA Members, From my perspective, there is no better way to recognize our talented tourism industry partners and inspire future industry leaders than the New York State Tourism Excellence Awards. Winning an award lifts your profile, makes your staff feel good about where they work,…

- Finger Lakes Visitors Connection is sending out this special newsletter to announce details of a special COVID relief virtual meeting for small businesses, along with some other special announcements happening in the Finger Lakes.Small Business COVID Relief Virtual Meeting Planned Finger Lakes…

Only fifteen minutes from Westchester County Airport and a quick train ride from New York City, the premier Sonesta White Plains Downtown offers a dynamic experience in the heart of the historic white plains. Reconnect with your tourism colleagues only steps away from famed historic and cultural…

Article from The New York Times. Covid testing in Brooklyn. Anna Watts for The New York TimesBy David Leonhardt and Ashley WuGood morning. We look at Omicron's toll in New York and Seattle, two cities with timely data.A growing gap Some of the timeliest data on Covid-19 outcomes by vaccination…

  - To my tourism colleagues, I am so honored to be back again this year as your Tourism Excellence Awards Committee Chair! And after another… interesting year, I'm SO excited to see what my NYS Tourism industry colleagues have been up to. As COVID continues to impact our…

- It has been a busy week. On Wednesday, I delivered my first State of the State address, where I laid out my vision for our comeback from COVID and for using this opportunity to unlock a whole New Era for New York. Learn more about that vision here.We continue to fight the winter surge and closely…

    - With 11 million job openings, the COVID-19 pandemic undoubtedly left drastic and long-lasting impacts on the American workforce. The loss of jobs, however, was most severe among our very own industry—total travel and tourism supported jobs plummeted 34% between…

New York State Equal Rights Heritage Center and City of Auburn Announce Harriet Tubman Bicentennial Celebration The City will “Shine a Light" on 200 years of Tubman AUBURN, NY – The New York State Equal Rights Heritage Center and the City of Auburn Historic and…

Setting the Stage for the Future of Travel Livestreamed from the National Press ClubFebruary 2, 2022 | 11:00 - 12:00pm EST - You're invited: Join U.S. Travel Association President and CEO Roger Dow and Executive Vice President of Public Affairs and Policy Tori Barnes for an exclusive virtual update…

- Hello Cycle the Erie Canal riders, past, present and future! We are excited to announce that registration for Cycle the Erie Canal 2022 officially opens today, Wednesday, January 5, at noon.Our traditional eight-day adventure is returning for a 24th year in 2022. Riders will leave Buffalo July 10…

The State of the Workforce Webinar ft. Gallup Thursday, January 20, 1:00 P.M. ETAs the industry continues to battle workforce issues, a critical part of recovery, join us for an exclusive data-driven presentation by Gallup's Chief Scientist of Workplace Management and Wellbeing, Jim Harter.Register…

According to Winston Churchill, “To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often." Well, we must be near perfection, my NYS tourism family, because 2021 brought about many challenges, which forced us to change... over and over! And we are stronger for it! The NYSTIA Board…