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We brought the Tourism Champions booth to the Association of Canadian Travel Agencies Quebec Summit in Montreal on September 25th. We were with Kirk D'Souza from REACH GLOBAL, there to represent I LOVE NEW YORK in the Brand USA pavilion. We talked to many travel advisors promoting New York State. We…

Join us on Wednesday October 9th at 9:15 AM for a presentation by Jessie McNaughton from NY Fiber Trail to learn how to create a niche tourism trail from scratch. Register now! Jessie will be sharing how she created the NY Fiber Trail, a season-long self-guided tour of 78 yarn shops, fiber…

Join us October 2nd at 9:15 AM for our Wednesday Webinar presentation by Mark Luciano from Brookfield Renewable U. S.  to learn how you can achieve green goals! Register now The most abundant rural resource in New York? The most enduring native industry in Upstate New York? Who continues to be a…

Jeff Posner is the Integrated Marketing Consultant at Smart Meetings. He represents Smart Meetings, the leading media company for meeting planner professionals in the U.S. Jeff's job is to create top-of-mind awareness of their clientele (CVBs, hotels, resorts, conference and convention venues) to…

The Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation today announced that the first of 20 planned interactive video displays highlighting New York’s rich history in the American Revolution is installed at Washington’s Headquarters State Historic Site in the Hudson Valley. The video…

First Installation at General George Washington’s Headquarters in Newburgh Displays Planned for 20 State Historic Sites for 250th Anniversary of American Revolution in 2026 The Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation today announced that the first of 20 planned interactive video…

Greetings from Rochester NY!  I am pleased and honored to be the 2024-2025 Chair of the NYSTIA Board of Directors.  I started to engage with NYSTIA in 2017 and quickly knew that I wanted to get involved.  I have met so many wonderful people through NYSTIA.  I have also learned so much.  I could…

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…