You're Invited: Join your tourism friends and colleagues for the annual NYSTIA Member Meeting & Virtual Holiday Party!

The annual NYSTIA Member Meeting & Virtual Holiday Party is right around the corner, and we can't wait to celebrate the holidays with you! Grab your favorite NYS libation, festive garb, and mark your calendar for an evening of holiday cheer.

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"Your team has worked so hard, and so have you!" Nominate for the 2024 NYS Tourism Excellence Awards

Your team has worked so hard and so have you! Make sure you are in the running for the best awards show of the year (in my humble opinion) so that your team and your work can be recognized. NYSTIA is about highlighting the best of us…is that you this year? Submit your projects, your marketing, your plans and your people today!

- Josiah Brown

2023 NYS Tourism Excellence Awards Judge

President, New York's Best Experiences

Discover Saratoga has been named a 2023 Smart Meetings Platinum Choice Award winner, a highly sought-after accolade within the hospitality industry. Now in its 21st year, the prestigious Platinum Choice Awards have honored the hospitality industry’s top-ranked hotels, venues, and destinations every December with a list of hospitality partners that deliver the highest standards of overall excellence.

New York State Canal Corporation (NYSCC) announces this Request for Qualifications (RFQ) to identify qualified providers to develop & operate, and/or support, a variety of recreational adventures, available to people of all abilities, in a New York State Canal System location, potentially beginning in June 2024, in support of the On the Canals Program. 

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Our friends at Parks & Trails New York share their vision for the New Year and beyond, detailing their upcoming initiatives for the Parks Centennial, the Empire State Trail 2.0, efforts on inclusivity, and more!

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DiscoverUpstateNY.com (DUNY), the premier travel website for Upstate New York has an exciting program surrounding the Total Solar Eclipse for April 8, 2024 starting now to increase tourism for your destination, attraction, hotel, events and more. Reach 80,000 - 200,000 monthly viewers with this all digital compelling program offering extra high visibility through ad placement, added value and content. Consider how you can benefit and engage more visitors by participating and email Madelyn Roberts or by phone at 516-662-9555 for more information.

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Now through December 31, 2023, we invite NYSTIA members to take advantage of a special print promotional offer. For the remainder of the year, purchase 1 (one) print ad to run the in the Times Union and receive 1 (one) free print ad of equal or lesser value.*

The Times Union provides news and information to communities across the Capital Region and beyond, delivering unmatched reach and representing the #1 print portfolio in the region!

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No new job postings have been submitted this week, but be sure to view the open positions on our NYS Tourism Careers Page.

Take the 2023 Tourism Advocacy Survey | Share your DEAI Case Study

Take the New DEAI Survey | 2024 Tourism Champions Agreement |

Submit a Workshop Proposal | 2023 Travel Show Schedule

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Advancing responsible, sustainable economic growth, community revitalization, small business success, job creation, quality of life and pride of place by realizing the potential of New York State's tourism industry and facilitating the success of NYSTIA members.