Phil Church, County of Oswego

Phil Church, County Administrator at the County of Oswego, will provide a welcome and keynote remarks on Wednesday morning. Phil will tell the story of how four counties and the state came together to nominate southeastern Lake Ontario to become a National Marine Sanctuary. Read more.

Dylan Carey, Parks & Trails New York

Dylan Carey, Greenway Program Director at Parks & Trails New York (PTNY), will speak on NY's Great Outdoors Panel and discuss the greenway trail network and share some of the resources available to promote these amenities and highlight ways that tourism agencies can help local communities make sure they’re ready to welcome these visitors. Read more.

Mark Luciano, Brookfield Renewable U.S

Mark Luciano, Stakeholder Relations Manager for NY/MN at Brookfield Renewable U.S., will speak on the Sustainability Panel about hydropower as a native Upstate New York industry, and how harnessing this abundant rural resource supports tourism, recreation, and the local economy of host communities. Read more.

Danny Liedka, Visit Syracuse

Danny Liedka, President and CEO of Visit Syracuse, will speak as part of the Transformational! bloc and discuss what took place behind the scenes to help attract Micron to Syracuse and how Visit Syracuse played a role in landing them. Read more.

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Presenting partner:

The NYSTIA DEAI Committee, led by Nicole Mahoney at Break the Ice Media, and Sustainability Task Force led by Kate Kruk at Livingston Energy Group, have provided two new award categories for the 2023 NYS Tourism Excellence Awards: 

1. Excellence in Tourism Equity & Inclusion 
2. Excellence in Sustainable Stewardship: Champions of Change. 



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NYSTIA exhibited at the Adirondack Sports Summer Expo at the Saratoga Springs City Center in Saratoga Springs, New York on March 18-19. We were able to add this show to our schedule at no additional cost to our Tourism Champions because of your robust support! NYSTIA team members were able to join me at the show, with Ryan Maerklein attending on Saturday and Rachele Markle joining on Sunday.

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Seth Orozco is the Sales Manager at Sojern, where his role includes helping destinations and attraction partners build successful digital marketing campaigns that drives visitors, hit their KPIs and achieve their goals. 

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To help businesses achieve success across New York State, Advance Media New York is offering a Travel & Tourism Matching Grant Program that provides matching marketing dollars for the NYS travel and tourism industry.

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In their Employee Benefits March Newsletter, NYSTIA Member Brown & Brown Inc. provided important guidance on a number of issues, most notably on NYS Covid-19 Sick Leave, ACA Pay or Play penalties, and more.

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The Department of Transportation (DOT) announced a new grant program that will fund the installation of EV chargers and other alternative fuel infrastructure. The $700 million funding opportunity is part of the DOT's ongoing initiative to build a national charging network of 500,000 public chargers by 2023. 

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Advancing 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.