Time: 10 AM – 6 PM

Location: Sagamore Golf Club

Share with your friends, family & network! You're invited to spend a day on the course with your tourism industry colleagues at the annual DONYS Scholarship Fund Golf Tournament featuring a beautiful Par 70 course, food and refreshments, fun activities, and staggered tee times. Details/Register Now

Immersion Tour #1: 

America's Cleanest Lake 

Boat leaves the dock at 2 PM 

All aboard the Lake George Association Floating Classroom, where you'll hop on a cruise around the lake to measure water clarity, catch zooplankton, and gain hands-on insight into what it takes to keep Lake George clear and clean. Details/Register Now

Immersion Tour #2:

Tourism in Our Towns

Bus leaves the hotel at 1 PM 

Tour around the nearby town of Lake Luzerne, featuring a tour and cheese tasting at Nettle Meadow Farm & Artisan Cheese, a potential short railbike ride at Revolution Rail Co., and a guided tour of facilities at the Adirondack Folk School. Details/Register Now

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The Rove team will join us in Lake George with the latest on Canadian and American tourism tensions with visitor sentiment, accommodation performance, visitor spending and more. Join James Sauter and Sally Donovan and take a deeper dive into specific counties and regions to understand which areas may be impacted more from the Canadian - U.S. tensions and where there is opportunity.

About this Session

Thanks to the generosity of our partners Brookfield Renewable and Saratoga County 250th Commission, we have expanded our Friday, September 12th NYS 250th Commemoration Summit program to include a meal. Thank you to our luncheon hosts:

Register Now - If you're registered for the 2025 NYS Tourism Excellence Summit, you are already registered for the 250 Commemoration Summit. There is no need to register twice.

🇨🇦 The Rove team is back with a special session at the 2025 NYS Tourism Excellence Summit on the latest on Canadian and American tourism tensions with visitor sentiment, accommodation performance, visitor spending and more. Join James Sauter and Sally Donovan and take a deeper dive into specific counties and regions to understand which areas may be impacted more from the Canadian - U.S. tensions and where there is opportunity.

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