🗣 Annual Meeting Announcements:

There are only a few tickets remaining for the special Roots of Rochester FAM Tour on Wednesday, September 13th, and the NYS Tourism Excellence Awards Ceremony & Reception** on Thursday, September 14th!

Roots of Rochester FAM Tour: Reserve Your Seat

Ticket: $125.00 (includes guided neighborhood and museum tours, admission to all venues, light fare, and drink tickets)

2023 NYS Tourism Excellence Awards Ceremony & Reception**:

**Your registration to the 2023 NYSTIA Annual Meeting includes entry to the Awards ceremony and reception. If you would like to purchase extra tickets for friends and family, you must do so in advance: Book Now

Ticket: $145.00 (includes a welcome cocktail, a special Rochesterian dinner buffet, drink tickets, and private access to the Museum for the ceremony and Game Night)

Tom Martinelli, Chief Content Officer of Content Studio/Martinelli Custom Publishing, Taryn Delanie-Smith, Miss New York 2022, Content Creator, and first runner up to Miss America 2023, and Sloane Lewis, Executive Director of the Miss New York Scholarship Organization, will discuss how to identify and build a successful partnership to supercharge your marketing.

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Jennifer Ackerson from Alon Tourism Solutions and Lucy Redzeposki of Rockland County Tourism will dive into a case study session on how Rockland County is taking steps to engage with the international tourism market. Learn by example and benefit from best practices on how to effectively and efficiently position your destination for working with the international tourism market and travel trade!

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Julie Armstrong of Miles Partnership, Danae Jones-Persip of I LOVE NY, and Chelsea Sullivan Kaiser of Brand USA, will present an overview of the long-standing relationship between Brand USA and New York State, and what this means for industry partners.

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Julie Armstrong and Kim Palmer of Miles Partnership will be presenting on the outcomes of the Market NY #134852 Grant and opportunities for Market NY #135879. 

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Join Chris Parsons, Director of Social Media at Workshop, to see how your destination marketing team can take the guesswork out of social media efforts by applying Moneyball principles that uncover abundant data and enable game-changing content choices. 

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Armory Studios NY and MOPCO present The Castle of Terror, an indoor, rain-or-shine Halloween fright spectacular tangled through the Armory’s gruesome underground spaces, Friday, Oct. 6–Tuesday, Oct. 31. Darkest fears will be extracted in a mad scientist’s laboratory. Patrons will wander through bat-and-spider filled chambers; a “meat” maze; and an abandoned hospital’s gory operating room!

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On October 21st 1835 six hundred abolitionists met in Utica NY to form a state antislavery society. Twice the six hundred delegates were confronted by an angry mob and thrown out of the Bleeker Street Church. Gerrit Smith invited the delegates to meet the next day in the safety of Peterboro NY.

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With opportunities to participate in the NYS Marketplace or NYSTIA pavilion as an exhibitor (or bundle both for $500 savings!), you can present your NYS destination or tourism business to key international and domestic inbound travel trade buyers, and take part in this 3-day show with 2 focused trade days and 1 combined consumer and trade day.

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New York State has an award-winning state park system with 250 State Parks and historic sites representing $21.1 billion in economic activity for all types of outdoor recreation! Join the 3rd Annual December '23/January '24 'I Love NY - Branded 'Parks + Historic Sites' section - the closing date is October 13th!

Bonus Content Opportunity: Each participant can receive inclusion on a sponsored page in the park's section with a paragraph on a Park or Historic Site in your destination!

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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

FRP to Host a NYSTIA Event | Submit a Workshop Proposal

NYITS Exhibitor Package Available | 2023 Travel Show Schedule

WHAT WE DO TOGETHER:

Advancing economic responsible 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.