August 9, 2021
Comments Off on New York launches Excelsior Pass Plus to expand travel, commerce industries
New York state has launched Excelsior Pass Plus to expand travel and commerce opportunities by enabling compatibility between the state’s Excelsior Pass platform, which has generated 3 million passes and provides digital proof of vaccination or negative test result, and ...
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July 16, 2020
Comments Off on Visit Rochester promotes ‘Rediscover Rochester’
Visit Rochester is encouraging local residents to stay local and be tourists in their own town. The official tourism promotion agency for Monroe County wants Rochesterians to “rediscover Rochester” as more businesses continue to open. The Rediscover Rochester initiative is ...
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June 23, 2020
Comments Off on Visit Rochester to provide safety pledge tool to tourism industry
Visit Rochester has introduced a new tool for the tourism and hospitality industry. ROC Ready Promise is a tool for Rochester-area tourism businesses to communicate their compliance with public health recommendations to keep employees, customers and guests safe. The visual ...
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The Finger Lakes Visitors Connection has produced an online Digital Recovery Toolkit to help small businesses understand and put in place the reopening guidelines for the economy. The Toolkit was designed as a resource center for the tourism industry to ...
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February 3, 2020
Comments Off on Canal reimagining gets $300 million in funding including project in Brockport
The New York Power Authority board of trustees has approved $300 million in funding for the Reimagine the Canals initiative. The program was first announced in fall 2017 at the World Canals Conference in Syracuse as the state celebrated the ...
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January 21, 2020
Comments Off on Finger Lakes Airbnb hosts earned $3.6 million last summer
Airbnb’s Finger Lakes host community earned a combined $3.6 million and welcomed some 17,100 guests during the biggest weekends last summer. Airbnb, the world’s leading community-driven hospitality company, said during the five biggest weekends of 2019, hosts in the Finger Lakes ...
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September 9, 2019
Comments Off on Wayne County gears up for apple tourism in October
Apple producers in Wayne County are readying their farm stands, cideries and other apple-oriented businesses for the annual Wayne County Apple Tasting Tour in October. The tour lasts the entire month of October, hosted by 12 Wayne County businesses. Special ...
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March 4, 2019
Comments Off on Finger Lakes Tourism Alliance celebrates milestone anniversary
The Finger Lakes Tourism Alliance in May will celebrate its 100th anniversary at a gala honoring the nonprofit organization’s past, present and future. The May 4 event will be presented by CK Cellars and will be held at the Ramada ...
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June 25, 2018
Comments Off on Time for ice cream in the Finger Lakes
Just in time for National Ice Cream Month in July, the Finger Lakes Regional Tourism Council is releasing a list of ice cream shops in the Finger lakes region that will help people celebrate. The list of 20 shops reveals ...
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