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Brazil is New York City’s most important visitor market, says tourism chief
DestinationsAs the head of NYC & Company, New York City’s official tourism board, Fertitta has witnessed the meteoric rise of Brazilian visitors to the Big Apple. Last year, Brazil became the second most important overseas market for the city after the UK: 826,000 Brazilians came to visit, compared with 112,000 in 2006. “We have never [...]
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British tourism gets big spotlight with Prince Harry and Cameron’s NYC visit
DestinationsBritish Prime Minister David Cameron and Prince Harry visited a design studio in New York City on Tuesday as part of a campaign to promote his country as a tourist destination and U.S. business partner. The two arrived at Milk Studios on a red double-decker bus. With a view of the Hudson River from a [...]
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Wi-Fi on New York commuter trains coming
DigitalFour years after pitching the idea of installing Wi-Fi on trains used by commuters in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, Cablevision says MSO is closer to making it a reality. Tad Smith, Cablevision’s president of local media is helping Cablevision reach agreements with New Jersey Transit and MTA, which runs the Long Island Railroad [...]
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The nation’s largest bike share is finally starting in New York City
DestinationsNew York City, with its constant hum of subways, buses, cabs and ferries, has long had one glaring exception to its many transportation options: bicycles for the masses. But bike sharing is finally coming to the Big Apple, which could help the city overcome its reputation as a commuter obstacle course of speeding cabbies, horn-honking [...]
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The giant New York Wheel has giant sponsorship ideas, including Google Glass
DestinationsThe New York Wheel could usher in a new era in outdoor advertising when it joins other iconic structures along the New York harbor in 2016. The Ferris wheel, which will be erected in Staten Island near the ferry terminal, is expected to attract up to 4.5 million visitors per year, according to developers. If [...]
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With Times Square overflowing, costumed characters come under spotlight
DestinationsCookie Monster stands accused of shoving a 2-year-old. Super Mario was charged with groping a woman. And Elmo was booked for berating tourists with anti-Semitic slurs. Times Square is crawling with entrepreneurs who dress up as pop-culture characters and try to make a few bucks posing for photos with visitors to the big city. But [...]
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And now comes the High Line Hotel, set to open this spring
DestinationsThe next project to come from the overhaul of the former General Theological Seminary buildings in new York City will be The High Line Hotel, set to open in Spring this year…The 60-room hotel’s future home is a red-brick landmarked structure between 20th and 21st streets that both overlooks the High Line and has a [...]
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Millennials in search of work join retirees’ migration from New York to Florida
DestinationsFlorida remains the top destination for outbound New Yorkers, but the new migrants are a lot younger than you’d expect. According to the five-year American Community Survey, which the U.S. Census conducted from 2007 to 2011, 78% of the people who migrated from New York to Florida in those years were under age 60. The [...]
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NY’s new world trade center deck to bring $875 million revenues over 15 years
DestinationsA New York-based company that is owned by the Dallas Cowboys, the New York Yankees and an investment fund has been selected to run the observation deck atop New York’s One World Trade Center, which will be the tallest structure in the Western Hemisphere once completed. One World Trade Center, which is due to open [...]
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Statue of Liberty, closed since Sandy, to reopen before July 4th
DestinationsThe Statue of Liberty, closed since Superstorm Sandy damaged the island where it stands, will reopen to the public in time for Independence Day, officials said Tuesday. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced the timeline for the reopening along with U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer of New York. “Hurricane Sandy inflicted major damage on facilities [...]
