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Caesars Looks to Build Casino in New York’s Times Square

Caesars Entertainment and SL Green confirmed in a New York Times story that they are partnering up to bid for a downtown New York City casino license. The two plan to redevelop 1515 Broadway in Times Square as an entertainment and gaming destination. Caesars Palace Times Square will even be designed to include a Broadway Theater for The Lion King. Since…

Hotels

Generator’s Takeover of Paramount Hotel in Times Square Is Part of Broader Hostel Reboot

Generator makes an intriguing case that there's an opportunity to target well-off millennial travelers looking for distinctive places to stay in cities where budget hotels with buzzy bars are scarce.

Generator’s Takeover of Paramount Hotel in Times Square Is Part of Broader Hostel Reboot

Hotels

Hotel Developers Still See Opportunities in Travel’s Crowded Hotspots

Recent moves by MCR, JL Capital, Indian Hotels Company, and Generator show how developers pry their hotels into built-up destinations.

Hotel Developers Still See Opportunities in Travel’s Crowded Hotspots

Coronavirus

How a Hotel GM Tackled the Pandemic From Years of Surviving Terrorist Attacks

This general manager of an iconic Times Square property experienced turbulent times in Turkey, and tempers expectations of a quick recovery for New York.

How a Hotel GM Tackled the Pandemic From Years of Surviving Terrorist Attacks

Online Travel

Rethinking the Visitor Center in the Age of Connected Travelers

Visitor centers can rebrand themselves as places where travelers can get help both online and in-person. Offering Wi-Fi is a big incentive that gets them closer to the real monetizer: the gift shop.

Rethinking the Visitor Center in the Age of Connected Travelers

Media and PR

10 Most Instagrammed Places of 2014

It is no surprise that most of the locations are tourist destinations, with the exception of two sites in Russia.

10 Most Instagrammed Places of 2014

Ground Transport

NYC Citi Bikes Will Help Power the Iconic New Year’s Eve Ball Drop

Outside of promoting Citi Bike at one of the busiest crossroads of New York during the one of the busiest times of the year, the city also builds its reputation as environmentally friendly while evolving the traditional New Year's Eve event.

NYC Citi Bikes Will Help Power the Iconic New Year’s Eve Ball Drop

Tourism

With Times Square overflowing, costumed characters come under spotlight

If the only goal is to chase and maximize tourism dollars, as the city surely seems want, why is anyone surprised Times Square is at a breaking point? Everything -- including the sudden flood of these costume characters -- need to be brought down a notch or two, as quality of life of locals coexisting with tourists needs to be re-examined.

With Times Square overflowing, costumed characters come under spotlight

SkiftX

Times Square’s new pedestrian-friendly design will literally lift tourists in the air

Tourists and locals alike will notice the change when Times Square finally completes its four-year renovation this summer, but can a Euro-style pedestrian area really change the logjam that is one of the world’s busiest tourist attractions?

Times Square’s new pedestrian-friendly design will literally lift tourists in the air

Tourism

Times Square’s NYE ball drop building makes $23 million a year from ads

The tourist footfall is so high and increasing, that ads for the eyeballs, not rent, makes Times Square so lucrative.

Times Square’s NYE ball drop building makes $23 million a year from ads