Price or Advice: Booking On Line Versus Using a Travel Advisor
Apr 4, 2012
NYU Hospitality and Tourism Society Spring 2012 Roundtable: Thursday, April 5, 2012 Moderator: Lorraine Sileo, Vice President Research PhoCusWright Inc. Panelists: Kitt Garrett – Founder & CEO, Discover New York and Beyond Mary Rachelle Cherpak-Stumpf, Partner Marketing and Media Sales Manager, Orbitz Worldwide Susan Black, Executive VP, American Express Vacations Travel Impressions Jim Brody, Senior [...]
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Find it Fast in New York City: Free new NYC Map app for iPhones
Apr 3, 2012
NYC Map gives anybody with an iPhone both directions — and access — to nearly 90,000 of the city’s restaurants, stores, attractions, hotels and bars in all five boroughs. Designed by CityMaps and launched Monday with the help of NYC & Company, which is the city’s official marketing outfit, NYC Map is designed to “help [...]
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Keith Haring at the Brooklyn Museum, March 16–July 8, 2012
Mar 26, 2012
Keith Haring: 1978–1982 is the first large-scale exhibition to explore the early career of one of the best-known American artists of the twentieth century. Tracing the development of Haring’s extraordinary visual vocabulary, the exhibition includes 155 works on paper, numerous experimental videos, and over 150 archival objects, including rarely seen sketchbooks, journals, exhibition flyers, posters, [...]
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195 Brooklyn Restaurants offer 3 courses: Lunch $20.12 and/or Dinner $25.00, Dine in Brooklyn, March 19 – 29, 2012
Mar 15, 2012
Brooklyn is hot! With over 2.4 million people living in Brooklyn, it’s got something for everyone! Tourists are flocking to discover Brooklyn’s variety of neighborhoods. The foreign languages that you used to hear were those of the immigrants settling into their new lives. Today, the foreign languages are from the tourists with their guidebooks in [...]
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A Clear New Look for Manhattan’s Waterfront: Imagine the South Street Seaport without the Pier 17 mall
Mar 12, 2012
Howard Hughes Corp.,the Seaport’s owner, unveiled a sweeping new plan Thursday to redevelop Pier 17, tearing down the tourist-trap existing shopping center and replacing it with high-end stores and restaurants housed in a modern all-glass structure. “We’re very excited to unveil this,” Chris Curry, the company’s senior executive vice president for development, told a packed [...]
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The Oreo Cookie turns 100 Today! When was the last time that you had an Oreo?
Mar 6, 2012
Oreo, the cream-filled cookie often tied to nostalgic memories, was first founded on March 6, 1912 in Chelsea, New York City. It’s now the Chelsea Market filled with wonderful venues for all kinds of delicious foods. Celebrate the fun of this historic cookie at its birthplace and Discover New York and Beyond will include visits to [...]
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Two Exotic Ways to Enjoy New York Starting Today
Mar 2, 2012
The New York Times Travel Show Opens at the Jacob Javits Convention Center Friday, March 2 – Sunday, March 4. This is a great way to learn about exciting new destinations and ways to enjoy them. Children under 18 are admitted free, so bring everyone along for an unforgettable world tour. EXPLORE OVER 500 DESTINATIONS ACROSS [...]
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Tips to Create Inspirational Travel Experiences That You Can Share With Your Clients and Friends!
Feb 14, 2012
Thank you for your inquiry & request for help. Discover New York is a service provider creating itineraries from touchdown to take off to meet your goals and budget. Creative development fees apply to design the program for you and vary depending upon the complexity of the program and the number of guests. How to [...]
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Fashion Forward Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology
Feb 3, 2012
Impact: 50 Years of the CFDA is the first museum exhibition to celebrate the Council of Fashion Designers of America, the leading fashion trade organization in the United States. Approximately 100 garments and accessories designed by the CFDA’s most impactful creators of the last fifty years are on view. Also included in the exhibition are [...]
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Jazz for Children in New York City!
Feb 2, 2012
Love Jazz and want your children to begin to listen to it? Musical appreciation can be a visit to the Louis “Satchmo” Armstrong museum in Queens or attending a live musical production. Families love going to Dizzy’s Coca Cola to enjoy a dinner before the show. Doors open at 6:00 PM. The performers are on an [...]
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