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We hope that each of you, your families, and teams are staying safe, healthy, and positive!
Stay safe, be well, and please do not hesitate to reach out if you should have any questions or needs that we can assist with!
Now please allow us to share some important industry updates with you...
Industry Updates
Discover Schenectady Video: Spaces That Make Us Feel Alive We celebrated 2020 National Travel & Tourism Week (May 3rd through the 9th) by highlighting our tourism partners on social media, as well as working with Bizi Media Co. to produce a video which highlighted our community. The goal was to show that even in the most challenging times, the #spiritotravel cannot be broken and we will get back there, someday.
The video was shared via on our social media channels and emailed to our meeting planner and tour operator listservs with the message: "Now more than ever we are reminded that Schenectady County is #tourismstrong because of our amazing community and hospitality partners who keep us #schenectadystrong each and every day."
Please view and share amongst your respective audiences.
New & Noteworthy Virtual Events: ESSAE's Virtual Spring Conference (two part series): Thursday, May 28th & Thursday, June 6, 2020: The ESSAE Program Committee has re-purposed the traditional in-person conference by pivoting to a virtual experience. The modified program is optimized to leverage the most relevant education, engagement, and inspiration value in an online platform. The virtual environment will feature the sharing of knowledge, connectivity of association professionals, and engagement.
Visit our #DiscoverDifferently webpage to see the latest Schenectady County partners that have gone virtual!
How Can You Help?
Greetings from Schenectady County: The Discover Schenectady team rolled out a postcard campaign via social media and our meeting planner & tour operator listservs. Each postcard featuring messages from Schenectady County hospitality and tourism leaders. The messaging highlights our support, encouragement, and that we are looking forward to meeting again soon. If you are interested in submitting a message to be featured on a Schenectady County postcard please email Angela Kelly directly with your message (max 2 - 3 sentences). Messages will be sent throughout the month of May.
Is your business doing something differently during these times? If so, let us know and we will include the information on our #DiscoverDifferently and/or restaurant webpage(s), as well as submit to ILOVENY (if applicable).
Worth the Read
Adam Kamins, senior regional economist at Moody’s Analytics: "So “some of the places that we're really looking at now would be places that have high degrees of educational attainment but are lower density … [that] have grown very, very well over the last five or six years in particular, are pretty well positioned coming out of this whenever we do,” he said."
Read the complete article: These U.S. cities are best positioned to bounce back from the coronavirus pandemic, according to Moody's.
How Can We Help?
Please let us know how we can help by submitting your need via our COVID-19 Response Form.
For a complete list of important updates (including NYS Executive Orders) please visit our COVID-19 hospitality partners resource page.
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