Local News
18 Oct Opportunity for Whiteface Ski Show Participation
Opportunity for Whiteface Ski Show Participation Area lodging properties can send their ski and stay package information/brochures on the road to ski shows this fall. ORDA staff will bring your collateral to all ski shows and display at the show. In exchange they are asking for...
18 Oct ROOST to host regional destination marketing reviews
The Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism (ROOST) invites all interested area municipal leaders, businesses, organizations, and individuals to attend brief regional destination marketing reviews, followed by reception, in their respective regional destination. The first in the series is the Saranac Lake destination marketing review being held...
04 Oct World Union of Olympic Cities international delegation visits Lake Placid
October 5, 2017 Lake Placid, adirondacks, usa — A delegation of 36 individuals from the World Union of Olympic Cities (WUOC) was in Lake Placid this week to visit the 1980 Olympic venues and learn more about the Games’ legacy and lasting impact on the destination. The WUOC...
04 Oct All are invited to ROOST’s destination marketing review meetings
The Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism (ROOST) will be holding marketing review meetings in the upcoming months in each of its eight regional destinations. The purpose of these gatherings is to acquaint, or reacquaint community members with their respective regional marketing manager and to give an update on...
03 Oct Lake Placid Community Day Committee seeks members
Lake Placid, adirondacks, usa — The Lake Placid Community Day Committee encourages interested community members to join their efforts, and invites all Lake Placid-area businesses and organizations to attend future organizational meetings to discuss ongoing plans. The Lake Placid Community Day will be held on May 20, 2018....
21 Sep Conference Center to host 1800 attendees in October
Sept 2017 –The Conference Center at Lake Placid is set to welcome 1800 visitors at the NYS School Boards Association conference October 12-14. This is the first time this group has met in Lake Placid. Once their meeting itinerary is finalized, ROOST staff will be walking...
21 Sep New ORDA/ROOST survey results will guide Whiteface Mountain marketing efforts
Sept. 2017 - Wilmington, NY - For 27 consecutive years, readers of Ski Magazine voted Whiteface Mountain #1 in the East for off-hill activities. The magazine also named it #3 overall in eastern North America, #5 for challenging terrain, and #3 for apres-ski opportunities. The survey results are found...
21 Sep Lake Placid Lights Up for L.A. Olympics
The Lake Placid Olympic Center lit up in the colors of Los Angeles’s sunsets last Wednesday, Sept. 13, to celebrate the city officially being awarded the 2028 Olympic Summer Games and Paralympic Games. Other U.S. Olympic host cities Squaw Valley and St. Louis, held tributes...
12 Sep ROOST Posts 2016 Leisure Travel Study Results
[caption id="attachment_20716" align="alignnone" width="300"] 2016 Leisure Travel Study[/caption] 9/2017 - adirondacks, usa - In addition to showing a return of $63 for every dollar spent on marketing in 2016, the latest Leisure Travel Information Study results provide comprehensive traveler demographic insight for the Adirondacks’ Essex, Franklin and...