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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
[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...
Fall colors are coming! Each year, an army of foliage spotters provide I Love New York with updated weekly reports about the current status of spectacular scenery throughout the state. ROOST staffers are responsible for some of the Adirondack reports, and we’ve got an easy link for you...
adirondacks, usa - ROOST developed an interactive virtual website aimed at promoting the 90-Miler Blueway, a series of rivers, streams and lakes from Old Forge to Saranac Lake. The site, 90miler.com, takes users on a visual tour connecting the two towns by water and byways,...
(Ticonderoga, NY) Fort Ticonderoga, a not-for-profit educational organization and major cultural destination, announced today that it generates a total of $12.1 million annually in economic impact. The total includes visitor spending from tourists; spending by the Fort Ticonderoga Association in its daily operations; the indirect...