Are skyrocketing gas prices nixing your vacation plans? Here’s a cheap getaway: Stay home.
NYC & Company is launching a new campaign this week called "Go Local."
"We’re somewhat bored with the word ‘staycation,’" noted George Fertitta, CEO of the city’s tourism agency.
Beginning Thursday, NYC & Company street crews will be Read More
"We are incredibly grateful for the weak dollar," quipped George Fertitta, head of the city’s tourism office NYC & Company.
Mr. Fertitta joined Deputy Mayor for Economic Development Robert Lieber in crediting "beneficial exchange rates" for boosting tourism to record levels in 2007.
An estimated 46 million total travelers visited New York Read More
Earlier today we caught up with George A. Fertitta, Bloomberg’s newest private sector recruit, who will be taking over the city’s newly combined tourism, marketing and event-planning operations on June 19th.
He said he hopes he will bring the entire organization “up another notch” thanks to his “background and skill set.” (He was founder of Read More
