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If you’re a young family, a boomer couple, or a destination golfer, Oneida County will be inviting you to “get away from it all” by coming to “The Getaway Region” to “Get away to it all”!

The Oneida County Convention and Visitors Bureau unveiled its new brand and marketing strategy at its Annual Meeting Thursday evening at historic Fountain Elms on the Munson-Williams-Proctor campus. Read more »

Fonda, NY – The Adirondack North Country Association (ANCA) has just released the very first travel brochure dedicated entirely to promoting the four-county, 188-mile Adirondack Trail Scenic Byway, and every community along the special travel route. The project supports tourism and economic development by encouraging visitation at special places in cities, towns and villages along the entire Byway.

The four-season travel guide will provide visitors of all ages with an invitation to discover many new attractions and the friendly people across the region as well as introduce the Byway’s easy access to nature, history, and culture. The brochure promotes something unique for visitors to stop and do in each community along the way, thus providing new visibility for those locales with limited marketing budgets. Read more »

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ATTENTION EDITORS, NEWS DIRECTORS AND METEOROLOGISTS:

This is the third 2009 FALL COLOR REPORT for New York State. Reports are obtained from field observers and reflect expected color conditions for the coming weekend. FALL COLOR REPORTS are issued every Wednesday afternoon.

Albany, NY - Empire State Development’s I LOVE NEW YORK program today released its third 2009 Fall Color Report for New York State. Brilliant, near-peak foliage will make its first appearance in New York State this weekend in parts of the Adirondacks, while rapidly changing colors in the Catskills will bring most of the region to around the midpoint of change, according to I LOVE NEW YORK field observers. Read more »

Fonda, NY – The Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce Tourism Department has announced the extension of the Tourism Property Description deadline to September 30. Restaurants, lodging facilities, and attractions in Montgomery County should have received this form in August.

“A new Montgomery County Travel Guide is currently being designed. The Tourism Property Description form is vital to this process to ensure correct, up-to-date information is being included in the Travel Guide,” states Gina DaBiere-Gibbs, Tourism Director. “The tourism property listing will also be updated on the tourism website, www.visitmontgomerycountyny.com. The travel guide and website listings are free promotional opportunities for these facilities.” Read more »

Go to fallgetaways.iloveny.com for the latest color reports and money-saving travel offers

ATTENTION EDITORS, NEWS DIRECTORS AND METEOROLOGISTS:
This is the second 2009 FALL COLOR REPORT for New York State. Reports are obtained from field observers and reflect expected color conditions for the coming weekend. FALL COLOR REPORTS are issued every Wednesday afternoon.

Albany, NY – Empire State Development’s I LOVE NEW YORK program today released its second 2009 Fall Color Report for New York State. The program’s statewide field observers report that bright, beautiful fall colors are quickly overtaking the green shades of summer in the Adirondacks and Catskills regions. Noticeable color changes are also expected for some parts of the Capital-Saratoga, Central Leatherstocking, Chautauqua-Allegheny and Finger Lakes regions.

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Flute, Percussion and Water Star in Hartwick Professor’s Underground Recording

NOTE: To hear some of this new recording, click here.

Howes Cave, N.Y. — Dr. Jirka Kratochvíl, associate professor of music and chair of the music department at music at Hartwick College in Oneonta, has completed a new CD, Echoes in Stone, recorded underground in Howe Caverns.“Musicians have long appreciated the acoustics in the caverns including our founder, Lester Howe, who played the fiddle in the cave. The new work Dr. Kratochvil has created is a musical treasure,” said Howe Caverns General Manager Robert Holt.The recording is completely original work and is played on various types of native American flutes. “But there are two other outstanding features in the recording — water and percussions,” Dr. Kratochvíl said. Read more »

Go to iloveny.com for the latest color reports and money-saving travel offers

ATTENTION EDITORS, NEWS DIRECTORS AND METEOROLOGISTS:
This is the first 2009 FALL COLOR REPORT for New York State. Reports are obtained from field observers and reflect expected color conditions for the coming weekend. FALL COLOR REPORTS are issued every Wednesday afternoon.

Albany, NY – The 2009 foliage season in New York State is officially underway as the first significant colors of autumn are appearing in the Adirondacks and Catskills regions, according to observers for the Empire State Development Division of Tourism’s I LOVE NEW YORK program. The full report is available at http://fallgetaways.iloveny.com/foliage_report.html .

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