Hospitality & Tourism
Multimillion-dollar aircraft featured as thousands attend Westchester County Airport event
The National Business Aviation Association, which held the event, has about 11,000 corporate members.
Resorts World Catskills launches roundtrip bus service from NYC’s Port Authority terminal
Roundtrip tickets cost $55 per guest.
Standard Amusements sues Westchester for canceling Playland contract
Standard Amusements LLC is asking a federal court to reinstate a contract that was terminated May 28 by Westchester County that...
Greenwich firms file for bankruptcy protection over $856M in gaming resort debt
The New Cotai companies are based at the offices of Silver Point Capital, a Greenwich hedge fund.
Critics claim Trump golf courses would benefit from proposed clean water rule
A proposed Clean Water Act rule, two organizations claim, would benefit President Trump and potentially violate the U.S. Constitution’s domestic emoluments...
Seven-year opening day attendance record set at Playland
A total of 8,228 people were admitted to the park in Rye, the highest number recorded on opening day in seven...
Connecticut’s tourism industry experiences 5.5% sales growth
Tax revenue from the sector for calendar year 2017 was $2.2 billion, including $960 million in state and local taxes.
Standard Amusements goes on offensive in Playland contract dispute
The company accused the county executive of mismanaging the park, refusing to negotiate, disregarded $20 million in increased funding, and consistently...
County cancels Playland deal; Standard says it still is interested
Standard Amusements said that it has worked for nine years and spent more than $10 million on Playland.
CT Convention & Sports Bureau doing more with less – at least for now
“We are an economic driver for the state," says the bureau's president Robert Murdock. "If you give us more money, we...
Selling lifestyle in addition to location, location, location
*********************************************** PHOTO: GRAPHICS: SCREEN GRABS OF WEBSITE IN BJ0506019 *********************************************** “Some people are surprised that a real estate company would create...
Norwegian Air soars in local passenger traffic while reporting first-quarter loss
The airline reported a first-quarter operating loss of $172 million on sales of approximately $1.2 billion.
Study reports impact of Walkway Over the Hudson on local business
The nonprofit organization Walkway Over the Hudson arranged for the study, which was prepared by Newburgh-based Pattern for Progress with support...
New York Streets kick off arena football at Westchester County Center
The April 20 game was the first of seven home games for the New York Streets at the County Center.
New York Streets football franchise comes to Westchester
The New York Streets is the newest franchise in the National Arena League (NAL), which so far has six teams
