News and Views from the Empire State
The 8th Annual New York Culteral Heritage Tourism Network (NYCHTN) Spring Conference has been set for Wednesday, June 6th, from 8 am to 3:30 pm at Hobart William Smith College, Vandervort Room in Schandling Center, Pultney St, Geneva.
Through an inter-participatory video conference, this years Keynote Speaker is Nina Simon. [Read more…] about Heritage Tourism Spring Conference Wednesday
The New York Cultural Heritage Tourism Network’s spring conference, “Developing Strategic Organizational Sustainability”, originally planned for March 15 and interrupted by Storm Stella, has been rescheduled for Wednesday June 7, 2017. The conference will be held at Colgate University from 8 am to 4 pm. [Read more…] about Cultural Heritage Conference at Colgate University
On Wednesday March 15, 2017 at Colgate University in Hamilton, the New York Cultural Heritage Tourism Network (NYCHTN) will host a conference on Strategic Organizational Sustainability. [Read more…] about Conference on Strategic Organizational Sustainability March 15
On Friday, October 7, the New York Cultural Heritage Tourism Network will hold a Women’s Suffrage Centennial Conference at the Holiday Inn in Seneca Falls/Waterloo. 2017 marks the 100th anniversary of women voting legally in New York.
The Conference will take place from 9 am to 4:30 pm. The Lt. Governor Kathy Hochul, who is also serving as Chair of the New York State Women’s Suffrage 100th Anniversary Commemoration Commission, has been invited to make the Keynote presentation. [Read more…] about New York Women’s Suffrage Centennial Conference Planned
In early October, the New York Cultural Heritage Tourism Network under the leadership of Spike Herzig, a member of the Tourism Advisory Council, hosted a meeting in Seneca Falls for the Women’s Suffrage Centennial.
There were about 85 attendees, mainly from the central New York region. The purpose was to meet, learn, and plan for the upcoming centennials of women gaining the right to vote in New York State (2017) and the United States (2020). The event’s agenda was abandoned as members of the history community began to air their frustrations over Empire State Development’s role in heritage tourism. [Read more…] about Suffrage Centennial: Historians, NYS Tourism Officials Clash
A conference to increase awareness, stimulate interest, and nurture partnerships in preparation for the centennial celebration of women’s right to vote in New York State in 2017 will be held in Waterloo, NY (near Seneca Falls), on October 1st. [Read more…] about Women’s Suffrage Centennial Conference Planned
The New York Cultural Heritage Tourism Network is holding its fifth annual cultural heritage symposium at Colgate University in Hamilton, New York, on Thursday, March 19, 2015. [Read more…] about NY Cultural Heritage Tourism March Symposium