Articles tagged “nyc”

New York City deserves a lot better local transit apps than the choices now. The ultimate multi-modal real-time local transit app is still some ways off, but tons of progress is being made, as Citymapper shows.

This level of hospitality in the travel industry is not dead. It just costs thousands of dollars to obtain and is out of reach for 99 percent of travelers that visit NYC.

It's tough to say that Bloomberg's lasting legacy will be New York City's transportation transformation with so many changes taking place in the past 12 years. We can say with confidence that the improvements are still just small steps towards insuring the city keeps pace with well-designed sustainable urban initiatives abroad.

Leisure and hospitality jobs include everything from bellboys to bartenders suggesting that factors other than tourism, including rising residency in NYC or an economic rebound, also contributed to the six-year job growth.

There are only so many historic landmarks you can fit in an airport, but there must be a more creative way to deal with this building than creating another parking structure.

The training may be part of the expansion of TSA's VIPR program, through which it monitors an increasing number of non-airport checkpoints throughout the US.

Most hotel design concepts never make it past that stage anyone that’s ever looked for an office or apartment in NYC knows building zones are so specific that it’d be impossible to (legally) execute.

Opening the discussion to a better-designed Port Authority is a start and in line with Times Square’s efforts to clean up the area, but processing 225,000 travelers a day and looking good will always remain a challenge while crammed in mid-town.

Museums are considered cultural institutions and often backed by nonprofit organizations, governments, or private families that open the collections as a public service rather than lucrative business venture.

NYC & Company is missing an opportunity to shine by leading the way to smarter social engagement for tourism marketing organizations. It could be among the first to turn streams into live information chats rather than static PR pushes.