Tag: New York
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NYC: Skift Global Forum
Last month, I was invited to attend the 2017 Skift Global Forum New York at NYC’s Jazz at Lincoln Center. Considered to be the biggest creative business gathering in the global travel industry, it was an amazing experience. Skift describes itself as the largest industry intelligence platform providing media, insights and marketing to key sectors of travel. At this…
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NYC: National Geographic Encounter Opens Today!
National Geographic Encounter opens to the public in Times Square today, with Ocean Odyssey, a first-in-kind immersive entertainment experience that transports audiences on a breathtaking undersea journey from the South Pacific across the ocean to the west coast of North America. SPE Partners, creators and producers of National Geographic Encounter, has engaged a world-class global team…
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NYS Fall Foliage Report!
New York State Tourism wants us to know that New York is home to prime foliage across the state. Every year travelers gather to witness one of nature’s most captivating phenomena, the evolution of fall foliage. Whatever way you prefer to see your autumnal leaves, one of NY’s 11 vacation regions is sure to have the…
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Neil Armstrong Training Glove at Bonhams NYC Air and Space Sale
On September 27, Bonhams will offer The Air and Space Sale. This auction will consist of over 200 lots that celebrate the remarkable achievements of our greatest aviation and space pioneers. Highlights are said to include: Neil Armstrong’s Apollo Era Training Glove issued to Neil Armstrong with his beta cloth tag (estimate: $8,000-12,000). Wright Flyer…
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Pre-Father’s Day Celebration in NYC: “A Bronx Tale” and Serafina
Father’s Day is coming up, and Robert and I celebrated in advance by being invited to attend A Bronx Tale at the Longacre Theatre on West 48th Street in Manhattan. Although primarily set in a tough Italian neighborhood in the Bronx of the 1960’s, you could tell from the response by the apparently sold-out audience that the story struck a…
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Things to do in NYC This week
Heading to NYC? Consider seeing A Bronx Tale. I enjoyed this musical which has music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Glenn Slater, choreography by Jersey Boy’s Sergio Trujillo, as well as direction by Robert De Niro and Jerry Zaks. More about this later. Also think about visiting the Age of Empires exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum…
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NYC’s AMNH: Afternoon Travel to Cuba, Ancient Peru and the Stars!
Founded in 1869, NYC’s American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) is easily one of the greatest institutions in the world. Located on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, this museum includes 45 permanent exhibition halls filled with scientific, educational, and cultural treasures as well the Hayden Planetarium and New York State’s official memorial to Theodore Roosevelt. I’ve enjoyed learning so…
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Holiday Train Show at the New York Botanical Garden
The night after I experienced the Rockefeller Tree Lighting Ceremony, I left the Lotte Palace Hotel to head over to the New York Botanical Garden or NYBG. Now celebrating its 125th anniversary, the NYBG is considered an iconic living museum with 250 acres supporting over one million plants. I’m a train buff, and I had been…
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Holidays at NYC’s Lotte Palace Hotel
On November 30th, I had a wonderful time attending NYC’s iconic Rockefeller Tree Lighting Ceremony. But, after three hours of standing in that pouring rain, it was great to rest and relax in the luxurious comfort of the Lotte Palace Hotel. The Lotte Palace Hotel has recently undergone a $140 million redesign including a $25 million makeover…
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NYC Holiday Tradition: Rockefeller Center Tree Lighting
The holiday season is well underway, and NYC loves to celebrate this amazing time of year with special events, beautiful store decorations, gift fairs, and museum exhibitions. One of the Big Apple’s most iconic holiday experiences has been the Rockefeller Center Tree Lighting Ceremony, and last week I was lucky to be invited to stand right under the tree…
Travel Gal Kim Swidler 