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Oneida County hotels post more than 12 percent increase in guests in January
UTICA, N.Y. — Oneida County’s hotel-occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) rose 12.7 percent to 44.3 percent in January from the year-ago month. That’s according to a recent report from STR, a Tennessee–based hotel-market data and analytics company. Revenue per available room (RevPar), an important industry gauge that measures how much […]
Visit Binghamton, Visit Syracuse say their regions are “ideal” for making movies
Visit Binghamton and Visit Syracuse are collaborating in their efforts to promote the Southern Tier and Central New York as “ideal” locations for film production. After less than a year, this partnership has gained placement in Variety magazine, a publication that focuses on entertainment business news, per the Visit Binghamton film office. Moving into 2023,
National face of Cazenovia College is final commencement speaker
CAZENOVIA, N.Y. — John Robert Greene, a high profile and long-time member of the faculty at Cazenovia College, will be the speaker at the school’s 198th and final commencement on May 13. Cazenovia College announced in December that it plans to close prior to the start of the fall 2023 semester due to financial problems.
PAR reports nearly 26 percent revenue rise in 2022
NEW HARTFORD, N.Y. — PAR Technology Corp. (NYSE: PAR) says it closed out 2022 with increased revenue that helped the company reduce its losses and end the year ahead of its 2021 performance. For the full-year 2022, the company reported revenue of $355.8 million, up 25.8 percent from $282.9 million in 2021. PAR posted a
New Thruway service area buildings include green features
The new buildings at 23 of the New York State Thruway’s 27 travel plazas are more than just home to new partner restaurants like Popeye’s and Starbucks. The buildings are also made of a polymer cement developed by a Canadian company that not only makes the buildings faster to build — it makes them greener.
Syracuse, Binghamton airports to use federal money for projects
The federal government has awarded a total of $25 million in funding for renovation work at upstate New York airports serving Syracuse, Binghamton, Buffalo, and Albany. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) awarded the money. It comes from the airport terminal program, created by the Infrastructure Investment & Jobs law, U.S. Senate
Crews finish flood-resiliency projects in Fair Haven
FAIR HAVEN, N.Y. — Crews have completed of a series of flood-resiliency projects in the village of Fair Haven in Cayuga County. The village was awarded $3.7 million to complete four projects through New York State’s Resiliency and Economic Development Initiative (REDI). These REDI-funded projects will help mitigate the impact of future high-water events and
State awards grants to farmers’ market organizations
The state Farmers’ Market resiliency Grant Program has awarded $700,000 to 11 farmers’ market organizations across the state, including groups in St. Lawrence, Broome, and Onondaga counties, with funding included in the 2023 fiscal-year enacted state budget. “One of the biggest lessons that we learned from the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic was the importance
Southwest Airlines to add daily, nonstop service from Syracuse to Orlando
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Southwest Airlines plans to launch daily, nonstop service from Syracuse Hancock International Airport to Orlando International Airport in Orlando, Florida. The seasonal
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