Tourism

Local Cycling Organizations Celebrate National Bike Month with Food distribution and bike education event with local partners    Where: 413 Main Street, Holyoke MA 01040   When: Wednesday, May 12th, 2pm to 5pm   Neighbor to Neighbor will be distributing food with the assistance of Nueva Esperanza  ValleyBike will be offering free test rides and distributing free…

Each week during the month of April, the Springfield Thunderbirds and the Massachusetts State Lottery teamed up for the “Feed the Frontline” campaign, to thank individuals in the healthcare and service industries. The Thunderbirds worked with several of their food partners to provide lunch to some deserving individuals throughout the Pioneer Valley. Members of the…

The Amherst Area Chamber of Commerce has been awarded a Mass. Office of Travel & Tourism (MOTT) Marketing Travel & Tourism Recovery Grant totaling $116,655, in a very competitive application process, to leverage a comprehensive marketing campaign to attract visitors to the Amherst area. Tourism, the third largest economic sector in the Amherst region, has…

TheSpringfield Symphony Orchestra (SSO) has announced that its current executive director, Susan Beaudry, will be leaving the SSO effective April 23, to pursue entrepreneurial interests. John Anz, currently development director, will step in as interim executive director, according to SSO Board President Robyn Newhouse. “We appreciate all that Susan Beaudry has done on behalf of…

Lt. Governor Karyn Polito, Housing and Economic Development Secretary Mike Kennealy, and Massachusetts Office of Travel & Tourism (MOTT) Executive Director Keiko Matsudo Orrall announced $1,587,791 in awards to 59 tourism organizations, chambers of commerce, and municipalities as part of the newly created Travel and Tourism Recovery (TTR) Grant Pilot Program. “The East of the…

The Connecticut Airport Authority is pleased to announce the debut of new, nonstop service from Bradley International Airport (BDL) to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) on Frontier Airlines. “We’re delighted to announce new nonstop service between Hartford and Atlanta,” said Tyri Squyres, Vice President of Marketing, Frontier Airlines. “Our focus is delivering ‘Low Fares Done…

Every sector of the economy, and every business, large or small, has been impacted by this global pandemic. But this region’s large and important hospitality and tourism sector has easily been the hardest-hit. The hotels, restaurants, tourists attractions, event venues, and cultural institutions have been pummeled by this crisis. Some have not survived; those that…

or Jacob’s Pillow in Becket, the nation’s largest and longest running dance festival, 2020 was a lost year in almost every respect. That’s almost, and we’ll get to that silver lining, if it can be called that, shortly. First, all those losses. Jacob’s Pillow lost an entire season of live performances and all the revenue…

Mary Kay Wydra learned a couple new phrases over the past few months. “The buzz term is ‘revenge spending,’” the president of the Greater Springfield Convention & Visitors Bureau (GSCVB) said. “That is, ‘I’ll spend more on things I was denied because of COVID.’ Things like in-person entertainment, eating at restaurants next to people, and…

Chris Kelley had just arrived in Springfield and was still getting acclimated to the region when the COVID-19 pandemic arrived almost exactly a year ago.  Then, he had to get acclimated to something else — something no one in the casino industry had ever seen or been forced to endure before. Read the source article…