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Location Reports New York State


Iroquois, The Salt Museum, Sims Store Museum, and the Camillus Erie Canal State Park.


Just 20 minutes from Syracuse, the historic village of Skaneateles offers eateries, quaint shops, boat tours and unique restaurants. Also here, Mirbeau Inn and Spa is the state’s only Five-Star spa hotel outside of New York City.


Bike, hike, fish, sail and picnic all day in the great outdoors at one of over 20 beautiful state parks within an hour’s drive of Syracuse.


See the newest heart-pounding movie showing at the 214-seat IMAX Theatre located in the Museum of Science and Technology in Armory Square.


There are 40 golf courses in the Syracuse area, and that number con- tinues to grow (that’s more than any other area in the Northeastern U.S.).


Syracuse Opera is Central New York’s only year-round professional opera company, while Syracuse Stage is Central New York’s premier profession- al theater.


The Great New York State Fair is the longest-running state fair in the country, and attracts nearly one million visitors from across the Northeast each year. Local music festivals including Syracuse Jazz Fest, New York State Rhythm and Blues Fest and others.


Westchester www.westchestertourism.com


NY’s “Golden Apple,” Westchester is an attractive destination, and there are at least a hundred reasons why.


Westchester County Tourism recently kicked off “100 Reasons to Explore Westchester,” a year-long campaign focusing on heritage, history, world- class museums and galleries, live the- ater and performing arts, exciting attractions, festivals and fairs, the great outdoors, acclaimed chefs with dining


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for every taste and budget, indoor adventures and more.


The 100 Reasons are listed at: www.westchestertourism.com


“There are at least 100 Reasons to explore Westchester’s heritage, arts and culture, culinary delights and myri- ad adventures,” said Kim Sinistore, director, Westchester County Tourism and Film. “We’ve partnered with attrac- tions, restaurants, hotels and bed-and- breakfasts for this campaign. Kicking it off now allows visitors and residents to explore our great outdoors and discov- er all that Westchester has to offer.”


Places to Meet


Westchester is easily accessible to both LaGuardia and Kennedy airports, while Westchester County Airport in White Plains is served by nine carriers. The county also is served by 43 Metro North Railroad stations, AMTRAK serv- ice to Yonkers, New Rochelle and Croton-on-Hudson, plus major Interstate highways including I-87, I-95 and I-287, as well as several parkways.


Westchester is home to 32 hotels, 11 motels, and five bed-and-breakfasts, totaling 5,900 rooms. Among its major hotels and hotel brands are: Comfort Inn, Courtyard by Marriott, Crowne Plaza, Doral Arrowwood, Doubletree, Extended Stay, Hampton Inn, Hilton, Holiday Inn, Hyatt, Marriott, Radisson, Ramada Inn, Renaissance, Residence Inn by Marriott, Ritz-Carlton, Sheraton, SpringHill Suites and the Tarrytown House Estate.


Ideal for quick getaways or extended stays for relocating corporate execu- tives, Soundview Manor Bed-and- Breakfast features Old World hospitali- ty in a 1920s architecturally distin- guished Palladio-style Villa located in White Plains.


Listed on the National and State Registers of Historic Places, it is sur- rounded by stately, old specimen trees,


rose and rock gardens. Guest rooms are filled with period furnishings, and offer private and connecting baths, free Internet and lovely views of the serene and tranquil surroundings.


Castle on the Hudson, Tarrytown over- looks the Hudson River at the highest point in Westchester. This historic medieval castle boasts luxurious gue- strooms and Equus, its award winning dining room.


Lyndhurst, Tarrytown is an 1838 Gothic Revival mansion featuring outstanding collections, beautiful landscape and dramatic Hudson River views.


Kykuit, the Rockefeller Estate in Pocantico Hills, has been home to four generations of the Rockefeller family, and features stone terraces, formal gardens, fountains, 20th century art and sculpture, and scenic river views.


Grand Prix New York in Mt. Kisco is ideal for outings and team building excursions for groups of as many as 1,000, with offerings that include open wheel kart racing, plus a café and lounge available on site.


Empire City at Yonkers Raceway is home to gaming machines, live enter- tainment, plus live harness and simul- cast horseracing. Group functions for up to 300 can be accommodated in its private room or restaurant.


The Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts in Katonah offers groups of up to 1,000 attendees 90-acres of lawns, woodlands and formal gardens as well as two tented venues.


Paramount Center for the Arts in Peekskill is a restored 1930s theater about to host presentations and corpo- rate functions for up to 1,000 people.


Located a little more than 25 miles north of Westchester, the historic land- mark Thayer Hotel at West Point has been catering to a who’s who of America’s presidents, politicians, mili-


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