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GANYC Members Offering Virtual Content
In the past month, GANYC has been at the forefront in the US tourism industry in terms of helping our members navigate the temporary online landscape of tourism content. We provided our members with two Professional Development Programs (PDPs) on the process of creating and marketing virtual tours…
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GANYC Members Interviewed by AP on Economic Woes
GANYC members Megan Marod and Patrick van Rosendaal are profiled in this new AP article about the current state of NYC tourism and cultural institutions. “Tourism literally encapsulates everything in the city,” Marod said. “When you take out tourism, every single profession in the city is going to…
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GANYC Providing PDPs on Virtual Tours
On Thursday, April 23, GANYC’s Education Committee organized an informative Professional Development Program (PDP) featuring Kelsey Tonner, founder and Lead Trainer of Be a Better Guide and its Online Tourism Academy. Tonner introduced the “Virtual Tour Business” online modular program he and his…
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GANYC In the NYSAE Spotlight!
The NY Society of Association Executives interviewed GANYC President Emma Guest-Consales for their latest e-newsletter to discuss our work on behalf of guides during this crisis.
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GANYC Member Megan Marod Interviewed by AP
GANYC member Megan Marod spoke with the Associated Press about the experience of New York tour guides during the state of emergency.
Guides are the key storytellers of our city's history, and we will keep finding new ways to do so until we can fully return to work.
Video: NYC tour guide makes…
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A Quick Guide to Filing for NYS Unemployment
Based on my experience-- I am not a NYS Department of Labor expert of any kind-- the following seems to be the preferred process for filing for unemployment benefits for New York residents. It should be noted: nothing about your process is likely to go perfectly. We are in the midst of unemployment…
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GANYC Featured on PIX11 News
GANYC Treasurer Jeremy Wilcox was featured on PIX11 News last night on a segment on how this crisis is impacting the tourism industry. You can read the full article, and watch video, at the link below.
PIX11: Canceled events hurt tourism, hospitality industries
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GANYC Members Offering Virtual Tours
We will have a deeper look and profile at GANYC members offering virtual tour experiences in upcoming issues of the Virgil, our weekly e-newsletter which goes out every Monday during this crisis. GANYC will also soon be offering a series of virtual PDPs on how to create and market these type of…
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Keeping it in (Historical) Context
Less than a mile off the coast of The Bronx, a melancholy sliver of land sits waiting.
In its nearly two centuries long history, it has served as a prison for Confederate soldiers, a psychiatric hospital, a homeless shelter, a tuberculosis sanatorium, an overflow jail, a drug rehabilitation center…
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GANYC April 1 Membership Meeting = Zoomtastic!
GANYC is working to help its members improvise and think of new ways to reach the masses while things remain under lockdown. Many members have created ways to provide virtual tours and lectures, and unique online ways to stay in touch with their clients and supporters. We are doing the same in…
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