For a harried mom, the recipe for a perfect Mother’s Day is undivided time with her loved ones without the hassles of waking up early, cooking, and doing dishes.
07.04.2024 - 21:05 / breakingtravelnews.com
Spring is in the air in New York, with a series of exciting openings, launches, events and tourism developments taking place across the state. Below is what’s new, what’s happening and what’s coming up for travellers to the Empire State.
WHAT’S HAPPENING AND WHAT’S COMING UP
New York State welcomes spring season with the launch of new ‘Blooms Report’
The first ever New York Blooms Report showcases popular flowers blooming throughout the state, helping visitors make the most of their spring getaway. Updated weekly and available until June, the interactive online map shows how popular florals are growing across New York, allowing travellers to plan which garden destinations they want to visit and what else is on offer nearby, as well as add spring-themed hikes, nature programmes and other events hosted by New York State Parks.
Ryder Cup returns to New York in 2025
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The 45th Ryder Cup returns to the United States in 2025. It will take place at Long Island’s Bethpage State Park, a mecca of public golf, which features five impressive 18-hole golf courses, with the Black Course as the crown jewel. Designed by famed golden-age architect A.W. Tillinghast, Bethpage Black first opened for play in the spring of 1936 and has a lengthy golf history. Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester is the only other courses in New York State to host the Ryder Cup, in 1995.
Get lost among the world’s oldest forests in upstate New York
North of the Catskill Mountains, the towns of Gilboa and Cairo are known for their rare fossil forests. At 385 million years old, they are recognised as the oldest on Earth, dating back to the Devonian period, and featured trees as tall as 65 feet, with trunks up to five feet in diameter. Appealing to hikers and rockhounds alike, this summer the Gilboa Museum will launch its first fossil walks, while New York State is also in the process of establishing a dedicated Geological Trail.
Soho House to open new property in Hudson Valley
Soho House has revealed plans to open its first Hudson Valley resort with Grasmere House, which will be based at a former 250-acre farm in Rhinebeck. It will be the hospitality brand’s first property in the state outside New York City. The new venue will blend the balance of nature and experience with restored 19th-century buildings. Anchored by a historic manor house, the restoration of the Grasmere estate will emulate Babington House, the company’s Georgian manor in Somerset.
Niagara Heritage Gateways Project to break ground this spring
Work is scheduled to begin this spring on the $12 million Niagara Heritage Gateways Project, which aims to create a multi-use public space that serves as a landscaped connection between the natural wonder of the Niagara Falls
For a harried mom, the recipe for a perfect Mother’s Day is undivided time with her loved ones without the hassles of waking up early, cooking, and doing dishes.
Actress Samantha Pauly is starring as Jordan Baker in the hot new Broadway musical “The Great Gatsby,” based on the famous F. Scott Fitzgerald novel. The show opened April 25th.
By the time you finish this story, New York Mets outfielder Starling Marte may have collected his 1,500th career hit. That’s a milestone hall of famers Roy Campanella, Hack Wilson and Ralph Kiner never reached. The mark is not only a testament to Marte’s consistency at the plate over 13 seasons mostly with the Mets, Miami Marlins and Pittsburgh Pirates, it’s further validation that the decision he made many years ago to journey from his native Dominican Republic to fulfill his big-league dreams in the U.S. was right.
Collar stays. They might be a staple in a gentleman’s wardrobe but they’re not usually found in the amenity offerings in the bathroom of a hotel. They are here, though, in The Fifth Avenue Hotel which opened in October in NoMad in New York. And it makes sense: the original 19th century mansion, remodeled as a Renaissance palazzo in 1907, was formerly the site of Gilded Age society events and it’s easy to imagine a guest of the first owner, renowned hostess Charlotte Goodridge, having his valet install them before heading off to the opera. Starting this month, the hotel can once again resemble a private home, an extremely lavish one, by introducing Your Mansion at The Fifth Avenue Hotel, a three-night takeover of this historic part.
Bekah Brunstetter, originally from Winston-Salem, North Carolina and now a Los Angeles resident, is a cowriter of the Broadway musical “The Notebook,” one of the hottest shows currently on this spring season. Although she no longer lives in New York, Bekah called the city home when she was a graduate student at The New School and has plenty of favorite places that she still loves and rediscovered when she was in town to work on the show.
There's bad news for Hilton Honors loyalists looking to cash in on an award stay or earn points in New York City: The Conrad New York Midtown is exiting the Hilton portfolio and leaving the Hilton Honors family in early June.
New York City is the location of a new food festival and it will be the first ever one centered on Thai cuisine.
Sitting on Pollepel Island in New York's Hudson River, a stunning piece of history is slowly crumbling away.
Airlines want permission to operate fewer flights to New York without penalty through most of 2025; they're citing a continued shortage of air traffic controllers that carriers don't expect will sufficiently improve within the next 18 months.
For the April 8 total solar eclipse, photographer Levi Mandel traveled to Buffalo, New York, to observe the celestial event—and the many others who journeyed for it. Below, he shares the experience through text and photos.
When news first broke that Saturday Night Live comedians Pete Davidson and Colin Jost bought a retired 277-foot long Staten Island ferry boat in January 2022, reactions began with curious intrigue but quickly nosedived to comedy punchlines, even providing constant fodder on the sketch comedy show itself.
Hannah Cruz is making her Broadway debut in the new musical SUFFS, playing the role of the famed American suffragist Inez Milholland. The show is set in 1913, a year when the women’s movement in the United States was in full swing.