STAC Adds Hospitality Management Program
Though it’s just in its infancy, St. Thomas Aquinas College (STAC) in Sparkill has added a Hospitality Management program to its business school, and early enrollees are seen as its pioneers.
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Category: Tourism
Rockland County Living, Arts & Entertainment, Food & Drink, Tourism
HNA Center Snags Zoning Change to Operate Hotel
In 2017, HNA won approval from Orangetown’s Planning Board to build an additional five-story hotel with 100 rooms on the property. But there was a snag: HNA didn’t have the right to rent those rooms to the general public.
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Rockland Businesses Missing Untapped Opportunity
An annual event on RCC’s campus on the November weekend before Thanksgiving may be an untapped opportunity for Rockland’s food, hospitality and tourism businesses
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New Shared Use Path (SUP) Likely to Stimulate Local Economy
The anticipated completion of the new biking/walking path on the Mario M. Cuomo Bridge for the spring/summer 2019 is likely to represent opportunity for a handful of entrepreneurs who want to cater to the hoped-for crowds that will be streaming back and forth between Westchester and Rockland counties.
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Holiday Inn Express, and Other Retailers to Replace Thruway Plaza Strip
Plans are moving forward to demolish Thruway Plaza on Route 59 and replace it with a five-story, 123-room Holiday Inn Express.
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