NEW YORK CITY—Emphasizing the multicultural offerings of thecity as a whole, Mayor Bill de Blasio told a room full of hotelowners and investors Monday that New York's new approach tobringing in hospitality business and investment will be to promoteall five boroughs of the city.
Appearing as the luncheon speaker during NYU's InternationalHospitality Investment Conference, which was held in Midtown, theMayor laid the groundwork for his talk by discussing the city'shealthy tourism performance of the last few years but noted thatManhattan isn't all there is for tourists to see.
“The hotel sector is one of our most vibrant industries,” hesaid. “Occupancy is up and, just for the week leading up toMemorial Day, Broadway reported its highest gross for the week ofthe holiday in its history.”
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Rayna Katz
Rayna Katz is a seasoned business journalist whose extensive experience includes coverage of the lodging sector, travel and the culinary space. She was most recently content director for a business-to-business publisher, overseeing four publications. While at Meeting News, a travel trade publication, she received a Best Reporting award for a story on meeting cancellations in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina.
