{"id":358199,"date":"2026-09-27T17:04:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T17:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/358199\/"},"modified":"2026-09-27T17:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T17:04:09","slug":"discover-albany-works-to-strengthen-tourism-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/358199\/","title":{"rendered":"Discover Albany works to strengthen tourism economy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend on In Focus, Maeve McEneny-Johnson of Discover Albany, discusses how the organization promotes Albany as a destination while strengthening the local tourism economy.<\/p>\n<p>She explains how Discover Albany connects businesses, cultural organizations, and government agencies to create a stronger visitor experience. She shares how tourism success is measured through hotel stays, visitor spending, and broader community benefits. McEneny-Johnson also discusses efforts to attract Canadian travelers and the importance of regional events and special travel packages. We look ahead to opportunities to expand Albany\u2019s appeal for leisure travel, conventions, and major events.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>You can watch the full interview above. And be sure to tune in for a look inside the biggest issues impacting upstate New York, on In Focus with JoDee Kenney \u2014 every Sunday on Spectrum News 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This weekend on In Focus, Maeve McEneny-Johnson of Discover Albany, discusses how the organization promotes Albany as a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":358200,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7423,7424,9,11,10,49,51,50,200],"class_list":["post-358199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-in-focus","tag-jodee-kenney","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-state","tag-new-york-state-headlines","tag-new-york-state-news","tag-vod"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=358199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358199\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/358200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=358199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=358199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}