Those travellers who want to take city breaks, or longer holidays in New York this year, are being encouraged to make use of the summer special offers being promoted by the company that runs the CityPass scheme in New York City.
CityPass is a scheme that offers discounts tickets to attractions throughout the city of New York allowing holidaymakers to take advantage of lower prices that can be up to 44 per cent lower than regular prices.
The promotion includes a number of New York’s most famous attractions worldwide including the Empire State Building, the Statue of Liberty, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Guggenheim Museum.
Adults can purchase a CityPass booklet from any of the attractions of the visitor centre of Seventh Avenue, just north from Times Square for just $79 (£49).
In addition, a new mobile application was launched this year allowing people to download information to their iPhone.
CityPass is not only limited to New York but also offers discount attraction schemes in other cities in Canada and the United States, including Toronto and San Francisco.
Not for the first time, the airport at San Francisco is offering live music for visitors to the popular destination through the You Are Hear concert season.
The concert series commenced on the 19th June and continues throughout this month until the 28th August and was opened by Bart Davenport.
For those who have yet to experience this particular festival, the You Are Hear season includes all types of genres such as R&B, classical, jazz and samba; all these genres represent the diverse music scene of San Francisco as travellers travel through the airport on holidays.
Director John L Martin said:
“An airport is usually an unlikely setting for listening to live music, but it is a surprise and delight when our passengers discover the bands playing. Everyone slows down, smiles and starts tapping their feet to the music. It’s a wonderful summer treat - and a great way to give travellers a glimpse of what San Francisco has to offer.”
The airport at San Francisco plays host to flights from 65 different cities in the US, as well as over thirty international destinations and the city continues to be a popular destination for city breaks with holidaymakers worldwide.
Live music fans who are planning to take a holiday to Los Angeles in the United States this summer are going to be able to enjoy a large number of completely free outdoor music concerts which are due to be hosted across the city this year.
Culver City in Los Angeles will be hosting the Summer Sunset Festival from mid-July to late August this year with a number of music genres playing including; country, classic rock, and bluegrass; all to be performed within the City Hall courtyard.
Santa Monica pier in Los Angeles is also to be the host of a live music festival during the summer; known as Twilight Dance and Music series it will be welcoming live performers from all over the world including Jamaica, Hawaii and Argentina.
The Grand Performances festival takes place in late June 2009 at California Plaza and will offer a programme of over forty free performing arts events.
Holiday makers may also consider heading over to the Ford Amphitheatre prior to October this year will see more summer live music performances, film screenings and dance shows.
Holiday makers can reach the Californian cities of Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco by flying with British Airways, American Airlines and Virgin.
The United States airport of San Francisco has recently launched a new promotion aimed at their holiday and business travellers, which now directs their customers to the airport’s Twitter character ‘SFOgal’ for a chance to win free flights.
The airlines participating in this large promotion include; Quantas, Singapore Airlines, Lufthansa and Aer Lingus.
The whole campaign is to include a full eight radio broadcasts covering the benefits of all airlines participating, along with their destination cities while advising listeners to follow SFOgal on Twitter.
Marketing manager Jane Sullivan at San Francisco airport said:
“This campaign is fun and innovative, and using Twitter allows us to both extend the reach and the message that we are trying to convey – that SFO is California’s gateway to everywhere. SFOgal’s tweets can expand on the radio ads. She can tweet about free ticket offers, additional benefits, new airline service, our podcasts and all of the cool things to do at SFO.”
The international airport in San Francisco had its whole worldwide flight network boosted this year when a new direct service was launched daily by Emirates flying from the United States city to Dubai.
A new ‘What’s New’ Guide for Autumn 2008 has been published by the San Francisco Convention and Visitors Bureau, which includes plenty of inspiration and information for travellers.
One of the highlights in the forthcoming attractions and events is the opening of the California Academy of Sciences on the 27th September.
The California Academy of Sciences is based in Golden Gate Park and includes attractions such as a planetarium, aquarium, natural history museum and other features combined under the one roof.
Also making its debut this month is the 74X-CultureBus, which started on the 20th September and will be driving the route from Golden Gate Park to downtown San Francisco, stopping at various cultural places along the way.
This month also celebrates the 75th anniversary of Coit Tower at the top of Telegraph Hill.
A busy period for San Francisco and holidaymakers in the next few months will be the Christmas festive season. From the middle of November to January, San Francisco will light up its ‘path of gold’ light poles. The lighting ceremony will be on the 18th November and be held in front of the Westfield San Francisco Centre.
