Home-Grown Lenda Selected to Lead Connecticut's Office of Tourism

Home-Grown Lenda Selected to Lead Connecticut's Office of Tourism

Governor Ned Lamont announced this week that Rachel Lenda, a Connecticut native, will serve as the new director of the Connecticut Office of Tourism. A year ago, she told legislators “It is time we took our cultural and tourism assets and gave them the attention they desperately deserve.”

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CT Convention & Sports Bureau Honored by Smart Meetings As a “2023 Platinum Choice Awards” Winner

CT Convention & Sports Bureau  Honored by Smart Meetings As a “2023 Platinum Choice Awards” Winner

The Connecticut Convention & Sports Bureau (CTMEETINGS), with responsibility for marketing all of Connecticut as a premier destination for international, national, regional, and statewide conferences, conventions, and major sports events, has been named a winner of Smart Meetings magazine’s 2023 Platinum Choice Awards.

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Hartford Artists Featured, Art Organizations Recognized for Support of Greater Hartford’s Creative Economy

Hartford Artists Featured, Art Organizations Recognized for Support of Greater Hartford’s Creative Economy

The Greater Hartford community—including artists, arts supporters, arts and nonprofit organizations—came together this month to celebrate and showcase 10 artist fellows who participated in the 2nd Artists of Color Accelerate (AOCA) program, an initiative of The 224 EcoSpace in Hartford.

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Bridgeport's Barnum Museum Earns Designation as City's First National Historic Landmark

Bridgeport's Barnum Museum Earns Designation as City's First National Historic Landmark

The Barnum Musuem in Bridgeport was recently designated a National Historic Landmark (NHL) by the National Park Service. National Historic Landmark Designation is the highest historic designation that a property can receive - and it is the first such designation in the City of Bridgeport.

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Yale Professor to Lead Session at Sports Statistics Symposium at Harvard Later This Month

Yale Professor to Lead Session at Sports Statistics Symposium at Harvard Later This Month

With the demand for data, analytical tools, and a competitive edge on the rise in professional and collegiate sports, the 2023 New England Symposium on Statistics in Sports to be held later this month will feature new findings, applications, and insight into player performance and team success. A Yale professor will lead a key panel session.

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Travelers Championship Will Be Signature Event in 2024 Following Record-Breaking 2023

Travelers Championship Will Be Signature Event in 2024 Following Record-Breaking 2023

The Travelers Championship will be one of the PGA TOUR’s Signature Events next year, setting the stage for back-to-back stand-out fields and strong crowds. The only PGA TOUR event in New England will once again feature the best players on the PGA TOUR competing for a $20 million purse.

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