NYC & COMPANY LAUNCHES NEW WELCOME CAMPAIGN AT JFK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

NYC & COMPANY LAUNCHES NEW WELCOME CAMPAIGN
AT JFK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

—Individual Boroughs Brought to Travelers' Attention
with Colorful Posters and Local Iconography—

New York City (November 4, 2014) — NYC & Company today announced the launch of a stunning visual welcome campaign in JFK International Airport that highlights the City’s five unique boroughs with local iconography.

“The JFK Welcome Campaign puts every borough in front of the more than 15 million visitors who go through selected terminals every year,” said Fred Dixon, president and CEO of NYC & Company. “It’s a great complement to our worldwide promotion of borough neighborhoods and attractions.”

This is the first welcome campaign in JFK that highlights each borough individually, and the second welcome campaign of any kind to be installed at JFK. The first was NYC & Company’s Just Ask the Locals, which featured such celebrity NYC residents as Sean Combs and Padma Lakshmi.

The new yearlong campaign includes 37 panels, the largest of which is 20 feet by 38 feet; laid side to side, the panels would run the length of a football field. Fifteen of the panels are borough-specific, with each borough getting three dedicated panels (JPG images are attached). The panels were installed in terminals 1, 4 and 8.

This campaign is NYC & Company’s most recent promotion of travel to the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island. Other campaigns include Neighborhood x Neighborhood, which features a different local neighborhood every month; See Your City, which encourages residents to explore boroughs besides their own, inspiring tourists to follow suit; and hosting press and tour operator trips to encourage travel media coverage and commercial tours of the entire City.

About NYC & Company:
NYC & Company is the official marketing, tourism and partnership organization for the City of New York, dedicated to maximizing travel and tourism opportunities throughout the five boroughs, building economic prosperity and spreading the positive image of New York City worldwide. For more information, visit nycgo.com.

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Contact: NYC & Company / Chris Heywood 212-484-1270
Dena Libner 212-484-1270