Reprinted From : http://www.bizjournals.com/albany/stories/2008/09/08/daily24.html
Celebration of Hudson's voyage named top tourist event
The Business Review (Albany)
Next year’s celebration of the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson’s voyage has been named the top tourist event in North America by the American Bus Association.
The designation by the American Bus Association, a trade group representing motor coach and tour companies, is expected to help bring visitors to the Albany, N.Y., area for the year-long celebration, officials said today.
“For the first time in the 28 years that the ABA has been making these designations, Albany has made it to No. 1,” said Michele Vennard, president and CEO of the Albany Convention & Visitors Bureau. “The Hudson 400 celebration promises to be extraordinary, and Albany has been planning to ensure just that for many months.”
The visitors bureau nominated the event to the ABA. The top 100 winners are chosen from hundreds of submissions.
The 2009 celebration will showcase Albany’s Dutch heritage through theater, music and visual demonstrations. Events will be held throughout the year on the Hudson River, along its shores and at historic sites in the region.
Two of the major events in Albany will be the annual Tulip Festival in May and a 400th anniversary celebration of Hudson's voyage on Sept. 26, 2009 in Riverfront Park.
Hudson was an English sea captain who was trying to discover a northern passageway between Europe and Asia. He never found the route, but sailed further north than any other explorer had in the early 1600s.
This year’s Tulip Festival was named to the Top 100 list by the ABA.
According to studies recently completed by researchers at The George Washington University and Dunham and Associates -- an economic consulting firm based in New York City -- one overnight visit by a single motor coach group can generate $5,000 to $13,000-plus in a local economy. The money is spent on lodging, meals, admissions, fees, shopping souvenirs, services and local taxes.
Educational activities also being offered to mark the anniversary of Hudson’s voyage up the river that now bears his name.
Beginning this month, a life-sized Henry Hudson doll will travel the area under a program called “Where’s Henry?”
People can check a Web site, www.albany1609.com, that offers clues to the doll’s whereabouts. A downloadable passport will be stamped at the various locations where the doll appears. Children with the most passport stamps can win prizes. The contest will continue through December 2009.
Two new school programs also are available beginning this month: the Henry Hudson & Friends Historical Puppet Show and Unearthing the Hudson Valley: A 400-Year Story Through Archeology.
To make reservations for the educational programs, call the Albany Heritage Area Visitors Center at 434-0405.
For more information, call 463-7017 or go to www.albany.org or www.hudson400.com.
please answer this question: where was henry hudson born? and what year?
Posted by: nicole | May 14, 2009 at 01:39 PM