02/01/2017 – RIDIN’ THE MTA
Our February showcase: RIDIN” THE MTA is loaded with facts and figures about riding the rails, from points north, METRO NORTH; east, The LONG ISLAND Rail Road; south, AMTRAK, sister cousin to the MTA: with an aside to NYC’s rail system of buses and trains.
Donna Haynes
Assistant Director of Promotional Partnerships at Metro North Rail Road
Donna Haynes recently appointed Asst.Dir.,Promotional Partnerships at METRO-NORTH RR is responsible for developing leisure travel marketing programs in the Hudson Valley,CT. and New York City.She also creates discount rail packages and itineraries for events, cultural attractions, outdoor adventure programs and tours. For more on her Deals & Getaways lineup go: mta.info/mnr/getaways.
Email: [email protected]
Barbara Ann Toffola
Director of Sales and Promotion at LIRR
Barbara Ann is LIRR’s Dir. of Sales & Promotion. Her primary responsibility is to market and promote a plethera of special programs and getaway packages the LIRR offers the travel public. Her domain is NYC, Brooklyn, Queens, and of course, Long Island, and wherever the LIRR operates. Her favorite lines are: “The Long Island Rail Road can help you get there,” and ” Get a lot for little.”
Email: [email protected]
Thomas Martinelli
Publisher of NewYorkByRail Magazine
Tom is the Publisher of NewYorkByRail Magazine, AMTRAK’s official annual rail guide in the Northeast covering NYS, Eastern Vermont and Canada where more than 175,000 copies are offered on all standard AMTRAK trains. Tom also manages newyorkbyrail.com,social media sites, an e-newsletter and an annual Penn Staion Travel Show, as well as an array of rent-a-car and get-away travel packages.
Email: [email protected] / www.newyorkbyrail.com
Susi Raphael
Secretary of New York Travel Writer's Association, Executive Producer / Co-host of Let's Travel! Radio, Photo journalist, world traveler, NYC artist.
Susi, recently named Secretary, New York Travel Writers Assn., is Executive
Producer/Co-Host of LET’S TRAVEL! Radio. As a photo journalist she has had the opportunity to report on destinations around the world. Susi is also an artist with a studio in NYC.
Email: [email protected]
