Week of September 6 – September 12, 2013
BUSINESS 9
Annual Familiarization Tour for Planners and Media
SARATOGA SPRINGS – The Saratoga Convention & Tourism Bureau (SCTB) and Saratoga hospitality community hosted a very successful two and a half day a familiarization (FAM) tour August 25 through August 27 for qualified meeting and event planners as well as industry media. The annual tour educated and informed planners who have never been to Saratoga personally or may have
been but needed to learn more about Saratoga as a destination. In all cases though, each planner had potential group business for Saratoga. “FAM attendees came from across New York State, New York City and New Jersey and as far away as Georgia. There were over 30 participants that came to our beautiful city and learned so much about our destination and what we can do for
OrthoNY Introduces New Team MALTA – OrthoNY announced the formation of a new spine and back team caring for patients in the Malta, Route 9 office. Dr. Luke Rigolosi (acute pain management), Dr. William Montgomery (spine surgeon), and OrthoNY’s newest physician, Dr. Amar Parikh (acute pain management), will split their time between Albany and Malta to bring focused back and spine care to the Saratoga region. Adding comfort and convenience, the Malta office also offers a full body MRI scanner for back patients and a pain management suite for in-office spine injections.
“We recognize that patients dealing with spine and back issues need care close to home to manage their acute pain,” stated Alan Okun, CEO. “We created OrthoNY to offer bone and joint care to the larger Capital and Saratoga Region. The new spine suite in our Route 9 Malta office will allow our Saratoga patients to enjoy the same convenient, comprehensive services already available for OrthoNY patients in the Albany area, without unnecessary travel.” To schedule an appointment with a member of the Malta spine and back team, call (518) 587-0845 or visit orthony.com.
Saratoga Hospital Welcomes Shannon Ethier SARATOGA SPRINGS — Saratoga Hospital recently hired Shannon Ethier as emergency preparedness and life safety coordinator. Ethier previously served as the regional resource center program manager for Albany Medical Center, where she coordinated regional preparedness and response activities for Capital Region hospitals.
Ethier has also worked as a public health planner for the Albany County Health Department and as an emergency preparedness coordinator for Community Health Care Associates of NY. She has a bachelor’s degree in political science from SUNY Brockport, as well as a master’s degree in social welfare from the University of Albany.
them as a bureau. Participating lodging and hospitality partners were present at all of our events as well to co-host and answer any questions regarding their specific property or attraction,” said Todd Garofano, convention bureau President. “Our sales team will be following up with each FAM participant to get feedback and, more importantly, bring some great new meetings & events back to Saratoga!”