May 6 Business After Hours
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It was a beautiful night at Crestview Conference Center for the May 6th Business After Hours.
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Learn about bringing Chinese tourists
to Rockland County on May 28
Hospitality and tourism-related RBA members are invited to an informational meeting on May 28 at 10 am at the Business Innovation Mall at the RCC campus in Haverstraw to kick off the county initiative "Attracting the Chinese Tourist to Rockland County."
Did you know, for example, that Chinese tourists are looking for travel and tourism "experiences" that involve farm-to-table dining, farm visits, wineries, shopping, visiting historical sites and opportunities that involve driving versus traveling on a tour bus.
Speakers will be Guillermo Rosa, deputy county executive; Man-Li Lin, supervisor; and economic
development specialist for the U.S. Small Business Administration, and Lucy Redzeposki, Rockland County director of Economic Growth and Tourism.
"Support from stakeholders is necessary to making this program successful," said Al Samuels, RBA president and CEO.
To learn more or register, email Redzeposki at [email protected].
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June 9 is "the other RBA" collaboration luncheon
Former Lt. Gov. Robert Duffy, who is now president and CEO of the Rochester Business Alliance, will convene a group of select business leaders throughout New York State for a special luncheon on June 9.
Attendees will share ideas on how a high level of cooperation and collaboration needs to be in place between organizations like the RBAs and the business leaders, members and organizations that each serves.
"Oftentimes, companies are conducting business transactions or using vendors in other states and are overlooking businesses providing the same products and services in their own backyard," Duffy wrote in a letter. "As leaders, I believe we have a unique opportunity to encourage inter-regional collaboration and foster relationships among businesses in our communities."
The Rochester Business Alliance and the Rockland Business Association affectionately refer to each other as "the other RBA," said Al Samuels, who supports Duffy's plan.
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Protein Sciences' June 25 reception
to celebrate licensing of Flublok vaccine
Protein Science Corp. was recently licensed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to commercially manufacture the Flublok influenza vaccine at its Pearl River facility. To mark the accomplishment, a press conference and reception will be held June 25 at its Pearl River campus.
Flublok is the world's first licensed influenza vaccine made using modern recombinant technology.
"The approval of our Pearl River facility accelerates the growth of Protein Sciences and Flublok," said Manon Cox, president and CEO. "We will be able to manufacture Flublok at four times the scale compared to our Connecticut facility. This milestone enables us to substantially increase the availability of Flublok this year and in the future."
Protein Sciences acquired their building on the Pfizer campus in Pearl River in 2012.
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