Peter Burakowski

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• Commented on 11 unique things to do in Buffalo, for real
  I had the pleasure of joining Mike and Larissa for a portion of their time in Buffalo - they are awesome people. As always, thank you to everyone who made them feel at home - from the team at Silo...
• Commented on New Lures for Locals
  Thanks for the kind words, Newell- we're really happy with the way this story came out! BuffaloQPublic - thanks for the feedback. For clarification, our Market Arcade Visitor Center has been around for a long time. It's our airport visitor...
• Commented on New Lures for Locals
  Thanks for the kind words, Newell- we're really happy with the way this story came out! BuffaloQPublic - thanks for the feedback. For clarification, our Market Arcade Visitor Center has been around for a long time. It's our airport visitor...
• Commented on "Feeding the World" - Tribute to Buffalo's Grain Scoopers
  Hi Paul - not to worry about the promotion of our grain elevators- they're an important part of the story that Visit Buffalo Niagara tells on a regular basis. For example, the new Buffalo Niagara Visitors Guide features 4 pages...
• Commented on Buffalo, N.Y., architectural gems get a facelift
  It was a pleasure showing Steve Jermanok around last summer - thanks to everyone who welcomed him to town! He had such a good time that he included Buffalo as one of his top 5 travel experiences of 2012 on...
• Commented on Off- Track Baiting
  Jessica, thanks for writing this piece. A few things I would add: 1. VBN has rolled out a very aggressive public relations campaign in Canada that has included us holding press events in Toronto the last two years, representation at...
• Commented on Major International Martial Arts Competition Comes to Buffalo
  The Buffalo Niagara Sports Commission, a subsidiary of Visit Buffalo Niagara, was happy to assist with this event. Peter Burakowski Communications Manager Visit Buffalo Niagara...
• Commented on Peter Burakowski: "A guy who literally wears this city on his sleeve"
  Newell, Grad and Louis - thanks for the kind words! I really love this job and all the great folks I work with at VBN and in WNY....
• Commented on We've made First Contact
  Hi brownteeth - "Locating this upstairs is great for people waiting for their plane however they're also leaving the area at that point and this is moot." Thank you for your feedback, but this is not moot. One of the...
• Commented on Buffalo is getting a cultural recharge
  Visit Buffalo Niagara hosted the writer of this story over the summer. As always, thanks to everyone who helped show off our city to him. Here's a link to the full story: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-02/rescued-wright-house-for-soap-king-crowns-buffalo-rebirth.html Peter Burakowski Communications Manager Visit Buffalo Niagara...
• Commented on A wounded Frank Lloyd Wright home in Buffalo, N.Y. gets put right
  Hi Michael, For clarification, while VBN often hosts writers (as most CVBs do), we never compensate them. We also have no control over what a writer publishes (even though I'd love to! :) ). If we ever give someone a...
• Commented on A wounded Frank Lloyd Wright home in Buffalo, N.Y. gets put right
  Visit Buffalo Niagara was proud to host Dave LeBlanc a few weeks ago. He had a great experience and it shows in the two stories that he wrote for the Globe & Mail. As always, thank you to everyone who...
• Commented on New Buffalo hotel plays the hipster card
  Ha - send us a freelancing invoice, Chris! :) This story was actually the second about Buffalo in the Globe & Mail in the past week. Check out this glowing review of Graycliff by architecture critic Dave LeBlanc (who is...
• Commented on For Buffalo's Grain Elevators, an Experimental Second Act
  The author of this story, Philadelphia-based freelancer JoAnn Greco, has become one of Buffalo's biggest fans. We first welcomed JoAnn during the National Trust (she wrote this piece for the Washington Post shortly afterward: http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/the-impulsive-traveler-buffalo-ny-and-its-greatest-architectural-hits/2011/10/28/gIQAFvXhmM_story.html). JoAnn made a return trip...
• Commented on Fox News: Top US revival cities worth visiting
  Hi Newell - thanks, as always, for being such a good ambassador for Buffalo. VBN was happy to assist with this story - look for another major tourism story to run in the next few weeks. Peter Burakowski Communications Manager...
• Commented on Surprising Buffalo: Mike A's
  I had the pleasure of helping show Steve around town last week - thank you to everyone who made him feel so welcome! Look for a full travel story to run in the Boston Globe later this summer. Peter Burakowski...
• Commented on ChalkFest 2012
  Hi Dagner, Please see http://www.visitbuffaloniagara.com/things-to-do/calendar-of-events/ for VBN's calendar of events. We try to keep it as up-to-date as possible and there is a form to submit information about any event that we don't have listed. Thanks, Peter Burakowski Communications Manager...
• Commented on VBN Ventures to the Airport
  Rand, VBN has 45,997 fans on its Buffalo page and 67,828 on its The 716 page. We are also active on Twitter, Pinterest, YouTube, Foursquare, TripAdvisor and our blog. We work with bloggers from all around the US and Canada....
• Commented on VBN Ventures to the Airport
  Hello Rand, VBN does have a targeted plan for reaching out to Canadians. In the last year alone, we've: Pitched and received multiple large stories in the Toronto Star Advertised in Canadian newspapers, magazines, radio stations and websites Attended trade...
• Commented on Buffalo: Home to Great Architecture
  I had the pleasure of showing JoAnn Greco around Buffalo during the National Preservation Conference in October. Thank you to everyone who helped her feel so welcome! JoAnn also wrote a wonderful piece about Buffalo that ran in the Washington...
• Commented on Buffalo Gals
  Many thanks to Lyndsey, who is part of an LGBT advisory group that has been helping to shape Visit Buffalo Niagara’s efforts to attract LGBT weddings to Buffalo. She also wrote this great piece for Advocate.com: http://www.advocate.com/Arts_and_Entertainment/Commentary/Oped_The_Buffalo_Stance/ Buffalo was also...
• Commented on The Gay Buffalo Weekend
  Visit Buffalo Niagara hosted Bryen Dunn for a weekend in October – many thanks to Ron, Don, David and Gio who helped to show off Buffalo’s restaurants, attractions and nightlife to Bryen. In 2011, VBN made a big push to...
• Commented on Buffalo Gallery Open For All
  Orzo - great minds think alike! Most of the stories that you have been seeing coming out of Toronto (Toronto Star, Toronto Sun, City Bites, Outlooks) were from writers that Visit Buffalo Niagara pitched and then hosted in Buffalo. It...
• Commented on What are visitors looking for?
  A point of clarification to Newell's post - this is a list of the most clicked listings on our website, rather than the most searched items. Visitors could have come to these listings through search engines, using our site's seach...
• Commented on Buff up on Buffalo
  http://www.youtube.com/buffaloforrealtv...
• Commented on Buff up on Buffalo
  Whoops: http://www.youtube.com/buffaloforrealtv. I forgot an "r". Thanks for the feedback - our more recent videos are in that 2-3 min range....
• Commented on Buff up on Buffalo
  Burch- thanks for the feedback. We've put out a handful of videos since then, which have a faster pace: http://www.youtube.com/buffalorealtv...
• Commented on Buff up on Buffalo
  Visit Buffalo Niagara conducted research as part of our Buffalo. For Real branding campaign and found that Canadians have narrow, outdated perceptions of Buffalo. As a result, we've been ramping up our marketing & PR efforts in Canada to broaden...
• Commented on Wings, Shopping and Spectacular Food. That's Buffalo.
  Travelrrr, have you checked out the mobile version of our website, www.visitbuffaloniagara.com? I think it covers what you are describing. If you had something else in mind, please drop me a line at burakowski@visitbuffaloniagara.com. Rand503, getting out-of-town media coverage is...
• Commented on Wings, Shopping and Spectacular Food. That's Buffalo.
  Visit Buffalo Niagara hosted a media dinner in Toronto in April, where we met Richard Ouzounian. We then arranged for Richard to visit Buffalo during Garden Walk Buffalo weekend in July. Look for a second story from Richard to appear...