Downtown NYC: The World in One Square Mile
Welcome WITS to Lower Manhattan in 2025!
We couldn’t be more excited to be the Platinum Sponsor and Destination Host for the WITS Travel Creator Summit 2025, the premier event for travel creators and the brands that want to work with them. Up to 800 travel content creators will be staying in, playing in, discovering and exploring Lower Manhattan from May 14 to 18, 2025. We can’t wait to pull out all the stops to make sure you get to experience New York City’s oldest neighborhood, and learn about how it’s at the forefront of the future.
WITS in Downtown NYC: May 14-18, 2025
In this city, you have the world’s leading minds in every industry and genre, along with world-class attractions — and once you get to Lower Manhattan, you’ll realize just how much of the New York you know is located right here. From Wall Street and the New York Stock Exchange, to the One World Observatory, Brooklyn Bridge, Statue of Liberty and everything in-between.
Ready to start posting about #witsdtnyc?
If you’re ready to start sharing now about this year’s conference in Lower Manhattan, these images and these video are free to download and copyright free to use across your socials and blogs. Be sure to tag us @downtownnyc or use the hashtag #witsdtnyc. Please visit this asset folder for collected resources to help you promote the conference.
Your guide to Lower Manhattan
These WITS partners have generously worked to make sure WITS attendees have the time of their lives in Lower Manhattan.
If you’re downtown for the largest gathering of women and gender diverse travel creators, we have a little musical treat for you.
It’s Women’s History Month, and to celebrate, we’ve put together this handy matrix showing women-owned businesses downtown.
Need some fresh content for your social media feeds? We’ve got you covered.
From “Splash” to “John Wick,” no neighborhood captures a certain cinematic regality quite like Lower Manhattan.
How to work with us
Social media partnerships: We work with content creators on a variety of levels, from small UGC creators to macro influencers. Our diverse neighborhood business community and internal initiatives make it possible for us to collaborate with creators working in multiple niches, such as luxury travel, food, LGBTQ+, film & tv, architecture, NYC history and culture, and urban planning. Follow us at @downtownnyc on Instagram and @downtownnyc on TikTok, and connect with us directly: [email protected].
In addition to opportunities with our in-house social team, our decades-long presence in the neighborhood allows us to facilitate relationships between content creators and other Lower Manhattan businesses and entities such as hotels, restaurants, and popular destinations like the South Street Seaport or the World Trade Center campus.
Our tourism department is always happy to design itineraries or make suggestions of experiences, restaurants or tours based on what content creators are interested in covering.
Write for us: Our website functions as an important neighborhood news source and chronicler of local history and culture. If you have an idea for a story, send your pitch to [email protected]; rates negotiable depending on assignment.
Note that while the Alliance works with creators, if you are interested in WITS-specific work, please contact the WITS team directly.
Make the most of your time downtown
The walkable square mile south of Chambers Street is, in fact, a grand, open-air museum, with dozens of permanent and temporary installations of large-scale sculpture and public art.You might not immediately think of Lower Manhattan as an art…
Learn More »To learn more about the Downtown Alliance, you can follow us on Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn and Facebook, as well stay updated via our news blog and weekly newsletter, which you can sign up for here. You can find more information about how we service the neighborhood on our website.
And please don’t hesitate to reach out to us at [email protected] with any questions!