NEW ORLEANS — Gardner Realtors announced that Samara “Sam” Poché and Jennifer Saltaformaggio, collectively known as 'Team Right Side,' recently represented the highest priced sale in the French Quarter recorded this year. The property, located at 718 Bourbon Street, was…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — For Jack Greenwood, New Orleans' COVID-19 lockdowns brought sadness, but also a revelation: He was making more acquaintances with fellow residents — people he might not have noticed before tourism dried up in the French Quarter.…
NEW ORLEANS — Fidelity Bank and the Louisiana Hospitality Foundation will celebrate women in the hospitality industry with the launch of their annual P.O.W.E.R. Plates campaign. The eight-week celebration (beginning June 1, 2020) of women in the hospitality industry is…
NEW ORLEANS - While New Orleans hotel occupancy remains in the single digits, local hoteliers are getting creative to bring in business. The Higgins Hotel has a new offer for diners seeking a high-end experience: For $1900, eight diners can…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans officials are studying plans to ban cars in the city’s French Quarter and transform the area into a pedestrian-only zone, the city’s mayor said. Mayor LaToya Cantrell made the announcement Wednesday during a town…
NEW ORLEANS – From the Greater New Orleans Foundation: Due to COVID-19, the seventh annual GiveNOLA Day, an initiative of the Greater New Orleans Foundation (GNOF), has been moved to Tuesday, June 2, 2020 from 12 a.m. to midnight. This is a 24-hour…
BATON ROUGE - Coronavirus-related losses of jobs supported by the hotel industry in Louisiana numbered 49,138 out of a total of 120,404 hotel-supported jobs, according to a hotel industry estimate. The analysis published by the American Hotel & Lodging Association…
WASHINGTON D.C. – From the American Hotel & Lodging Association: With new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) showing staggering job loss to the hospitality and leisure industry, the American Hotel & Lodging Association today released a “Roadmap…
NEW YORK (AP) - Fast food restaurants — well equipped for drive-thru and takeout service — have fared better than sit-down restaurants as the coronavirus pandemic gripped the U.S., but that gap could start to close as dining rooms reopen.…
NEW ORLEANS – Galatoire's Restaurant said its Christmas and Mardi Gras Auctions raised more than $163,000 benefitting local organizations. Each year, the Galatoire Foundation events raise funds to aid local nonprofits. This year’s recipients are Roots of Music, Junior Achievement,…
NEW ORLEANS - From iSeatz: Travel rewards have, for years, been the gold standard for loyalty program redemption. However, as realities of COVID-19 set in, airline, hotel, and credit card member programs have had to make quick adjustments to ensure…
BATON ROUGE - Gov. John Bel Edwards announced that, starting May 16, Louisiana restaurants will be able to offer indoor seating and table service at 25 percent of their normal capacity. Hair salons, nail salons, movie theaters, bars that serve…
NEW ORLEANS – A new report from D.K. Shifflet & Associates says that, in 2019, New Orleans welcomed 19.75 million visitors, which is a 6.7 percent increase in visitors compared to the previous year. Visitors to New Orleans in 2019…
NEW ORLEANS - This week, Louisiana and other states creeped toward reopening more segments of their economies as public health official urged caution. Republican lawmakers are pressuring Gov. Edwards to announce an easing of stay-at-home recommendations. The state published a…
NEW ORLEANS - The federal government’s Paycheck Protection Program is designed to help businesses meet payroll for two months. The $600 weekly boost to Louisiana unemployment benefits will last four months. Meanwhile, hospitality industry experts in New Orleans expect the…
NEW ORLEANS - From French Quarter Festivals Inc.: It is with great sadness that French Quarter Festivals, Inc. (FQFI) announces that plans to host French Quarter Festival in October are no longer moving forward. At the City’s direction and out…
NEW ORLEANS - The COVID-19 crisis has brought new attention to the debate about a proposed development at the Morial Convention Center. The New Orleans Exhibition Hall Authority, which oversees the convention center, got state approval last year to build…
NEW ORLEANS - The city’s tourism boosters have their work cut out for them as they devise marketing plans for the “new normal.” In 2018, New Orleans welcomed 18.51 million visitors who spent $9.1 billion, according to tourism and travel…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – From the National Restaurant Association: The entire restaurant industry has lost two-thirds of its workforce, more than eight million employees, as a result of COVID-19 closures, according to a new national survey conducted by the National Restaurant…
NEW ORLEANS - The Ernest N. Morial Convention Center Exhibition Hall Authority, the governing body of the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, said it has received proposals to develop 39 acres that will complement the planned headquarters hotel…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A woman worried about how she would eat. She was a server at a New Orleans restaurant, and she had no work when the governor shut down all dining rooms on March 16 to slow the…
NEW ORLEANS - A week ago, there were more than 18,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases and more than 700 deaths in Louisiana. Now, there are more than 23,000 cases and more than 1,200 deaths. Despite those numbers, officials at all levels…
NEW ORLEANS - New Orleans tour guides are among the workers hard hit by the COVID-19 social distancing rules but, according to tour company owner Angela Monroe, they've been excluded from some of the tourism industry worker relief efforts. So…
NEW ORLEANS - Small business owners in New Orleans (and, yes, literally everywhere else on the planet) have been in crisis mode since mid-March as they struggle to replace lost income, try to take care of employees, pivot to provide…
WASHINGTON, D.C. - It's hard to believe but, according to personal finance website WalletHub, Louisiana is not even in the top half of states that will suffer economic damage because of the effect of social distancing on its tourism industry.…
NEW ORLEANS - Today, the Bureau of Governmental Research (BGR) releases a report calling on the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center to pause its 1,200-room convention headquarters hotel project to assess the coronavirus pandemic’s impacts on tourism and…
NEW ORLEANS — On Monday, Oct. 14, Walt Leger, III became the senior vice president for Strategic Affairs and General Counsel for New Orleans & Company. Stephen Perry, the president and CEO of New Orleans-based marketing agency, made the announcement.…
NEW ORLEANS — Royal Sonesta New Orleans, a landmark hotel in the heart of the French Quarter, announced the addition of director of rooms Kenneth Jackson and director of engineering Zakaria (Zak) Nyangoro to its executive staff. Details were shared in…
NEW ORLEANS – The governing board of the New Orleans Culinary and Hospitality Institute (NOCHI) announced this week that Leah Sarris has been named executive director of the industry’s newest premier culinary school. Details were shared in a press release. Sarris…
NEW ORLEANS – Creole Cuisine Restaurant Concepts has been named the most-loved company in Louisiana by a recently published MSN.com list: “The most loved company in each state.” Details were shared in a press release. Creole Cuisine was honored alongside…
