NEW ORLEANS – New Orleans & Company, the city’s official destination sales and marketing organization, is re-launching the 2019 “Everyone’s Welcome Here” campaign and asking local businesses to take a pledge to actively welcome LGBTQ+ visitors and people of all…
NEW ORLEANS – The Poydras Corridor Sculpture Exhibition presented by the Helis Foundation has announced the addition of Allison Janae Hamilton’s “Love is like the sea…” on Poydras Street between Tchoupitoulas and Constance streets, across from Mother’s Restaurant. A George…
NEW ORLEANS — On June 13, the Dew Drop Inn announced it will receive $50,0000 in funding from the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund, a program from the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The music venue and hotel in…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) — Chemin à la Mer at Four Seasons Hotel New Orleans presents a summer bar series, “Friends of Purple Grackle,” celebrating the camaraderie and craftsmanship that is New Orleans beverage industry. “I’m thrilled to see Chemin…
NEW ORLEANS (press release) – Fidelity Bank and the Louisiana Hospitality Foundation (LHF) celebrate women in the hospitality industry with their 5th annual month-long July fundraising program, P.O.W.E.R. Plates, kicking off July 1. The monthlong celebration of women in the…
NEW ORLEANS – Homewood Suites by Hilton New Orleans, a hotel that originally opened in 2002 and was last renovated in 2014, recently unveiled a a multimillion-dollar music-themed renovation. The 166-suite hotel on the corner of Baronne and Poydras streets,…
METAIRIE, La — Long known as one of Jefferson Parish’s most prominent restaurants, Andrea’s Restaurant now has a new owner with big plans for redevelopment. The new owner, Marv Ammari, CEO of Creole Cuisine Restaurant Concepts, plans to develop a…
HENDERSON, La. (press release) — Northgate Resorts, an operator of camping resorts, and Margaritaville, the global lifestyle brand, announce the opening of Camp Margaritaville RV Resort Breaux Bridge today in Henderson, La. Camp Margaritaville Breaux Bridge offers RV sites and…
SHREVEPORT, La. – On May 23, the Shreveport Council passed an amendment to once again allow smoking in casinos. The Smoke-free Louisiana Campaign Coalition, an organization of anti-tobacco organizations, is sounding the alarm about the decision and warning that it…
NEW ORLEANS — The Shop at the Historic New Orleans Collection received two awards at the annual Museum Store Association conference May 17-21 in Denver. The honors includes Best Marketing or Advertising for the store’s Holiday Market, and Best Museum…
NEW ORLEANS – Emeril Lagasse is set to open Emeril’s Brasserie, a French-inspired restaurant, in late 2023 at Caesars New Orleans. The project is part of the property’s multimillion-dollar transformation from Harrah’s New Orleans to Caesars. Both brands are owned…
NEW ORLEANS – On May 18, the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center announced a new partnership with ParkMobile, provider of “smart parking” and mobility solutions in North America and part of the EasyPark Group. As a result of…
NEW ORLEANS — On May 19, Breeze Airways hosted an event to celebrate the airline’s new nonstop flights from New Orleans to Los Angeles and New Orleans to Hartford, Conn. Breeze will also be the only airline servicing Hartford’s Bradley…
NEW ORLEANS — LifeCity is partnering with New Orleans & Company and the New Orleans Chamber of Commerce to promote sustainable practices in the City of New Orleans through the Keep it Clean Campaign. The partners will host a free…
NEW ORLEANS – The New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center hopes to make New Orleans one of the most sustainable destinations in America. Since March, the NOENMCC has served a 4,000-guest meal without using garbage cans; served a gourmet…
NEW ORLEANS – Brittany and Drew Brees have announced the creation of the NOLA Pickleball Fest, a new annual fundraiser for the Brees Dream Foundation. The inaugural event will be Aug. 10-13 at the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention…
NEW ORLEANS – The New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center announced the creation of a new "campus operations" department that will combine functions of public safety, safety and emergency management, campus logistics, guest services, grounds maintenance and asset management.…
NEW ORLEANS – On May 15, the NOLA Coalition released an updated “platform of actions” it said will help create a safer and more prosperous New Orleans for all residents. The group of over 530 business and nonprofit members, which…
NEW ORLEANS – In recently published ratings, both Fitch Ratings and Moody’s Investor Services assigned high ratings to the Ernest N. Morial New Orleans Exhibition Hall Authority (“the Authority”), Louisiana's (EHA) $125 million special tax bonds, series 2023. The Exhibition…
NEW ORLEANS – On May 8, the New Orleans Opera Association announced that Clare Burovac will be stepping down from her general and artistic director role. A transition…
NEW ORLEANS – On May 4, Hyatt Regency New Orleans General Manager Michael O. Smith was honored as a 2023 Laureate in the Junior Achievement Business Hall of Fame. The award recognizes business…
NEW ORLEANS — The Mid-City Bayou Boogaloo, produced by Friends of Bayou St. John, has announced that this year’s VIP sponsor will be Crescent 9 THC Seltzer, a beverage created and produced by New Orleans-based Crescent Canna. Crescent 9 THC…
BATON ROUGE – Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser and the Louisiana Office of Tourism have announced the launch of ExploreLouisiana.com, the state’s renamed travel website and social media channels. “I applaud my team for moving quickly to recognize what is trending…
NEW ORLEANS – The New Orleans Culinary & Hospitality Institute’s June 2023 cohort of culinary arts students will host Têt Marché, a pop-up café featuring Viet-Cajun street food. Têt Marché will be open for lunch Tuesday, May 16 through Friday,…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — In Louisiana, dubbed by some as “Hollywood South,” lawmakers advanced a bill that would extend a motion picture tax credit program, which attracts movie producers and film companies to the state, by another decade. But opponents…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A shooting outside a well-known New Orleans restaurant Friday killed an employee, and one bullet penetrated the restaurant and wounded a Chicago tourist visiting for the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Interim New Orleans police…
NEW ORLEANS — Hotel occupancy numbers for the first weekend of Jazz Fest 2023 are better than last year but not quite to pre-pandemic levels. Whatever the final breakdown turns out to be, regional tourism boosters are no doubt delighted…
NEW ORLEANS – In partnership with local organizations, music festivals and business leaders, New Orleans & Company will host New Orleans Music Month — a monthlong celebration of music, culture and technology — throughout October at various locations. Programming will…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — This year's New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival begins its two-weekend run on Friday, filling the air with the sounds of R&B, rock 'n roll, Zydeco, pop, blues, country, rap, gospel — and of course jazz.…
NEW ORLEANS — The Port of New Orleans said it set a passenger record in March 2023 for oceangoing and river cruises, topping pre-pandemic levels with 155,225 passenger movements and 39 cruise vessel calls for the month. The port’s previous…
