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Higgins Hotel Ranked Top 3 Globally

NEW ORLEANS — The Higgins Hotel & Conference Center, the official hotel of The National WWII Museum, has received multiple national and industry honors...

New Orleans & Company Celebrates 2026 National Travel and Tourism Week

Without the funds generated by New Orleans’ tourism industry, every family in Louisiana would pay thousands more dollars in annual taxes.

New Orleans & Co. Launches Good Times Pass with SmartVisit

The discount program app is designed to enhance travel to the city, while providing meaningful revenue opportunities for New Orleans & Company members.

Projected: French Quarter Fest Weekend Hotel Occupancy to Exceed 2025 Levels

NEW ORLEANS (press release) – New Orleans & Company projects hotel occupancy for French Quarter Festival 2026 weekend will be above 90 percent Friday and...

Every Woman’s Marathon to Bring $15M to New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans city leaders, tourism officials, and race organizers officially welcomed Team Milk’s Every Woman’s Marathon  to the city on March 17, announcing...

NOEW Hospitality Event Includes Ferguson Keynote

NEW ORLEANS — A New Orleans Entrepreneur Week (NOEW) hospitality event featuring a keynote by Kevin Ferguson, deputy mayor and chief of staff for...

DDD Snapshot Shows $690M in Downtown Projects

NEW ORLEANS – The New Orleans Downtown Development District’s fourth quarter 2025 market snapshot highlights a downtown real estate market showing signs of stabilization,...

Downtown Carnival Visits Hit 2.2M as Tourism Soars

NEW ORLEANS — Downtown New Orleans recorded 2.2 million visits during the two-week Carnival stretch from the Friday of the Krewe of Cleopatra through...

2026 Louey Award Winners Celebrated

LAFAYETTE, La. – The Louisiana Travel Association (LTA) presented the 2026 Louey Awards during its Annual Meeting on Jan. 22 in Lafayette, bringing together...

Port NOLA Surpasses 1M Cruise Passengers for 9th Year

NEW ORLEANS — The Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) closed calendar year 2025 with 1,067,407 cruise passenger movements, marking the ninth year the...

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