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    JCVB Honored With '22 ConventionSouth’s Annual Readers’ Choice Award

    Tuesday, November 8, 2022 11:00 AM

    2022 Convention South Winner

    Jefferson Convention & Visitors Bureau Is Honored With ConventionSouth’s Annual Readers’ Choice Award

    GULF SHORES, Ala. (Oct. 27, 2022)—It is with great honor that the publishers and editors of

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    Jean Lafitte Awarded Highest Honor at the 85th Annual Louisiana Municipal Association Convention

    Wednesday, August 10, 2022 3:00 PM

    JEAN LAFITTE, La. –The Town of Jean Lafitte took home the top honor of the night, the “Best of Show” award, at the 85th Annual Louisiana Municipal Association (LMA) Convention held July 30, 2022, in

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    The Feil Organization Announces The Rebranding of Vieux Carre Shopping Center

    Friday, May 6, 2022 1:00 PM

    Shops on 17th logo

    METAIRIE, LOUISIANA – The Feil Organization announces the rebranding of the Vieux Carre Shopping Center to The Shops on Seventeenth. The Shops on Seventeenth is a 20,172SF property that

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    New Orleans Airport Director Kevin Dolliole Elected to Chair National Airport Policy Council

    Friday, January 7, 2022 12:00 PM

    FLY MSY - Kevin Dolliole

    NEW ORLEANS – The Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY) announced today that Director of Aviation Kevin Dolliole was elected to chair the Airports Council International-North

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    A new Louisiana themed float to be debuted during the 95th Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

    Monday, November 22, 2021 10:00 AM

    BATON ROUGE, La – Louisiana Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser, the Louisiana Office of Tourism, and Macy’s, Inc. announced today they will celebrate the birthplace of jazz, Cajun and Creole cuisine,

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    Jefferson Convention & Visitors Bureau Is Honored With ConventionSouth’s Readers’ Choice Award '21

    Wednesday, November 3, 2021 12:00 PM

    GULF SHORES, Ala. (Oct. 5, 2021)—It is with honor that the publishers and editors of ConventionSouth, the national multimedia resource for planning events in the South, present Jefferson Convention &

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    Lieutenant Governor Nungesser declared October 2021 as the 7th Annual Louisiana Folklife Month

    Friday, October 8, 2021 3:00 PM

    LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR NUNGESSER HONORS FOLKLIFE TRADITION BEARERS
    October declared the 7th annual Louisiana Folklife Month


    BATON ROUGE, La. – Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser has announced that

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    Breeze Airways Announces 1 million Of Travel Committed to Rebuild The City

    Monday, September 13, 2021 6:00 PM

    Salt Lake City, UT – As Breeze Airways resumes flight operations in New Orleans on September 9, 2021, restoring nonstop flights connecting the city to nine destinations across the south and midwest,

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    Lee Michaels Fine Jewelry Breaks Ground On Freestanding Location

    Friday, August 13, 2021 5:00 PM

    METAIRIE, LOUISIANA – Lee Michaels Fine Jewelry announces the groundbreaking of a 10,000 SF freestanding store at Lakeside Shopping Center. The new storefront, located on Causeway Boulevard in front

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    Categories: Jefferson CVB, Metairie, Miscellaneous
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    Louisiana author Jimmie Martinez Releases New Novel

    Friday, August 6, 2021 3:00 PM

    NEW ORLEANS – Jimmie Martinez’s new novel, Summer of Haint Blue: From Cajun to Creole, is a multicultural story that follows a Southern boy’s attempts to deal with the evils of racism and his

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