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  • Search results for: "new orleans" tourism

124 Search Results Found For: ""new orleans" tourism"

  • How will New Orleans S&WB spend new tourism funds? Repairs, changes, upgrades, more

    In his first detailed public remarks since city officials wrung millions of dollars for New Orleans infrastructure out of the state and the tourism industry, Sewerage & Water Board Executive Dire
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  • Millions set for crumbling New Orleans infrastructure as Gov. Edwards, Cantrell announce tourism deal

    The city of New Orleans’ crumbling infrastructure will receive an infusion of tens of millions of dollars under a deal announced Monday by Gov. John Bel Edwards and Mayor LaToya Cantrell after weeks
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  • Is New Orleans getting its “fair share” of revenue from the tourism industry?

    Hear WWL Radio’s Tommy Tucker talk with Amy Glovinsky, President/CEO BGR (Bureau of Governmental Research), about the City’s efforts to get a greater share of the tax revenue from the tour
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  • What’s fair use of New Orleans tourism dollars? Debate spills into public at expert forum

    The contentious debate over how to use New Orleans tourism tax dollars that has rumbled along largely behind closed doors spilled out in public Wednesday at The New Orleans Advocate’s tourism summit
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  • On New Orleans tourism, see expert quotes on ‘world class’ city, key goals, more at forum

    An expert panel on tourism brought together a host of important industries and ideas Tuesday morning in downtown New Orleans. The forum, hosted at The New Orleans Advocate, delved into several subject
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  • Key to Cantrell’s 2019 legislative agenda? Tourism cash to rebuild New Orleans S&WB, more

    Less than a month away from the start of the 2019 legislative session, Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s legislative agenda is being shaped by her push to divert millions of tax dollars from state-sponsor
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  • Cantrell plan to aid New Orleans S&WB? $75M upfront, $40M in revenue from sports, tourism

    Mayor LaToya Cantrell on Thursday gave the clearest outline yet of her vision for plugging budget holes at the cash-strapped Sewerage & Water Board, a plan that banks heavily on the city’s t
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  • Restoring 1 percent hotel sales tax for New Orleans infrastructure is a non-starter, tourism officials say

    Restoring a 1 percent sales tax on New Orleans hotels would be a step too much for the city’s tourism industry to bear, leading industry representatives said Wednesday (Jan. 30), responding to a&nbs
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  • Our Views: Mayor Cantrell needs to grab at more than tourism dollars to solve New Orleans’ drainage woes

    New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell built her political career by being a disruptor, and she won election with 60 percent of the vote, so clearly that’s a quality her constituents wanted in their new
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  • Danae Columbus: Mayor Cantrell needs Gov. Edwards’ help to keep more tourism taxes in New Orleans

    When Mayor LaToya Cantrell addressed the Bureau of Governmental Research on Tuesday, she was quick to talk about her desire to add currently exempt property to the tax rolls while also re-distributing
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