Economic Development
Watchdog group: New Orleans should get more from hotel tax, scrutiny needed for Convention Center
By Tyler Bridges
Source: The Advocate
January 31, 2019
The Bureau of Governmental Research has waded into the big-dollar tax dispute between Mayor LaToya Cantrell and the tourism...Diverse reaction to recommendations on New Orleans hotel tax
By Kevin McGill
Source: The Associated Press
January 30, 2019
NEW ORLEANS The New Orleans government’s share of taxes from hotel rooms in the tourism-dependent city should increase by more...Restoring 1 percent hotel sales tax for New Orleans infrastructure is a non-starter, tourism officials say
By Beau Evans
Source: NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
January 30, 2019
Restoring a 1 percent sales tax on New Orleans hotels would be a step too much for the city’s...Report: New Orleans should keep more tax dollars
By Tammy Estwick
Source: WDSU
January 30, 2019
A new report by a nonprofit group says the city of New Orleans should get to keep more tax...BGR issues report on Orleans hotel taxes, recommending change
By Rob Masson
Source: FOX 8
January 30, 2019
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – A leading local research group published a comprehensive report on New Orleans hotel-motel taxes, which...The city should get a bigger chunk of hotel tax revenue, report says
By Michael Isaac Stein
Source: The Lens
January 30, 2019
A new report from the Bureau of Governmental Research released on Wednesday found a lack of accountability and transparency when it...New Orleans should regain ‘lost’ hotel tax money to fix drainage and roads, watchdog group says
By Beau Evans
Source: NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
January 30, 2019
A one-percent tax on New Orleans hotel sales should return to city coffers, as it was decades ago before that local...
Superdome, arenas get record-setting boost from hotel taxes: audit
By Kevin Litten
Source: NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
December 17, 2018
The Louisiana Stadium and Exposition District, the state entity with oversight of Mercedes-Benz Superdome and Smoothie King Center, raked...
New Orleans’ hospitality jobs far fewer than industry claims, report says; so, what gives?
By Richard Thompson
Source: The Advocate
December 11, 2018
Amid new pressure from unions and an ongoing debate over whether the city’s hospitality and tourism industry is doing...Latest New Orleans hotel tax idea could generate $6.7M for city projects; LaToya Cantrell calls plan ‘inadequate’
By Jeff Adelson
Source: The Advocate
December 6, 2018
Facing political pressure to share some of their hotel tax revenue with city agencies, New Orleans tourism leaders on...