Hospitality & Tourism

Hotels in downtown Baton Rouge are propping up the occupancy rate for lodging parishwide while raking in more revenue per room than their local counterparts. 

Culinary tourism is growing in popularity around the world, and interest in guided food tours is expected to increase more than 16% per year over the next decade.

The renovation and rebranding of the former Holiday Inn Express on North Boulevard in Baton Rouge is expected to be completed by the end of the third quarter. 

Flights are once again taking off from Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport following an overnight...

It’s not shocking that the new president and CEO of Visit Baton Rouge’s mission is to get more people to visit Baton Rouge.

Baton Rouge officials and businesses will host a “Live After Five Lagniappe” on Jan. 13 downtown as part of the Louisiana Marathon weekend. 

After a sellout last night and almost 21,000 tickets sold for three hockey exhibition games held at the Raising Canes’ River Center to gauge interest, Baton Rouge is moving closer to hosting professional sports once again. 

The sky is the limit. Not just for the people featured in this month’s...

The Belle of Baton Rouge and Casino Rouge (now Hollywood Casino) gave downtown a...

When you watch movies or TV shows filmed in Louisiana, do you spend most of the running time looking for local landmarks? If you’ve been watching the National Treasure: Edge of History series on Disney+, you haven’t had to look very hard.