Hospitality & Tourism

Though the downtown fall events season is looking pretty bleak right now thanks to pandemic-related cancellations and postponements, businesses are holding out hope that the COVID-19 threat will dissipate enough by late October to make holding large events feasible again, says Gabriel Vicknair, interim executive director of the Downtown Development District.

Visit Baton Rouge President and CEO Paul Arrigo says he hasn’t yet heard about many cancellations of conventions due to the COVID-19 resurgence, but fall could be a different story.

Despite the most recent COVID-19 surge, Baton Rouge travel is holding strong, in part...

Music fans are eager to hear their favorite bands again after the long COVID-19-induced...

Whether hospitality and tourism in the downtown area will increase remains a question, with events scheduled to return but COVID-19 cases rising.

The restaurant and hospitality industry is starting to feel the effects of the latest surge in COVID-19 cases.

Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser was scrambling Monday morning to shore up Louisiana's festival, fair...

From venues to flower suppliers, the wedding industry is dealing with pent-up demand after a year of canceled ceremonies.

Stephen Hightower of City Group Hospitality in Baton Rouge was awarded the Drago Cvitanovich...

The number of passengers on riverboat cruises that stop in Baton Rouge seems to be holding steady, even as the delta variant of the virus has driven COVID-19 numbers up in the state and city.