Hospitality & Tourism

Siegen Retail LLC of Metairie has filed an advance notice with Louisiana Economic Development regarding plans for a new hotel off Siegen Lane.

Stephen Hightower is planning a new restaurant for the former Bistro Byronz space on...

Overall hotel occupancy in the Capital Region fell slightly more than 11% in 2020, a year that saw mass cancellations of events, meetings and travel due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The Chase Towers in downtown Baton Rouge will get a new name in the new year, says developer Mike Wampold, who is planning to rebrand his iconic high rises as I & II River Mark Center

• The state reported 3,851 new COVID-19  cases and 31 additional deaths today. • Lt....

The Raising Cane’s River Center had a lot riding on 2020. The previous five years had seen a steady decline in the number of events at the facility’s arena, exhibition hall and theater, and it was losing a little less than $1 million a year on average.

While many Americans may have disregarded the advice of public health officials and traveled...

The Capital Region’s social calendar has been mostly wiped out due to the ongoing pandemic, leaving the area’s caterers and event planners struggling amid a lack of business this holiday season.

As elected officials implore their constituents to stay home this Thanksgiving, fewer people are traveling on airplanes this week, and not quite as many are staying in Baton Rouge hotels.

Louisiana’s state tourism department isn’t properly collecting admission fees for some of its parks...