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Spring 2016 Tourism Times Newsletter Highlights

Did you know another Flash Career Fair is coming up? Councilmember James Gray II, the New Orleans Convention & Visitors Bureau and New Orleans Tourism Marketing Corporation will host a hospitality and tourism career fair featuring a variety of job openings within the industry.

The Flash Career Fair is designed to connect job seekers with employers in a comfortable and approachable environment, facilitate networking and provide assistance in the hiring process. The Flash Career Fair includes opportunities to meet with a variety of hotel, restaurant and tourism employers one-on-one and learn more about the hiring process. This is the first Flash Career Fair hosted in District E and is part of a citywide hospitality and tourism career fair series. The last career fair was held at Kingsley House with 18 participating employers attending the event!

In other exciting news, the Louisiana Travel Promotion Association (LTPA) named the New Orleans Convention & Visitors Bureau as the winner of the Outstanding Convention and Bureau/Tourist Commission of the Year during its annual membership meeting last week. The event recognized the best of the Louisiana tourism industry.

“We are excited to be a winner of the Outstanding Convention and Bureau/Tourist Commission of the Year from the Louisiana Travel Promotion Association,” said Kristian Sonnier, Vice President of Communications & Public Relations of the New Orleans Convention & Visitors Bureau. “We look forward to continuing to showcase our great Louisiana culture to the rest of the world.”