News from Lafayette Convention and Visitors Commission

Member Spotlight

Guest speaker: John Petersen, Lafayette Entertainment Initiative, 337-291-3456, jpetersen@lafayetteLA.gov, www.LEI-LA.org.

Accidental Cooking School will open February 1, 2011. Special opening discount $5 off on all classes until June 1, 2011. Contact: Janice Macomber, 337-849-6837, info@accidentalcooking.com, www.accidentalcooking.com.

The 5th Annual Winter Gospel Festival will be held February 5, 2011 in Opelousas. Contact: Lena Charles, 337-232-7672, lenafcharles@aol.com, www.zydeco.org.

Evangeline/Valentine Reception will be held from 5:30-7p.m. at the Old Castillo Hotel honoring those who married or were engaged under the famous oak. Contact: Brenda Comeaux Trahan, 337-394-2258, bctrahan@acadianmemorial.org, www.acadianmemorial.org.

Plans for the spending of the funds provided from BP for the Acadiana Tourism Coalition are underway. The Acadiana Tourism Coalition is scheduled to spend $244,067. This coalition includes the parishes of Lafayette, St. Landry, St. Martin, Vermilion, Iberia, Acadia and Jeff Davis. Lafayette Parish is also in line to receive $235,150.12 in the second round of BP tourism investment allocations.

The Louisiana Society of Association Executives Annual Meeting (LSAE) will be held in Lafayette from January 19-21, 2011.

The Louisiana Travel & Tourism Industry Summit will be held in Baton Rouge January 25-27, 2011.