News from IPCVB Nov. 12, 2013

NEWS FROM IPCVB

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Nov. 12, 2013

Dear Tourism Stakeholder,

Voici les nouvelles (Here is the news):

Iberian Ambassadors of the Week

El Festival Español de Nueva Iberia's steering committee invites you to the festival this Saturday and to the gala on Friday. They are, from left, Dr. Catherine Segura (treasurer), Monsieur Luis Mora, Monsieur Tracy Migues (vice-president), Madame Sarah Migues, Madame Céline Greenwood, Madame Marcia Patout, Madame Susan Bernard, Monsieur Ebrar Reaux (president) and the photographer, Madame Jane Braud (secretary).

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Meetings and Events

Nov. 12	Greater Iberia Chamber's Business After Hours
Nov. 14	UL-Lafayette Acadiana History App Meeting
Nov. 16-17	IPAL's Auditions for "Spamalot"
Nov. 26	Iberia Parish Tourist Commission Meeting, 10:30 a.m.

Gracias, merci, thank you!

Merci Madame Sandra Davis with KONRIKO® Company Store/Conrad Rice Mill for offering a store discount and free tours to the Delcambre North Pier Marina's cruisers. She also donated KONRIKO® products for the cruisers' welcome baskets. If you are interested in offering special discounts to cruisers, please contact Madame Katherine Kenworthy, cruisers' manager.

Gracias Madame Darnelle Delcambre, our featured artist this month, for sending the press release and pictures for Timeless Treasures' grand opening.

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Industry News

Timeless Treasures, a new antique shop in New Iberia owned by Madame Gerri Dartez (center), held a ribbon cutting on Nov. 6.

UL-Lafayette Acadiana History App Meeting: The history department at UL-Lafayette developed a smartphone app that identifies historic places throughout Acadiana. They will hold a public forum in New Iberia to present the project and seek suggestions for future content. The meeting will be at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 14 at the Iberia Parish Library- Main Branch. Details here.

Bubba's Place in Jeanerette is closed.

On Nov. 4, travel writers Jo Matyas and Craig Jones visited attractions in our area as part of a media tour sponsored by the Louisiana Office of Tourism and its Canadian office. They are writing a feature article for the CAA Magazine spring 2014 issue. CAA is the Canadian equivalent of America's AAA. The readership of the magazine is 2.4 million. They traveled by RV and stayed at Lake Fausse Pointe State Park for the Iberia Parish portion of the tour. They visited TABASCO, Jungle Gardens and Shadows-on-the-Teche. Other areas on the tour included: New Orleans, Abbeville Henderson, Lafayette, Breaux Bridge, Opelousas, Eunice and Mamou. The IPCVB provided a media kit promoting all of Iberia Parish to the writers. Merci to our stakeholders who provided complimentary admission.

Envision daBerry still needs Christmas decorations for their Winter Window Wonderland Display on Main Street New Iberia. Anyone can donate whatever they have to the NILA Gallery, LLC at 301 West St. Peter on Thursday - Saturdays from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Read Envision daBerry's newsletter here.

Marketing & Funding Opportunities

SOCIAL MEDIA TIP #13: Don't post too often. Prefer quality to quantity and try to strike a conversation with your public by offering compelling content. This advice does not apply to Twitter- post as often as you want on Twitter.

ATTENTION EVENT PLANNERS: Publish your event in Gulf Coast Wave, a fact-checked, bi-weekly current events e-newsletter (free) covering the Central Gulf Coast. Each entry is hyperlinked on the photo and in the text. Contact them to find out how your event can be included in their newsletter and on their website.

Send us your holiday shopping pictures, recipes, tips and videos, and we will share.

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Iberia in the Media

McIlhenny Co. will be featured in an upcoming "60 Minutes" segment. Stay tuned for airing date and time.

AAA Southern Traveler featured our area in an editorial in its Nov./Dec. print issue and on its website. We also purchased ad and are receiving inquiries as a result of the article.

The Great Chili Challenge was featured in the e-newsletters and on the websites of Country Roads and Louisiana Kitchen and Culture.

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On the Web

LAST WEEK to submit your favorite picture and spread the word for our photo contest !

Stunning pictures of Avery Island.

Louisiana and Beyond

Did you know that The New Iberians are a Zydeco band in Portland, Oregon? We connected with them on Twitter and they said they would love to come to Iberia and play at one of our festivals. Event planners, please make contact if you are interested: Twitter, Facebook, Website.

A bientôt (See you soon!)

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