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Dear Tourism Stakeholder,
Voici les nouvelles (Here is the news):
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Iberian Ambassador of the Week
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 | | Congratulations to Mademoiselle Brittany Racca who graduated Saturday with a BA of Communication from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette! As an intern at IPCVB, Brittany helps with visitors, press releases and other communication and administrative tasks. She plans to work part time at IPCVB until the end of the year while looking for employment opportunities. |
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May 27
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Iberia Parish Tourist Commission Meeting, 10:30 a.m. at IPCVB
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Gracias, merci, thank you!
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- Our following partners for participating in our National Tourism Week events:
- TABASCO® for hosting the Lt. Governor's press conference.
- LaQuinta Inn & Suites, Little River Inn, the Port of Delcambre, Rip Van Winkle Gardens and Tourist Commission Chair Margaret Melancon for their help at Iberia Parish Day at the Atchafalaya Welcome Center.
- Parish President Errol "Romo" Romero, New Iberia Mayor Hilda Curry, TABASCO VP of Operations Cecil Hymel and Parish Councilmen David Ditch and Bernard Broussard for speaking at the Lt. Governor press conference.
- All our partners who attended the press conference and the New Iberia interpretive panels inauguration.
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 McIlhenny is now offering food tours Tuesdays-Thursdays from 1 - 4 p.m. Tours cost $49 per person for 6 tastings and leave from the TABASCO ® Country Store. Call 337-373-6139 for reservations. Same day reservations need to be made by noon. Click here
for the flyer.
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- Iberia Parish will be on the LCVC FAM tour for Funway Holidays/Marc Travel Company from London. IPCVB will provide lunch.
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Are you going to
Congrès Mondial Acadien in Maine, New Brunswick and Quebec
this August? Awesome Adventures/Unique Destinations can take you there! Details
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Marketing & Funding Opportunities
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 SOCIAL MEDIA/WEB TIP #33: Register here for the free "Join the Geotourism Conversation: Social Tips and Tricks" webinar offered by the US Gulf Coast Geotourism Program on June 11 at 1 p.m.
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- News From IPCVB is going bi-monthly (first and third Tuesday of the month) and Iberia Sweet Pics will be sent out monthly (first Monday of the month). Please submit your material for both newsletters by noon on the Thursday before publication.
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 ATTENTION EVENT PLANNERS, RESTAURANTS, ATTRACTIONS, ACCOMMODATIONS, SHOPS, AND MEETINGS/GROUPS SERVICE PROVIDERS!
Submit your listing information by June 16 for our 2014-2015 visitor guide, the Discover Iberia Community Resource Guide to be published in August.
We use the same listings in the guide and on our website. Please review your listing on our website and send us your changes. If you are not listed, please send us your information.
You can find your listing by clicking on the appropriate category (for ie. where to stay/B&B) or by using the search box at the top right hand corner of any page. Events are listed on our calendar of events. |
 ATTENTION BUSINESS OWNERS: the Greater Iberia Chamber is facilitating the Shop Berry Small campaign in a partnership with the IPCVB, City of New Iberia and BestLife Iberia. We are promoting participating businesses on our website, social media, consumer newsletter, Iberia's Sweet Picks and in ads, including a banner ad on TheAdvocate.com. Take advantage of this free marketing opportunity! Click here to register.
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- Apply to the Louisiana Historical Marker program, which commemorates facts, people, events and places prominently identified with the history of the nation, state or region. Historical markers are privately sponsored and funded. Any individual or group may nominate a location or occasion of historical interest for historical marker commemoration. The Louisiana Office of Tourism is accepting applications for the program. Download one here. Deadline: May 21. For additional information contact Lynne Coxwell at 225-342-2876 or lcoxwell@crt.la.gov
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- Promote your project with the Greater Iberia Chamber of Commerce's Operation Progress initiative. In an effort to be able to enumerate and promote the progressive activities taking place within Iberia Parish by civic, social, cultural and governmental entities, the Greater Iberia Chamber of Commerce, as your facilitator, is compiling a list of current activities and those planned for the near future. Submit your project by May 30, 2014. Contact the Chamber for details.
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 Re-development Incentive Grant Applications for 2014-2015 are now available. Louisiana Main Street Redevelopment Incentive Grants encourage economic development through community reinvestment and revitalization by providing matching funds support for the redevelopment of historic downtown commercial properties in order to foster renewed interest in shopping, working, living downtown, and cultural tourism development by providing final support for the restoration and redevelopment (using historic preservation practices) of historic downtown commercial properties. Deadline: June 12, 2014. Details here.
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We were on TV during National Tourism Week (May 3-11)! Watch KADN Fox 15's coverage of the Lt. Governor press conference at TABASCO® on May 9 here. KATC TV3 did a segment on Iberia Parish Day at the Atchafalaya Welcome Center on May 7 and mentioned our new Iberia Travel App on May 12.
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 Check out the May issue of Acadiana Lifestyle to learn about TABASCO®'s expansion plans (p. 14). Pick up your copy at our welcome center today!
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 We have a new travel app for smartphones. Download it here!
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A new prehistoric mound was discovered in Poverty Point, La. Details here.
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Louisiana hit an all-time record for tourism in 2013 - a million more visitors than last year's record-setting numbers. More here.
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A bientôt (See you soon!)
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