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September 9, 2014

Dear Tourism Stakeholder,

Voici les nouvelles (Here is the news):

Win a gumbo getaway for the World Championship Gumbo Cookoff

Iberian Ambassadors of the Week

Merci Mesdames Darnelle Delcambre, Iberia Parish Tourist Commission Vice Chairman, and Jennifer Young, her granddaughter, for representing Iberia at Congrès Mondial Acadien 2014 in Maine, New Brunswick and Quebec. Details here.

Darnelle Delcambre and Jennifer Young Congres Mondial Acadien

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Meetings and Events

Sept. 11

GICC's Productivity Training

Sept. 11

FREE Google+ Webinar

Sept. 17

Shadows' Sip & Snack Volunteer Open House

Sept. 22

Deadline to Send November Events to IPCVB

Sept. 23

Iberia Parish Tourist Commission Meeting, 10:30 a.m., IPCVB

Gracias, merci, thank you!

Our following partners for providing prizes for the Lieutenant Governor Tourism Summit's silent auction:

Shadows-on-the-Teche
KONRIKO®
TABASCO®
LaQuinta

Mesdames Linda Clause and Katey Stanford with TABASCO® for working the Tourism Summit's Travel Fair and providing a door prize.

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Industry News

News from IPCVB is now published on the second and fourth Monday of the month. Submit your material to us by noon on the Thursday before publication.

Attending the Lieutenant Governor's Tourism Summit this year were Céline Alis, assistant director of communications at IPCVB, Linda Clause, manager at Jungle Gardens, and Katey Stanford, visitor center coordinator at TABASCO®.

Iberia Parish representatives at the Lieutenant Governor's Tourism Summit 2014

Did you know that without taxes paid by visitors to the state, you would have had to pay $468 in additional taxes to maintain revenues? Click here for more 2013 Louisiana Tourism Facts.

If you missed Mr. Dardenne's address to over 500 travel professionals, you can watch it here:

Lt. Governor's Tourism Summit 2014

Don't forget the Hi Sugar 5K Run this Saturday! Follow the Louisiana Sugar Cane Festival on Facebook for their latest updates.

The Tailgating Cookoff to be held Oct. 18 needs sponsors and volunteers. Click here for details.

BestLife Iberia's gardens are expanding! Follow the progress of these and other projects of the IDF's BestLife Iberia initiative on Facebook at:

Facebook.com/BestLifeIberia

Facebook.com/IberiaGardenCoop

Facebook.com/HeirloomProduce

Facebook.com/SugarCityGrowers

Facebook.com/BestLifeFlashMarket

Learn more about Lulu's Food Hub project, Envision daBerry's new Instagram and more in their September newsletter.

The Atchafalaya National Heritage Area just released a multilingual video tour in English, French, German, Spanish and Japanese. Watch it here.

Marketing & Funding Opportunities

SOCIAL MEDIA/WEB TIP #40: Attend a FREE Google Hangouts for travel and tourism webinar on Sept. 11 at 1 p.m. Use coupon code SusanSentMe.

Send us your gumbo photos and recipes and we will share on Facebook/consumer newsletter and give you credit.

Please send us information on your November 2014 tourist-friendly events by September 22. We are compiling the November calendar to be sent to the media at the end of the month. You can check your event listing on our web calendar.

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Iberia in the Media

The Delcambre Shrimp Festival received a lot of coverage in local media, including The Daily Advertiser, Channel 10, KADN Fox 15 and KATC. Festival planners also promoted the event on Passe Partout. Way to go!

Check out this article and our ad for the TABASCO® Food tour on Deep South magazine's website.

Kudos to IPAL for promoting Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde on KATC!

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On the Web

If you missed the Louisiana Sugar Cane Festival's Gala, you can watch it here:

Stars of Style 2014

This group operator describes his experience at TABASCO® and Rip Van Winkle Gardens.

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Louisiana and Beyond

Lafayette Regional Airport is now offering direct flights to Denver. This USA Today journalist reported on his experience in Lafayette. Hope we see some Denver folks!

Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne announced at summit that international visits to Louisiana increased by 18% in 2013. Details here.

A bientôt (See you soon!)

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