

Whether you're holding a fully virtual or hybrid event, leverage our robust library of New Orleans content and connections to local experts to bring some local flavor to your meeting.


- Implement a social media strategy and launch your conference hashtag
- Encourage your attendees to share their New Orleans stories about why they can’t wait to return on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn using #OneTimeinNOLA
- Provide New Orleans promotional video that shows the hospitality community engaged in practicing cleanliness and safety measure
- Continue to promote your customized microsite, ensure the link is prominent on your conference website, and promote across social media channels
- Send monthly “Let’s Talk NOLA” contest videos and, if applicable, begin planning a contest via email or social media using monthly videos with New Orleans-themed incentives
- Add a New Orleans-themed banner to your email signature line promoting your upcoming event and linking back to the microsite
- Request New Orleans-themed ads from New Orleans & Company to include on your homepage, industry websites or publications
- Create reminder e-blasts and newsletters (e.g.: Early Bird Registration Ending Soon) and include your microsite link to encourage your attendees to start planning their trip or take advantage of virtual experiences
- Send us your conference hashtag so @VisitNewOrleans can engage with the conversation and your attendees on social media

- Plan and execute in-person site inspections with proper safety and cleanliness protocols or work with our team to facilitate virtual site inspections with our local members
- Partners can provide links to event space and, in many cases, “live” walk throughs of meeting space
- Take photos of site visit and post on social (LinkedIn) to promote upcoming event in New Orleans
- Capture short video of leadership (chairperson, President, etc.) or Facebook Live, in iconic New Orleans location, eating iconic New Orleans cuisine, etc. showing “new normal”

- Experience a citywide virtual tour with Xplorit
- Discuss welcome program elements with your Convention Services Manager, if applicable
- Request a quote for convention staffing
- Create customized maps for citywide meetings that include all hotels in your block
Experient is our official housing partner for groups of 1,800 or more on peak night
- Coordinate pre-convention meetings for multi-hotel events

- Send RFP’s to our member community for your event needs (transportation, unique venues, Destination Management Companies)
- Connect your association’s exhibitors to more than 1,100 local members that supply services to the meetings industry
- Assist with targeted outreach to students and local industry professionals that may be interested in attending from the local and drive-in markets
- Utilize New Orleans & Company to obtain a list of potential CSR opportunities in the city

- Last minute registration push via e-blasts, newsletters, social media updates, etc.
- Send final “Let’s Talk NOLA” contest videos and announce winners
- Create attendee, exhibitor and “What To Know Before You Go” newsletters encouraging attendees to build itineraries on NewOrleans.com (or your custom microsite) for their free time and make restaurant reservations
- Encourage attendees to download the Official Visitors Guide

- Remind your industry publications to join you for the latest updates in New Orleans. New Orleans & Company can aid visiting media with local information and content for their stories
- New Orleans & Company will supply a local media contact list and counsel on best way to obtain coverage
- Company’s Coming! New Orleans & Company will include details of your conference on the Membership Extranet, which reaches more than 1,100+ member businesses, so they can roll out the red carpet for your attendees
- Distribute media alert to local media to help garner local media coverage