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09/29/2016

New Video Inviting People to “Reconnect” on the Creole Nature Trail

NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more Information Contact: Angie Manning, Communications Director, CDME Lake Charles/Southwest Louisiana Convention & Visitors Bureau www.VisitLakeCharles.org New

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08/01/2016

BooZoo's 2016 Labor Day Festival

NEWS RELEASE For more information, contact: Mason Trail, event coordinator or Rellis Chavis, Jr., event coordinator (337) 853-2350 or (337) 489-0140 BooZoo’s Labor Day Festival LAKE CHARLES, La.

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07/25/2016

Stars and Stripes in the Park Classic Car Show and Boudin Wars Return to Sulphur, Louisiana in Sept.

LAKE CHARLES, La. (July 22, 2016) — Stars and Stripes in the Park Classic Car Show and Boudin Wars are two upcoming, family-friendly events happening during one fun-filled September weekend in

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06/08/2016

Lake Charles/Southwest Louisiana CVB Earns 2016 Trip Advisor Certificate of Excellence

LAKE CHARLES, La. (June 8, 2016) – The Lake Charles/Southwest Louisiana Convention & Visitors Bureau, responsible for the promotion of tourism in Calcasieu Parish, has received a TripAdvisor ®

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05/18/2016

Lake Charles, La. Historic District App Now Offers Interactive Photo Feature

LAKE CHARLES, La. – (May 17, 2016) The Charpentier Historic District’s self-guided, Smartphone application that highlights the rich history of the city as well as the carpenter-architects who created

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03/24/2016

Contraband Days, Louisiana Pirate Festival

Contraband Days, Louisiana Pirate Festival LAKE CHARLES, La. (March 23, 2016) --- Contraband Days Louisiana Pirate Festival, being held this year April 26 – May 8 in downtown Lake Charles on the

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01/27/2016

2016 Alcohol-Free Mardi Gras Zone for Kids, Tweens and Teens

“The Zone” is back for Mardi Gras! In its 9 th year, the event will take place Tuesday, February 9 th , from Noon-5:00pm, in the empty parking lot between the Charleston Building and the Parish

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01/08/2016

Travel Writers Covering Mardi Gras Festivities

The Lake Charles/Southwest Louisiana Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB) will host the Society of American Travel Writers (SATW) Freelance Council Convention during Mardi Gras. Over Mardi Gras weekend

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01/08/2016

Mardi Gras Gumbo Cook-off, Omega Parade, Zydeco Dance and More!

The public tastes from every pot of chicken and sausage, seafood or wild game gumbo in a hot contest of more than 60 teams on Saturday, February 6, at the Lake Charles Civic Center Exhibition Hall

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01/08/2016

Children’s Day Offers Family-Friendly Mardi Gras Festivities in Southwest Louisiana

Mardi Gras in Southwest Louisiana is a family-friendly festival and even has an entire day devoted to kids! Children’s Day, a free event open to children ages 3 to 11, combines Mardi Gras fun with

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01/08/2016

Lundi Gras Features the Royal Gala

The Cinderella night of Mardi Gras manifests on Lundi Gras, Monday, February 8 at 7 p.m. with a lavish promenade of more than 60 krewes’ royalty in extravagant, glittering costumes before thousands of

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01/08/2016

Mardi Gras Parades Open for Entries

Mardi Gras of Southwest Louisiana is inviting the community to help them paint the town purple, green and gold! Entries are now being accepted for the Merchants’ Parade, Children’s Parade, Lighted

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01/08/2016

Experience a Creole Mardi Gras at the Iowa Chicken Run

Catch a chicken at the 38th annual Mardi Gras Run on Tuesday, February 9 at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 503 E Highway 90, in the town of Iowa. Doors open at 8 a.m., the Mardi Gras floats start

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12/23/2015

Lake Charles/Southwest Louisiana: Upcoming Spring Festivals

Southwest Louisiana has celebrations down to an art form – complete with food, music, lights and laughter. Known as the Festival Capital of Louisiana, more than 75 fairs, festivals and special events

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12/23/2015

Catch the Excitement at the 2nd Largest Mardi Gras in Louisiana: Mardi Gras of Southwest Louisiana

Get your purple, green and gold and experience the magic in Southwest Louisiana/Lake Charles for the 2016 Mardi Gras season. The King cakes, parades, royal balls and glitzy costumes all add to the

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10/30/2015

Lake Charles CVB Contributes $1 Million to the National Hurricane Museum & Science Center

The Lake Charles/Southwest Louisiana Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB) announced a $1 million contribution over 4 years to the building campaign for the National Hurricane Museum & Science Center

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09/25/2015

Arts Council Seeking Artists for Portfolio

The Arts and Humanities Council of SWLA will be accepting submissions from artists for a portfolio to present to local businesses for purchase to display in their offices. A variety of mediums of art

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09/15/2015

CVB Honored as Tourism Office of the Year By the Southeast Tourism Society

The Lake Charles/Southwest Louisiana Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB) was recently honored with the highly coveted Shining Example Award for Tourism Office of the Year with competition from the

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08/19/2015

Surviving, Recovering, and Bouncing Back from Hurricane Rita

LAKE CHARLES, La. (August 19, 2015) – September 24, 2015 marks the 10 th anniversary of land fall of Hurricane Rita in Southwest Louisiana, only a few weeks after Louisiana was devastated by Hurricane

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08/18/2015

Southwest Louisiana Lodging Association 2015-2016 Board of Directors

Kimberly Caldarera- Dixon has been named President of the Southwest Louisiana Lodging Association for 2015-2016 year. Kimberly is the hotel sales manager for the Isle of Capri in Westlake. Kimberly

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News Room

New Video Inviting People to “Reconnect” on the Creole Nature Trail

BooZoo's 2016 Labor Day Festival

Stars and Stripes in the Park Classic Car Show and Boudin Wars Return to Sulphur, Louisiana in Sept.

Lake Charles/Southwest Louisiana CVB Earns 2016 Trip Advisor Certificate of Excellence

Lake Charles, La. Historic District App Now Offers Interactive Photo Feature

Contraband Days, Louisiana Pirate Festival

2016 Alcohol-Free Mardi Gras Zone for Kids, Tweens and Teens

Travel Writers Covering Mardi Gras Festivities

Mardi Gras Gumbo Cook-off, Omega Parade, Zydeco Dance and More!

Children’s Day Offers Family-Friendly Mardi Gras Festivities in Southwest Louisiana

Lundi Gras Features the Royal Gala

Mardi Gras Parades Open for Entries

Experience a Creole Mardi Gras at the Iowa Chicken Run

Lake Charles/Southwest Louisiana: Upcoming Spring Festivals

Catch the Excitement at the 2nd Largest Mardi Gras in Louisiana: Mardi Gras of Southwest Louisiana

Lake Charles CVB Contributes $1 Million to the National Hurricane Museum & Science Center

Arts Council Seeking Artists for Portfolio

CVB Honored as Tourism Office of the Year By the Southeast Tourism Society

Surviving, Recovering, and Bouncing Back from Hurricane Rita

Southwest Louisiana Lodging Association 2015-2016 Board of Directors

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