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New
Orleans and Louisiana Travel Information
Jean
Lafitte Tourist Commission - Come to Jean Lafitte for a unique, Cajun
vacation experience-food, fun, music,
festivals, fishing, birding and a whole lot more, all within half an
hours drive from the French Quarter.
Jefferson Parish Tourism -
About Jefferson Parish , Regions, Attractions & Activities,
Festivals & Event Schedule, Community News, Special Links, Free
Brochures.
Louisiana Tourism - The
Official Louisiana Tourism Website - sponsored by the Louisiana Office
of Tourism and the Louisiana Travel Promotion Association, with all of
the things to see and do, where to stay and what to eat in Louisiana.
Louisiana Travel
Promotion Association - a non-profit, private sector trade
association representing the State's travel and hospitality industry.
Louisiana Department of Culture,
Recreation & Tourism - Official state guide to parks,
festivals, and tourist attractions.
New Orleans Metropolitan Convention
and Visitors Bureau - Visitor's Guide to New Orleans - calendar of
events, accommodations, restaurants, shopping, meeting planners
information and more.
New
Orleans Online - The City of New Orleans' Official Tourism Site
by the New Orleans Tourism Marketing Corporation Guide to
hotels, restaurants, entertainment, and culture. Offers category
search.
Travel Tools
Currency Converter
Maps and
Driving Directions - Infospace
World
Weather
CIA
Country Profiles
U.S.
State Dept Travel Advisories
Flight
Tracker
Language
Translation
US and World Travel
Information
World
Airport Guide
Travel
and Tourism Office Links - This site has contact information and
links to all 50 travel and tourism offices in the United States.
Digital City - Local
Airports - A "print it and go" guide to airports across
the country. Find out where to get the cheapest parking, how to get to
and from the airport, and how to avoid the most common frustrations.
U.S. Department
of State: Travel Warnings & Consular Information Sheets -
Official list for US citizens. Information on how to register for
automatic email notifications. USA.
Lonely Planet
- Down to earth online guide to world travel.
The Virtual Tourist
- All countries and more than 3000 cities worldwide with weather and
picture collections. Members' forum, chat.
Adventure Travel - Tips and destination ideas. Information on
agents and tours, senior, single, and family travel, equipment
outfitters, and numerous outdoor activities.
All
Experts - Veteran travelers answer all your questions about travel
and tourism.
AOL
Anywhere - Travel Web Channel - Includes destination guides,
reservations, weather, and vacation information.
BootsnAll Travel
Guides - Monthly information about 50 places around the globe.
Also contains between 10 to 30 stories per month as well as other
travel commentary.
CitySearch.com
- Find travel information for major cities around the world.
CNN Travel Guide
- Travel features, destination information, and city guides.
Concierge.com -
Travel supersite with complete information on the world's 500 most
popular destinations including essays from Fodor's, restaurant and
hotel listings, maps, weather, recommended readings, currency rates
and airfare finders.
Expedia Travel -
Compare prices, shop for a vacation or cruise, reserve a room or rent
a car. Microsoft Expedia provides a one stop shopping travel
experience.
Fodor's Travel Online
- In-depth restaurant and hotel reviews in cities around the world,
and smart travel tips to make vacation planning easier.
Martlink -
Detailed listing of links on tourist related subjects.
MyTravelGuide.com
- World travel guide including a guided tour search, online travel
help, chat, travel tools, on-line booking, and more.
National
Geographic Travel - Travel guides to US and Canadian destinations,
a magazine, features about worldwide destinations, and links to tools.
Netscape
Travel Channel - General travel channel for Netscape. Book a
flight, rent a car, reserve a hotel, get currency conversion rates,
driving directions, weather and more. One stop travel resource powered
by travelocity.
Orbitz - Provides
customers with access to the broadest choice of air fares and some of
the lowest prices for flights, hotels, and rental cars. Includes
travel news, alerts, weather conditions, and currency converter.
The Savvy
Traveler - Public radio travel program produced by Minnesota
Public Radio.
Travelocity
- Offers a variety of travel services, including fare finder, hotel
and car rental information, reservations, and destination information.
World Travel
Guide - Comprehensive guides to all the world's countries - aims
to answer all your travel questions.
WorldSkip -
Categorized links on sights, events, shopping, and climate on nearly
every country in the world.
Travel
and Tourism Industry Links
Air Transport Association
- ATA - the national trade organization of the principal U.S.
airlines, promoting and supporting the air transport industry.
Airlines Reporting Corporation
- ARC handles airline ticket distribution, control and settlement and
controls accreditation of travel agencies that issue airline tickets.
Airports Council International
- The international association of the world's airports. ACI fosters
cooperation among its member airports and with other partners in world
aviation, including governmental, airline and aircraft manufacturing
organizations.
Airports Council International
North America - ACI-NA represents local, regional and state
governing bodies that own and operate commercial airports in the
United States and Canada.
Alliance for
Sustainable Tourism - AST - an international trade association
promoting information exchange on sustainable development intiatives
for travel and tourism.
American Bus Association - ABA
- a trade association representing motorcoach and tour companies,
travel and tourism organizations, and suppliers of bus products and
services in the U.S. and Canada.
American Sightseeing
International - ASI - worldwide association of sightseeing, tour
and charter companies with members in most tourism areas. Allied with
WATA.
American Society of Travel Agents
- ASTA - an association of travel professionals and the companies
whose products they sell, providing education, training,
representation, and advocacy.
Asia Travel Marketing
Association - ATMA - a trade organization promoting travel and
tourism in Asian countries, including Japan, Korea, Philippines,
Taiwan and Thailand.
Association of British Travel
Agents - ABTA - a national trade association of British travel
agents and tour companies.
Association of Canadian Travel
Agents - ACTA - a national trade association representing the
retail travel sector of Canada's tourism industry.
Association of Corporate Travel
Executives - ACTE - a professional association representing
corporate travel managers and travel service providers in 29
countries.
Association of Retail Travel
Agents - ARTA - non-profit association representing travel agents
exclusively. The site offers travel industry headline news and
resources for small retail agencies.
Association of Travel Marketing
Executives - ATME - a professional, non-profit association of
executives with vital responsibilities in the marketing of tourism and
travel worldwide.
Australian Federation of Travel
Agents - AFTA - national trade group for Australian travel agents.
Central European Countries Travel
Association - CECTA - a trade organization promoting the Central
European region's travel and tourist destinations and services.
Cruise Lines International
Association - CLIA - the official trade organization of the cruise
industry of North America. It offers support and training for the
travel agent community, including the Cruise Counsellor Certification
Program. (Requires flash player.)
Dive Travel Association -
DTA - a trade organization dedicated to providing dive travel
resources for the travel agent.
European Regions Airline Association
- ERAA - the representative body for regional air transport throughout
Europe. It currently represents 78 airlines and 49 airports.
The Federation of International
Youth Travel Organisations - FIYTO - an open, world-wide,
non-political and non-sectarian travel trade association advocating
the special identity of young travelers, and their right to flexible,
affordable travel and travel-related services.
Green Globe 21 - - The
Worldwide Programme for Sustainable Travel and Tourism. Green Globe 21
specializes in developing environmental management and awareness for
the Travel and Tourism industry and provides practical means through
which companies can improve their environmental performance.
Institute of Certified Travel Agents
- ICTA - an international non-profit organization founded in 1964 to
enhance the quality of professional practice in the travel industry
through education, testing and certification.
Interactive Travel
Services Association - ITSA - an online travel industry trade
group devoted to eliminating barriers to growth and protecting
consumers.
International Air Transport
Association - IATA - a trade association representing and serving
the airline industry world-wide.
International Airlines Travel Agent
Network - IATAN - a non-profit organization that appoints travel
agencies and travel agents on behalf of its customer airlines. It
provides registration and ID services for both travel agencies and
professional travel agents.
International Association
for Medical Assistance to Travellers - A non-profit organization
that provides medical information for countries around the world, as
well as associated English speaking doctors in 300+ cities.
International Association of
Amusment Parks and Attractions - Trade association created to
serve family fun centers, amusement parks, waterparks, attractions and
the manufacturers and suppliers that serve them. Includes trade show
information, calendar of events, and publications.
International Association of
Convention and Visitor Bureaus - IACVB - promotes professional
practices in the solicitation and servicing of meetings and
conventions.
International Association of Tour
Managers Ltd - IATM - a professional Association of experienced
Tour Managers and Travel Guides.
International Association of
Tourism Co-operatives - TICA - promotes the development of
co-operative tourism locally, regionally, nationally, and globally.
The International Bureau of
Social Tourism - BITS - promotes the right of all to leisure,
holidays and tourism.
International Council of Cruise
Lines - ICCL - a trade organization that participates in the
regulatory and policy development process to ensure a safe, secure and
healthy cruise ship environment.
International Federation for
Information Technology and Tourism - IFITT - an international
organization that promotes discussion about information technologies
in the field of tourism.
International Society of Travel and
Tourism Educators - ISTTE - an international organization of
educators in travel, tourism, and related fields representing all
levels of educational institutions.
International Student Travel
Confederation - ISTC - a nonprofit confederation of student travel
organizations around the world whose focus is to develop, promote and
facilitate travel among young people and students.
Japan Association of
Travel Agents - JATA - a national organization of travel agents
and suppliers promoting the travel and tourism industry.
Latin American Travel Association
- LATA - a trade organization that promotes travel and tourism in
Latin America.
National Association of
Commissioned Travel Agents - NACTA - a trade association for
professional independent travel agents, including home-based
independent contractors and outside sales agents.
National Business Travel Association
- The NBTA represents the interests of corporate travel managers and
travel service providers in the U.S.
National Tour Association -
NTA - a trade group for U.S. tour operators and related businesses.
North West
Cruise Ship
Association - NWSA - a not-for-profit association working on
behalf of the nine member lines to build positive relationships with
communities and government agencies and to develop strong partnerships
with communities and business in Canada, Alaska and the Pacific North
West.
OpenTravel Alliance - OTA
- a trade group developing a common standard for the exchange of
information within the travel industry.
Outside Sales Support Network -
OSSN - a trade association for independent contractors and outside
sales agents in travel. (Requires flash player.)
Pacific Asia Travel Association
- PATA - a non-profit travel trade association serving government
tourist offices, airlines, hotels and other travel-related companies
throughout the Pacific Asia region.
Passenger Vessel
Association - PVA - a national association representing the
interests of owners and operators of dinner cruise vessels,
sightseeing and excursion vessels, gaming boats, car and passenger
ferries, private charter vessels, and overnight cruise ships under
U.S., state, or Canadian regulations.
Philippine Travel Agencies
Association - PTAA - a national organization of Philippine travel
agencies, tour operators, hotels, airlines, restaurants, resorts and
other tourism-oriented establishments.
Regional Airline Association -
The RAA represents U.S. regional airlines and the suppliers of
products and services that support the industry, before federal and
state agencies.
Society for the Advancement of
Travelers with Handicaps - SATH - a non-profit educational
organization that represents travelers with disabilities and promotes
the creation of a barrier-free environment throughout all segments of
the travel and tourism industry.
Society Of Government
Travel Professionals - SGTP - a national, non-profit association
for Government travel / finance managers, suppliers and travel agents
in the U.S. travel market.
Society of Incentive and
Travel Executives - SITE - a worldwide organization of
business professionals dedicated to the recognition and
development of motivational and performance improvement strategies
of which travel is a key component.
Student and Youth Travel
Association - SYTA - a non-profit, professional trade
association that promotes student & youth travel.
Touring Friends Assisted
Travel Association - TFATA - a non-profit charitable
organization, established to deliver therapeutic enrichment
experiences to persons with a disability, illness or apprehension.
Travel and Tourism Research
Association - TTRA - an international professional
organization comprised of providers and users of travel and
tourism research.
The Travel Industry Association of
America - TIA - a non-profit, national association that
represents and speaks for the common interests and concerns of all
components of the U.S. travel industry.
Travel Media Association of
Canada - TMAC - a national trade association representing
members of the communications media who are involved at a
professional level in the dissemination of information about
travel.
United States Air Consolidators
Association - USACA - a trade association for U.S. air
consolidators.
United States Tour Operators
Association - USTOA - a professional association representing
the tour operator industry, composed of tour companies who conduct
business in the U.S.
Universal Federation of Travel
Agents' Associations - UFTAA - an international trade
federation representing the national travel agents' associations
of more than one hundred countries.
World Association of Travel
Agencies - WATA - a global network of travel companies. Allied
with ASI.
World Tourism
Organization - WTO - an intergovernmental organization that
serves as a global forum for tourism policy and issues.
World Travel and Tourism Council
- WTTC - an international organization of travel industry
executives promoting travel and tourism worldwide.
Hotel,
Food and Restaurant Industry Links
American
Bartenders' Association - Trade
organization that provides professional resources for the bartending
industry since the early 80's.
American School Food
Service Association - Industry association representing the
nutritional interests of children through certification, education,
legislative advocacy, and increased standards.
Association of
Professional Hospitality Managers - The premier association for
hospitality managers worldwide.
Canadian Federation of
Chefs and Cooks - Canada's national association for chefs and
cooks. With 40 branches the federation provides link between industry
and career development.
The Council on Hotel,
Restaurant, and Institutional Education. - CHRIE is an association
for schools, colleges and universities offering programs in hotel and
restaurant management, foodservice management and culinary arts.
The Hotel and Catering
International Management Association - The HCIMA promotes
management and education in the international hospitality industry.
Site links to their training, schools, journals and publications
related to hotel and catering industries.
Local Authorities
Caters Association - Catering Managers and Suppliers working in
and with Local Authorities in Education, Social Services, Leisure and
Staff Catering.
Louisiana Restaurant
Association - The LRA is a non-profit trade association
representing the foodservice industry in Louisiana.
Meeting Professionals International
- Professional membership organization for corporate, association, and
independent meeting planners.
National Caterers
Association - NCA acts as the educational arm of the catering
industry providing seminars, workshops, and product presentation
promoting and educating the catering business to trade and industry
organizations throughout the nation and abroad.
National
Restaurant Association - Restaurant trade organization offering
certification, training materials,start-up advice, education
resources, and industry news and trends.
Professional
Association of Innkeepers International - Association serving
bed-and-breakfast and country inn owners, managers and aspiring
innkeepers through conferences, research, advocacy, trade show, member
hotline and publications.
Roundtable for Women in
Foodservice - Association dedicated to enhancing the development
and visibility of women in the foodservice industry through
educational, mentoring, and networking opportunities.
United States Personal
Chef Association - USPCA offers all the necessary resources for
those interested in started their own successful personal chef
business.
Lodging
and Hotel Organizations
American
Hotel and Motel Association - national association representing
the interests of the lodging industry.
Association
of Innsitters & Managers - international professional
association for innsitters and inn managers in the bed and breakfast
business.
Green
Hotels Association - committed to supporting ecological
consciousness in the hospitality industry.
Hospitality
Industry Technology Integration Standards - the HITIS Project is
an American Hotel & Motel Association led standards setting
initiative for interfaces between computerized systems to accelerate
the hospitality industry technology use.
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