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7th Annual Industry Update – Tuesday, June 14 – The National WWII Museum
May 23, 2022The Skål International New Orleans 7th Annual Industry Update will take place on Tuesday, June 14 at the U.S. Freedom Pavilion: the Boeing Center (1043 Magazine St.) at The National WWII Museum. Our Skål New Orleans leadership have crafted a timely and inspiring program featuring two internationally known tourism leaders to share… Read More »

Skal New Orleans raises $5K for Ukraine Refugees!
March 31, 2022Skål New Orleans Raises $5,000 for the Refugees Skål New Orleans held a raffle at its March meeting at the Jack Rose Restaurant in the Pontchartrain Hotel, with 100% of the funds going directly to the Ukrainian Refugee Fund established by Skål International. A dozen of their 100 members donated prizes… Read More »

Skal New Orleans raises funds for the Louisiana Hospitality Foundation
February 10, 2022At Skal International New Orleans's December Christmas Party on December 13, 2021, we were able to raise $7,916.00 at our fabulous Silent Auction! Thanks to Skal Member Stu Barash who singlehandedly coordinated this auction and special thanks to all who donated fabulous auction items and, of course, thanks to all… Read More »

January Skal Meeting at the Honfleur in the Hotel Provincial
November 29, 2021**As most of you are aware, any specific guest is only allowed to attend up to two meetings per year, as long as the venue has room to accommodate guests. However, this Skal guideline does not apply to any event where we encourage spouses or significant others… Read More »

Skal New Orleans Members Express Thanks at Thanksgiving!
November 19, 2021Skal New Orleans has much to be thankful for this Thanksgiving! Our tourism industry has survived the nearly two year pandemic as well as dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Ida! Our local Skal club has not just survived this past year but we actually are thriving with 22 new… Read More »

6th Annual Industry Update was HUGE Success!
June 25, 2021Our 6th Annual Industry Update took take place on Tuesday, June 15th in the Great Hall of the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. The topic for the evening was "Advocacy In and Out of the Pandemic" and over 300 industry professionals were on hand to hear from… Read More »

Annual Industry Update to take place on Tuesday, June 15, 2021
May 6, 2021Skal New Orleans is very excited to announce that our 6th Annual Industry Update will take place on Tuesday, June 15th in the Great Hall of the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. See attached flyer with all the details of this year's program! For those of you who… Read More »

New date for the 6th Annual Industry Update!
June 12, 2020Skalleagues...it's time to SAVE THE NEW DATE! Our Annual Industry Update has been rescheduled for Tuesday, November 17 at the U.S. Freedom Pavilion at the National WWII Museum. The Board is updating our program to address new issues that affect our industry as a result of the Covid 19… Read More »

Skal International New Orleans Holds Fundraiser to Benefit the University of New Orleans HRT Program
January 1, 2020Skal International New Orleans is pleased to announce the success of its 1st Annual Silent Auction to benefit the Lester E. Kabacoff School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Administration at the University of New Orleans. Through the generosity of New Orleans members, as well as other Skal clubs that… Read More »

5th Annual Industry Update was HUGE success
March 21, 2019More than 250 Tourism Industry Professionals gathered this past Tuesday night at the 5th Annual Industry Update in the U.S. Freedom Pavilion at the National WWII Museum. We would like to thank our Sponsors for the evening... including: New Orleans & Company New Orleans Tourism Marketing Corporation MCC Real… Read More »