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• Cruise industry contributed $163 million to economy in 2008
  
• Pinnacle Entertainment spent $1.6 million on new casino in second quarter
  
• Louisiana casinos post losses for the month
  
• Southern Star Go-Zone hearing moved to August
  
• New study will gauge economic impact of Mardi Gras
  
• Bed and breakfast operators to convene for annual conference this weekend
  
• Orient-Express to sell Windsor Court
  
• Reopening of Hyatt Regency New Orleans Hotel may be put on hold
  
• Southern Star Amusement of Baton Rouge seeks bonds to finance rebuilding of Six Flags
  
• AeroMexico's service from New Orleans officially launched
  
• AeroMexico launches new nonstop flights from New Orleans to Mexico City
  
• AeroMexico's new service to New Orleans may boost medical travel
  
• New Orleanians heading out of town for July 4 to beat the heat
  
• Roosevelt New Orleans Hotel to reopen this week
  
• Northwest and Delta are consolidating operations at Louis Armstrong this week
  
• Casino winnings up for the month; down for the year
  
• Southern Star Amusement sees opportunity in Six Flags bankruptcy filing
  
• 2013 Superbowl could accelerate the recovery of the local tourism industry, panelists say
  
• Delta, Northwest to begin combining operations at Louis Armstrong airport next week
  
• Pinnacle expects to start work on Lake Charles hotel this summer
  
• American Eagle begins nonstop service between Lake Charles, Dallas/Fort Worth
  
• Microsoft to host conference in New Orleans next month
  
• Isle of Capri reports higher fourth-quarter net income
  
• City of New Orleans lawsuit against Six Flags is delayed
  
• Concessionaires at Louis Armstrong International Airport to be repositioned
  
• Southern Star Amusement in preliminary talks to purchase dormant Six Flags site
  
• AeroMexic offers new details about New Orleans flights
  
• Memorial Day travel should be robust, despite struggling economy
  
• Three Louisiana cities were among the nation's top casino markets last year
  
• Pinnacle Entertainment's expansion plans to go before Planning Commission Monday
  
• Six Flags prohibited from removing rides, assets from its defunct New Orleans park
  
• City granted temporary restraining order against Six Flags
  
• Carnival reroutes cruises from New Orleans because of swine flu
  
• The economic downturn appears not to have hurt Jazz Fest
  
• Former Quality Inn Hotel in Metairie to be reborn as Holiday Inn
  
• Survey: Number of tourists visiting New Orleans climbed last year
  
• Delta slashes prices on flights from Monroe Regional Airport
  
• Hospitality task force created to boost tourism
  
• Local hotel tax revenue declines
  
• PETA proposes "Chicken Empathy Museum" for Farmerville
  
• Local hotelier purchases French Quarter Courtyard
  
• Hotel Maison De Ville reopens, but the lodging facility is still on the market
  
• Mardi Gras shootings likely won't tarnish visitor perception of New Orleans
  
• Carnival crowds may be at their largest since Hurricane Katrina
  
• New Orleans named one of five places in the world to visit before global warming messes it up
  
• While some companies are trimming corporate travel, most trips to New Orleans are still on
  
• Passenger traffic at Louis Armstrong International Airport climbed last year
  
• Holiday Inn Westbank to become Clarion Hotel this spring
  
• Golf Industry Show gets underway in New Orleans today
  
• More than 13,000 biologists to converge on New Orleans in April