May 2023 General Meeting
Place: Gallier Hall
Date: May 18, 2023
Time: 6:30 - 8:30
Address: 545 St. Charles Ave. New Orleans
The incredible Mark Bologna!
Mark Bologna is the host of the wildly popular podcast Beyond Bourbon Street! The Beyond Bourbon Street podcast was launched in December 2015 and is published biweekly. Mark takes you along as he explores the people, places, music, history, and culture that make New Orleans unique. Also he is an author, his book, an Insider's Guide to New Orleans, was published by Globe Pequot Press on May 1, 2022 and is being hailed nationally as “the book for tourists to New Orleans”. Mark is a New Orleanian and very supportive of the tour industry. He is married with twin girls.
Please plan to stay for our social time after the lecture
Light Refreshments will be served.
There will be a 50/50 raffle and door prizes.
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Become a Tour Guide Association
member today!
Member benefits include:
- Networking, Friendship & Camaraderie
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- Monthly meetings held at interesting venues with guest speakers, book signings, and refreshments
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- Annual Educational Seminar
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- Excursions to historical areas outside of the New Orleans area
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- Continuing Education Program
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- And more! Click on the above link and come join us!
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The Tour Guides Assoc. of Greater New Orleans, Inc. was established in April of 1985 as a non-profit 501(c)(3)* organization of nearly 300 guides, all licensed by the City of New Orleans. Our membership consists of new, experienced, and volunteer tour guides from a variety of backgrounds. Members are ready, willing and able to perform a variety of visitor services. Many tour operators and a variety of companies providing services to our city's visitors are also members of the association.
TGAGNOI is dedicated to the continuing education of our membership and to promote the integrity of our profession. We strive to improve the tour industry and assure that each and every visitor to the Greater New Orleans area returns home with a high-quality and memorable guest experience!
The mission of the Tour Guides Association of Greater New Orleans, Inc. is to represent, promote, and protect the common interests of licensed tour guides in the Greater New Orleans area by:
- Providing a forum through which members can continue their education and exchange information,
- Promoting private, public and governmental awareness locally of the tour guide's role, and
- Establishing a channel of communications between tour guides and the tourism industry.
*501(c)(3) ruling is available upon request.
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