Visit Baton Rouge Recovery Task Force

The Mission of the Hospitality Recovery Task Force: To assist by providing input, promoting and supporting Visit Baton Rouge’s recovery marketing plans and efforts due to COVID-19. The Recovery Task Force will actively engage hospitality industry representatives, stakeholders and political leaders of the importance and significance of this industry to the economy and wellbeing of our community.

Visit Baton Rouge's Recovery Marketing Plan

Task Force Goals & Objectives

Review of Recovery Marketing Plan
Provide input and thoughts on the plan offer any insight as to what on what your industry is working on
Help to share Visit Baton Rouge's marketing efforts during the recovery process
Reach those within the hospitality industry and share the message that we all in this together to make a difference

Hospitality Task Force Participants

Rannah	Gray	Moderator
Karron	Alford	VBR Representative
Paul	Arrigo	VBR President & CEO
Kelly	Bienn	Baton Rouge Area Chamber
Jim	Caldwell	Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport
Renee	Chatelain	Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge
Allison	Crump	Renaissance and Watermark Hotels
Kim	Ginn	L'Auberge Casino & Hotel
Stephen	Hightower	City Group Hospitality (City Pork, City Slice, Rouj Creole, Catering, etc.
Jerry	Jones	North Baton Rouge Economic Development District
Gary	Jupiter	DoubleTree Hotel
Manard	Lagasse	Associated Grocers, Inc.
Elizabeth	McInnis	LSU's Rural Life Museum
Cheryl	Michelet	BREC Parks
Anne	Milneck	Red Stick Spice Co.
Serena	Pandos	Louisiana Art & Science Museum
Katie	Pryor	Baton Rouge Film Commission
Davis	Rhorer	Downtown Development District
Rhonda	Ruffino	Raising Cane's River Center
Jim	Urdiales	Mestizo's Restaurant
Brad	Watts	Kalurah Street Grill, Bengal Tap Room, Cecilia Creole Bistro

Meeting Log & Minutes

May 7 at 1:00pm	Recording	Minutes - coming soon	Participants: Allison Crump, Anne Milneck, Elizabeth "Bitsy" McInnis, Davis Rhorer, Jim Urdiales
May 7 at 3:00pm	Recording	Minutes - coming soon	Participants: Jim Caldwell, Kim Ginn, Stephen Hightower, Gary Jupiter, Manard Lagasse, Katie Pryor, Rhonda Ruffino
May 8 at 1:00pm	Recording	Minutes - coming soon	Participants: Kelly Bienn, Renee Chatelain, Jery Jones, Cheryl Michelet, Serena Pandos, Brad Watts