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. 

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

Presentation 

We encourage you to share these presentation assets as it relates to your audiences.

Visit Baton Rouge Task Force Presentation

I Am Baton Rouge Video

New "We Are Baton Rouge" Video

Baton Rouge Zoom Backgrounds

Next Steps

Share any information you can or have regarding your business recovery plan. Email karron@visitbatonrouge.com