COVID-19 Updates for Shreveport and Bossier City

COVID-19 UPDATES

The Shreveport-Bossier Convention and Tourist Bureau has been carefully monitoring travel conditions in regard to COVID-19. First and foremost, we want to protect the health and safety of our community and visitors to Shreveport-Bossier, Louisiana. As of this notice, the Shreveport-Bossier Convention and Tourist Bureau’s Downtown Shreveport Visitor Center is now open. The Shreveport Regional Airport Visitor Center remains closed to the public.

Shreveport-Bossier COVID-19 update: Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards has instituted a gradual reopening of many businesses with occupancy restrictions, enhanced sanitation, social distancing, personal protection equipment and other appropriate protection measures necessary to protect the health and safety of the people in Louisiana. The statewide mask mandate has been lifted. However, mask policies in Louisiana will be set by local leaders and business owners. Under the Governor’s new public health order, masks will still be required on public transit and in state government buildings, K-12 schools, early childhood education centers, colleges and universities, and healthcare facilities. Before you visit a business, please call to confirm that they are open, and to find out what restrictions are being enforced at that location.

We encourage all consumers to follow the guidance of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, including the practice of wearing masks and social distancing.

For visitor information and updates, please call 318-222-9391 or visit www.Shreveport-Bossier.org. You can also get updates by following our social media pages on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/visitshreveportbossier and Twitter at https://twitter.com/visitshreveport. However, things are changing frequently, so please call ahead before you visit a business to be sure they can accommodate you.

If you know of changes and postponements, please call 318-222-9391 or email the information to Liz Crews, website manager at lcrews@sbctb.org.

More information regarding COVID-19 in Louisiana can be found at:
https://gov.louisiana.gov/coronavirus/

http://ldh.la.gov/coronavirus/

Shreveport-Bossier Convention and Tourist Bureau President Stacy Brown and Vice President of Communications Brandy Evans discuss the impact of COVID-19 on Shreveport-Bossier's hospitality industry and the steps we're taking to reopen safely.
		The COVID-19 pandemic presents an enormous challenge to tourism and hospitality-related businesses in Shreveport-Bossier and across the globe. Recently, Stacy Brown, president of the Shreveport-Bossier Convention and Tourist Bureau, sat down with Brandy Evans, vice president of communications, to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on the tourism and hospitality industry, to offer insight about what’s next, and to share where to find resources. Like so many other destination marketing organizations around the world, Shreveport-Bossier is now preparing for the road ahead. Challenging times aren’t new for this industry, but neither is our resiliency. We will rebound together, even stronger than before.

		On May 6, 2020, Shreveport-Bossier Convention and Tourist Bureau President Stacy Brown sat down for a second installment of "The Road Ahead," a conversation with Vice President of Communications Brandy Evans. Topics addressed include the impact of COVID-19 on Shreveport-Bossier's tourism and hospitality industry, plans for re-opening the Tourist Bureau's Downtown Shreveport Visitor's Center, and the Tourist Bureau's upcoming DMAP re-certification project.

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