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The Donaldsonville Downtown Development District has been selected as a Top 100 National Award Winner of the 2021 Small Town American Civic Award.

Rear Adm. Huan Nguyens road to an admirals star was not a journey for the faint of heart. Arriving in this country as a teenage orphan from Vietnam, he faced an uphill climb. He credits his Asian heritage and community with helping him get to the top. On Oct. 19, 2019, Nguyen put on a rear admirals star, making him the first Vietnamese American to attain flag rank in the U.S. Navy. That October day was a far cry from his roots as a boy in the 1960s, growing up in the South Vietnamese city of Hu...

Collette Pens a Love Letter to Travel Advisors May 05, 2021 Dear Travel Advisor,  We want to take a minute to wish you a Happy Travel Advisor Day and to remind you that your partnership and commitment has truly have been a silver lining in the past year. We know that this continues to be an unbelievably difficult time for each of you and today we want to celebrate you for the support and commitment that you have for both your clients and the travel industry. For the past 103 years, Collette h...

Send It’s highly likely that the global travel landscape will look very different in Q4 2021 than it does at the moment, as more people get vaccinated and travel restrictions are lifted. DerbySoft’s Charles BeeBee, global head of sales and marketing, and Ken Nishizu, president, marketing services, forecast that travel in 2021 will happen in three separate phases. According to BeeBee and Nishizu, thinking about travel’s rebound in this way can help hoteliers make better decisions in how th...