NEW ORLEANS OFFICIAL LEISURE TOURISM WEBSITE (www.NewOrleansOnline.Com) OFFERS EXCLUSIVE VIEUX TO DO FESTIVAL PACKAGE

(EMAILWIRE.COM, May 31, 2008 ) New Orleans, LA - The French Market Tomato Festival, the Louisiana Seafood Festival, and the Cajun/Zydeco Festival have all come under one tent in the French Quarter to create the Â‘Vieux To DoÂ’, a weekend celebration of New Orleans food and music. A taste-tempting and toe-tapping chance to come to three-festivals-in-one is now even more desirable thanks to exclusive packages offered by NewOrleansOnline.com to prospective visitors.

The exclusive fest package includes discounted hotel rates, a giveaway, discount passes on the Steamboat Natchez, Free cafÃ©-au-lait at CafÃ© Beignet with any purchase, and participation in the festival brass band second-line parade.

While the Royal Sonesta is the Official Sponsor Hotel, many other hotels are offering discounted packages:

Royal Sonesta: $159 deluxe room; $209 Pool/Patio room

Bourbon Orleans: $139 w/free parking

Omni Royal Orleans: $149 w/free parking

Hilton St. Charles: $89 deluxe room; from $159 suites

Hotel Monteleone: starting at $89

Sheraton Hotel: starting at $129

Loews Hotel: starting at $139

W Hotel (Poydras): $169 w/$25 food and beverage credit

NewOrleansOnline.com website visitors can also enter an exclusive giveaway that includes three separate prizes: a five pound box of Louisiana seafood that will be sent overnight to the winnerÂ’s home; a five pound box of fresh Creole tomatoes that will be sent overnight to the winnerÂ’s home; and a free weekend at the Royal Sonesta Hotel.

For additional information about Vieux To Do, go to www.NewOrleansOnline.com, click on the Online Newsroom, then Press Releases.

About New Orleans Tourism Marketing Corporation (NOTMC)

NOTMC serves as the city of New OrleansÂ’ official leisure travel promotion agency through the use of advertising, internet, and public relations. NOTMC designs and launches a summer promotion; three simultaneous niche efforts, aimed at cultural, family, and multicultural travelers; and a fall campaign promoting Christmas New Orleans style. It produces the New Orleans Official Visitors Guide and the Christmas New Orleans Style guidebooks. Web sites: NewOrleansOnline.com; NewOrleansMuseums.com; and HearNewOrleansMusic.com.

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New Orleans Tourism Marketing Corporatio
Lea Sinclair
504-491-5330
lea@notmc.com