New Orleans CVB Film Highlights the Crescent City's Culinary Legacy

To show the world that New Orleans' renowned culture is coming back, the New Orleans Metropolitan Convention & Visitors Bureau (NOMCVB)is producing a series of short films. One of the first is on Willie Mae Seaton, the James Beard award-winning restaurant owner who, at 89 years old, is rebuilding her Scotch House restraunt. http://www.neworleanscvb.com/culturalreports/.

(PRWEB) April 22, 2006 -- In an effort to show the world that the New Orleans experience and culture is coming back, the New Orleans Metropolitan Convention & Visitors Bureau (NOMCVB) is producing a series of short films.

The first is on Willie Mae Seaton, the spirited James Beard award-winning restaurant owner who, at 89 years old, is rebuilding her Scotch House restaurant in the Treme' neighborhood. The nine-minute film captures her drive to rebuild, with help from the Southern Foodways Alliance and others, her remarkable spirit and the city's culinary heritage and legacy.. It's shot by Brian Bain and narrated by Delfeayo Marsalis.

The film can be seen online at http://www.neworleanscvb.com/culturalreports/.

The target audience for these cultural reports is visitors, convention and meeting planners and tourism professionals. It is the place to follow the rebirth of New Orleans music, cuisine and cultural events on a regular basis.

The New Orleans Metropolitan Convention & Visitors Bureau

Since 1960, the New Orleans Metropolitan Convention & Visitors Bureau has been the driving force behind New Orleans’ most important industry, attracting $4.9 billion to the region annually. Nationally recognized for business travelers and vacationers. Last year, the NOMCVB welcomed a record-breaking 10.1 million visitors to one of America’s favorite meeting and leisure destinations. The NOMCVB is committed to rebuilding the city of New Orleans.

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