New Orleans shifts gears to take December convention
NEW ORLEANS, LA.– September in this Crescent City typically unwinds much like a sizzling escape valve.

NEW ORLEANS, LA.– September in this Crescent City typically unwinds much like a sizzling escape valve. After the steamy summer, and a few degrees of cooler temperatures, this tropical town simmers down. Fall is prime time for exhibitions and conventions–a virtual industry for the city. The prospect of hosting NBAA 2001 was a highlight on the hospitality community’s to-do list.

But as the terrorist attacks struck New York and Washington, D.C., creating havoc across the country, the nation came to an abrupt halt–and NBAA 2001’s arrival into New Orleans was appropriately postponed by vote of the association’s board of directors. The NBAA board of directors on September 20 decided to reschedule the convention for December 12, 13 and 14 here, but it is not expected to draw the 30,000 people that were anticipated last month.