Gat Away to Louisiana’s Northshore
Also known as Louisiana’s Northshore, St. Tammany Parish includes a number of communities that are ideal destinations for your next SMERF meeting or event.
“We’re located on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain just 45 minutes from downtown New Orleans, yet we’re a destination in our own right, offering visitors the cosmopolitan pleasures of urban life as well as the relaxing pleasures of great green spaces, soft adventure on land and water and beautiful scenery,” says Renee Kientz, Communications Director for the St. Tammany Parish Tourist Commission. “We’re where New Orleanians come to get away, and have been for more than a century.”
If your attendees want to truly “get away,” St. Tammany Parish has plenty of options. Many groups enjoy boat tours of Honey Island Swamp and Insta-Gator Ranch, as well as visits to the Global Wildlife Center. Other interesting places include the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Maritime Museum, Pontchartrain Vineyards and Olde Towne Slidell.
And when it’s time to get down to business, St. Tammany’s towns deliver top-notch meeting facilities and overnight accommodations. Most larger meetings in the area are held at the 45,000-square-foot Northshore Harbor Center in Slidell or the 28,000-square-foot Castine Center in Mandeville. Some popular meeting hotels include the Holiday Inn Covington, which offers more than 8,500 square feet of meeting space; the Courtyard by Marriott, with 3,200 square feet of space; and the Rivers Retreat Center, with a 2,800-square-foot conference center and a 3,500-square-foot screened pavilion.
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