New Orleans Paddlewheels 27 Poydras St. Wharf, New Orleans, LA 70130 Phone: 504-529-4567 Reservations: 800-445-4109 Ships Operated: Cajun Queen, Creole Queen, Jean Lafittle Swamp Tours
This shows the Creole Queen to be controlled by New Orleans Paddlewheels and the other ships they control.
An article we have posted on the Hilton Flamingo Page shows the the Hilton has New Orleans Paddlewheels as a partner in its operation. If all these links are true, then the Creole Queen is a sisteer ship to a gambling boat and its owners are probably also part of the Riverboat Gaming Commission.
More can be learned about the Gambling contacts and situations from the 1995 APME awards site featuring a large major riverboat gambling expose by the New Orleans Times-Picayune titled, '"Stacking the Deck' the Birth of Louisiana Gambling".
Prior Lousiana legal cases that might be of interest for background info on the Creole Queen are:
- 646 So.2d 885 Louisiana Paddlewheels v. Louisiana Riverboat Gaming Commission (La., Nov 30, 1994)
- 644 So.2d 1063 State Through Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections v. Louisiana Riverboat Gaming Commission
(La, Nov 04, 1994)
- 644 So. 2d 1064 State Through Dept of Public Safety and Corrections v. Louisiana Riverboat Gaming Commission (La., Nov 04, 1994)
- 640 So.2d 1368 State Through Dept of Public Safety and Corrections v. Louisiana Riverboat Gaming Commission (La. App. 1 Cir., June 17, 1994)
Wonder if New Orleans Paddlewheels and Louisiana Paddlewheels are the same or connected??
Also suggest looking at the Riverboat Gambling section of our Background Reference Page. It has references to a Congressional study on safety and several other related safety and legal references.
It appears that New Orleans Paddlewheels is also involved Destination Management which appears to be a tourist agency of some sort. The Director of Sales of Destination Management is Jody Halter representing New Orleans Paddlewheels.
The Destination Management web site is reproduced below with other names as well.
 | DESTINATION MANAGEMENT, INC. | 610 S. Peters Suite 200 | New Orleans LA 70130 USA | Res 800 366-8882 Group Sales 800 471-8222 | FAX 504 592-0529 Telex None |
| CVB MEMBER | Nashville |
| OTHER | ASTA | TIA | SITE | NTA | ABA | LTPA | MPI |
General Manager: (Destination Management): Nancy Reuther
General Manager: (New Orleans Tours/Airport Shuttle): John Williams
Director of Marketing: Bob Bourg
Director of Tour And Travel Sales: Esther Holquin R.
Director of Sales & Marketing: (New Orleans Tours/Airport Shuttle) Jim Fewell
Director of Sales: (New Orleans Paddlewheels) Jody Halter
BC Sales markets a nice large model of the Creole Queen. A photo of the model is below.
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