NewOrleans.com was first launched back in 1995, at the very beginning of the commercial Internet. Since its inception, the site has primarily been a hospitality portal. Today it generates millions of unique visits per year from individuals who are planning to visit our area. When someone plans a trip, NewOrleans.com, the most intuitive and recognizable web address for the city, is the first place they go to find out where to stay, where to eat, and what to do. In January 2011, NewOrleans.com announced that it had formed a strategic relationship to make the user experience at the website even better by incorporating the booking and vacation planning technology from the creators of VEGAS.com, the world's #1 city travel website. Combining the concept of a travel guide created and maintained with the insight of people who live and breathe New Orleans every day with an online booking agent, NewOrleans.com is focused on providing visitors to the city an unparalleled content and technology experience to make their trip planning as easy as possible. NewOrleans.com's mission is to be the most customer-friendly, innovative, and comprehensive New Orleans travel company. To meet that mission, we are constantly enhancing our travel product mix, improving the usability of our websites, and strengthening our longstanding relationships with our New Orleans travel partners.