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Article: New Orleans slowly back to business: Cruises, conventions key.
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- March 20, 2006
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Byline: Cathy Gainor
Mar. 20--NEW ORLEANS -- Business is beginning to rebound six months after Hurricane Katrina devastated this tourism-dependent city.
Shops and restaurants report that receipts are off 40 percent to 75 percent, but business owners are optimistic about the return of cruise and convention business in June.
"It's getting better every day," said Caroline Nead, manager of Arius Tile Company on Jackson Square in the French Quarter. "It's like going fishing -- some days are good, some bad. Weekends are better, but it's no guarantee."
Katrina cut business in half at Maskarade, a mask store on St. Ann Street.
"We ...