The President made New Orleans her home port in 1941 and became one of the city’s most popular night spots, offering dance and concert cruises. During the 1950s and ’60s, the house band was ...

It was the SS President, a sidewheel riverboat that over the next 47 years would become a New Orleans landmark. Built in 1924 as the Cincinnati, it was rechristened the President in 1929.

NEW ORLEANS - After years of twists and turns, the New Orleans Steamboat Company has officially christened the Riverboat ...

On Feb. 11, 1982, the New Orleans punk/new wave band RZA opened for an up-and-coming Irish rock band called U2 aboard the riverboat President. Thirty-five years later, U2 returns to ...

NEW ORLEANS — President, CEO, and co-owner of New Orleans Steamboat Co., Miles Gordon Stevens III, has died, according to NOLA.com. Stevens, 75, passed away on Thursday, November 28, due to ...

The Riverboat Louis Armstrong gets some finishing touches before its July 4 opening in New Orleans. [Submitted to The Houma Courier] ... president and CEO of Hospitality Enterprises New Orleans.

There will soon be a new fun road-trip destination in New Orleans, when the massive Riverboat Louis Armstrong opens for business on July 4. Born in New Orleans in 1901, Louis Armstrong received his… ...

The President made New Orleans her home port in 1941 and became one of the city’s most popular night spots, offering dance and concert cruises. During the 1950s and ’60s, the house band was ...