Q. What is the spoken Language in Louisiana?
A. The two spoken languages in Louisiana are Creole French and English. Because Creole is so often spoken here, the majority of our employees will need to know at least some basic communication skills in both languages, and we will need to have employees that are able to translate for more complicated conversations.
 
Q. What are the National Parks found in the state of Louisiana?
A. There are many national parks and historical sites in the state of Louisiana, they include; Atchafalaya, Cane River, Cane River Creole, El Camino Real de los Tejas, Jean Lafite, and New Orleans Jazz Poverty Point. We can use many of these locations to our advantage for cultural and historical events, family outings for our guests and employees, and other outdoor events. We will also have to keep in mind any cultural preservation laws and/or regulations in regards to how we run our business.
 
Q. What are the military instillations in Shreveport and the state of Louisiana?
A. Barksdale Air Force base is in very close proximity to Shreveport, and in other parts of the state there are Camp Beauregard Army Base, Fort Polk Army Base, Joint Reserve Base New Orleans (Navy), and NSA New Orleans Navy Base. Because there are so many locations in the state of Louisiana, we will be willing and able in our business to offer special packages and room rates, as well as military specific events at our hotel. We will also offer a military discount on merchandise and food.
 
Q. What does the ‘Sportsman’s Paradise’ mean?
A. The Shreveport area is considered to be the sportsman’s paradise because of the diverse game and excellent hunting environment it offers. We can take advantage of this by offering special rates and deals at the opening and closing of specific hunting seasons, and group rates for travelers. On the other hand, we may have to deal with organizations like PETA and others that are protective of animal rights.
 
Q. Area/ Population of Shreveport and the state of Louisiana
A. Shreveport's population is 200.327. Luisiana's population is 4,65 million people. This can help our business because we have a lot of clients we can approach.
 
Q. What are the Residents that live in Louisiana called?
A. The residents of Lousiana are called Louisianians or Louisianans.
 
Q. Name the Major Industries/ Agriculture in Louisiana
A. Crude Oil, Natural Gas, Commercial Fishing, Chemical Industry, Agriculture Center, Cotton, Dairy Products, Rice.
 
Q. What are Parishes and what are the Parishes surrounding the Shreveport area?
A. A parish is a church territorial unit constituting a division within a diocese. Refers not only to the territorial unit but to the people of its community or congregation as well as to church property within it. There are two in Shreveport Caddo and Bossier.Puntuación: 1 de cada 5
 
Q. What states border Louisiana?
A. Arkansas borders Louisiana to the North, Mississippi to the East, and Texas to the West. This affects our business because tourists that are visiting the surrounding states could make a day trip to The Resort, therefore, we should advertise in Visitor’s Centers throughout those states.
 
Q. Bordering Body of water (rivers, oceans) around Louisiana?
A. The Gulf of Mexico is located to the South of Louisiana, and business could arrive from Florida ferries or Caribbean cruise lines/excursions.
 
Q. What are the three largest cities in Louisiana?
A. The three largest cities in order are New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and Shreveport. Shreveport is the third largest city in the state, and will bring in plenty of business to The Resort.
 
Q. What does the economy in the state of Louisiana look like?
A. The total gross product in 2010 was $213.6 billion, ranking 24th in the United States. The per capita personal income in 2010 was $31,000, ranking 41st in the US. Louisiana falls toward the middle of the national gross product ranking, and lower on the personal income ranking, so Louisiana residents may not have excessive leisure funds.
 
Q. What does transportation in Shreveport look like?
A. With the air travel to Shreveport, customers may get a connecting flight to Shreveport Regional Airport. This airport is a smaller one so if they aren't flying from Huston, Atlanta, New Orleans, Las Vegas, Dallas, or Denver; you will probably have to get a connecting flight. With ground travel, we have rental cars available at the airport and you can call a taxi or even take advantage to the great public transportation system.
 
Q. What are the area attractions in Shreveport?
A. Other than it's beautiful green landscape, Shreveport offers tourist plenty of options for exploring. For the arts we have R.W. Norton Art Gallery, & Shreveport Municipal Memorial Auditorium. We do have some Arenas where they hold special events, concerts, & sports games at (independence stadium and Hirsch Memorial Coliseum).
 
Q. Shopping in Shreveport and Louisiana.
A. Here in Shreveport, we get a lot of people wanting to film their TV shows here because of its beautiful scenery. You get shows that often film there like Duck Dynasty, Salem, the Bachelor & many more.
 
Q. Sports in Shreveport and the state of Louisiana
A. There are several sports teams in Lousiana, they go from college teams to professional ones. The professional ones include The New Orleans Saints, New Orleans Zephyrs, New Orleans Pelicans, Luisiana IceGators, New Orleans Jesters. These can benefit out business because people can come for a weekend or even stay a week at our hotel waiting to go to see their favourite team and as we have an attraction park they can stay longer and enjoy the accomodations we offer to them while they stay with us.
 
Q. What are the top five Employers in Shreveport?
A. The major employers in Shreveport are the Barksidale Air Force Base (9,815), LA Department of Civil Services (8,948), Caddo Parish School Board (6,661), Willin Kninghton Health System ( 4,132), General Motors (3,002). These can affect our business because people that are potential employees we can take, but at the same time the business that are the top employers are not the same as our business so we can take an advantage of that and employ the people that are interested in our hospitality area.
 
Q. What are the festivals in Shreveport and the state of Louisiana?
A. The festivals that are more popular in Shreveport and in general in Lousiana are Battle of the Gumbo, Camping World Independence Day, Christmas on Caddo, Gusher Days Festival, Independence Day Festival, Mudbug Madness Festival, Rockets Over the Red, Vivian Black History Festival, and the most popular one is Mardi Gras whis is a festival that is known all around the world and many people come to Lousiana just for this time. These can help our hotel because the pople that come to visit any of these festivals can stay with us and also can enjoy of our attraction park while they are here for the festivity. We can offer many different types of advantages for our guests like taking them to the festival or giving them the festival experience at the hotel.
 
Q. What Colleges and Universities are in Shreveport (60 mile radius)?
A. The major colleges here are Lousiana State University, Southern University, Remington College, LSU Health Sciences Center Career Technical College, American School of Business, Centenary College of Lousiana, Lousiana College School of Law. There are several universities at Shreveport so we can take advantage of these as creating school packages for the university students and giving some kind of discount to them to encourage them to visit our resort.