BBC is New Orleans' premier destination management company with over 20 years experience. If you have a question about the Crescent City, Bonnie Boyd is the one to ask. A sixth-generation New Orleanian and fearless leader of BBC, she knows the city's every banquette and bougainvillea plant.

Bonnie enjoys providing an insiders' view of New Orleans for her clients, and as an official member of elite Mardi Gras clubs and a Garden District neighbor of New York Times-bestselling author Anne Rice, she can do just that and more.

In fact, it is not unusual for Bonnie Boyd and Company to "go that extra mile" to ensure clients have the best meeting or event imaginable. On various occasions, she has brought trappers with live alligators into the Louis Armstrong Sheraton ballroom, faked the "arrest" of the CEO of a large corporation during a "raid" at a Storyville theme party at The Sporting House, persuaded the police to block off a section of Canal Street so her clients could enjoy their own Mardi Gras parade, and even wrangled notoriously hard-to-come-by invites for her group to attend the Endymion Ball, the city's largest Mardi Gras extravaganza.

Although BBC can throw the ultimate party, they pay equal attention to the educational side of the business, making sure that BBC tours showcase the best of Louisiana history and lore. The tours range from Creole cooking classes to ecological tours of the region's lush wetlands.

But Boyd downplays her own artistry, saying that New Orleans itself as a destination holds much of the allure. "New Orleans is like an onion," she says, "the longer you stay, the more layers you peel back."

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