Dates
Business appointments run Tuesday through Thursday. Badge pick-up opens Sunday, and the Opening Event is Monday night.
May 2–6, 2027
IPW 2027 · New Orleans
Your IPW Week
IPW comes to New Orleans May 2–6, 2027. Here's the official schedule day by day, with the tours and tastings that fit the gaps — every one of them discounted or complimentary with code IPW27.
Book an ExperienceAt A Glance
IPW 2027 Essentials
Venue
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, 900 Convention Center Blvd. The Warehouse District is on its doorstep, and the French Quarter starts at Canal Street, about 20 minutes on foot or a short streetcar ride.
900 Convention Center Blvd
Your Code
Enter it at checkout on any tour or tasting on your Perks page for up to 50% off, including a complimentary Seven Three Distillery Tour and Tasting.
IPW27 · up to 50% off
Your Concierge
Real New Orleans locals, a text or chat away. Ask for a dinner table, a route between appointments, or a plan for your open evening.
Daily, 8 AM – 8 PM
Day By Day
The Week, Planned Around IPW
The official IPW schedule is shown in grey. The gold windows are yours — and under each one are the experiences we'd book for it.
Saturday · May 1
Arrival Day
Nothing on the IPW calendar yet. Land, drop the bags, and let the city introduce itself.
All day
Your timeArrivals and your first evening in New Orleans
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Sunday · May 2
Badge Pick-Up Opens
Registration opens at the Convention Center. Buyers are out on Destination Experiences; everyone else has the day.
8 AM – 5 PM
Badge pick-up, registration and information desk
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
8 AM – 5 PM
OffsiteDestination Experiences buyer tours
Evening
Your timeOpen evening
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Monday · May 3
Opening Day
Press events through the day, then the Global Networking Reception and the Opening Event at the Superdome.
8 AM – 5 PM
Badge pick-up, registration and information desk
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
9 AM – 5 PM
OffsiteDestination Experiences buyer tours
9 AM – 12:30 PM
OffsitePress brunch and Travel Writers Awards
Audubon Tea Room
12:30 – 4:30 PM
OffsitePress tours
Morning – mid-afternoon
Your timeOpen until the evening events
5:30 – 6:30 PM
OffsiteGlobal Networking Reception
7 – 10 PM
OffsiteOpening Event
Caesars Superdome
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Tuesday · May 4
Show Day 1
Ribbon cutting, then a full day of appointments. The evening is open.
7:45 – 9:15 AM
Buyer breakfast, buyer briefing and ribbon cutting
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
9:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Business appointments and Media Marketplace
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
12:30 – 2 PM
Lunch
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
2 – 5:05 PM
Business appointments and Media Marketplace
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
4:45 – 6:10 PM
Media Marketplace reception and open networking
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
Evening
Your timeOpen evening
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Use Code: IPW27
Use Code: IPW27
Use Code: IPW27
Evening
A premium tasting straight from the barrel — a quieter way to end a day of appointments.
Book NowWednesday · May 5
Show Day 2
Appointments until early afternoon, then IPW takes the show out into the city. The evening is open again.
9:30 AM – 1:05 PM
Business appointments, press conferences and media appointments
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
1:05 – 3 PM
OffsiteA Taste of New Orleans
3 – 6 PM
OffsiteIPW Beyond the Booth: New Orleans
Afternoon and evening
Your timeFree afternoon for anyone not on the offsite program, then an open evening
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Use Code: IPW27
Afternoon
Take the St. Charles streetcar uptown and walk the Garden District while the hall is quiet.
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Use Code: IPW27
Thursday · May 6
Show Day 3
The last appointments, the buyer drawing, and the Closing Event on the river.
9:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Business appointments and press conferences
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
12:30 – 2 PM
Lunch
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
2 – 4:30 PM
Media and business appointments, buyer drawing, marketplace hall closes
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
4:30 – 7 PM
Your timeOpen until the Closing Event
7 – 10 PM
OffsiteClosing Event
River City Venues
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Complimentary
Late afternoon
The short, close-by option for the gap before the Closing Event, if a late-afternoon slot is open.
Book NowFriday · May 7
Departure Day
Flying out late, or staying the weekend? This is the day for the trips that need a whole morning.
All day
Your timeIPW is over — the city isn't
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Use Code: IPW27
Morning · optional pickup downtown
Gators, cypress and a local captain — back in the city with the afternoon to spare.
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Full day
Oak Alley and Whitney in one trip: the River Road's two most important houses, told from both sides.
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Two hours
The whole city in one loop, a cemetery stop included, for anyone who spent the week inside the hall.
Book NowOfficial schedule per ipw.com, read November 2026. Times may change before the show; the IPW app has the final word.
Getting Around
From The Convention Center
Most of what's on this page is within a walk or one streetcar ride of the hall. Tours that leave the city collect you nearby.
On Foot
The Warehouse and Arts District, the National WWII Museum and the Riverwalk are a few blocks away. Canal Street is about 20 minutes on foot along the river, and Jackson Square about 30.
By Streetcar
The Riverfront line stops outside the Convention Center and runs to the French Market. Pick up the St. Charles line at Canal Street for the Garden District and Uptown.
Pickup Tours
Plantation and city bus tours collect you from a stop near the hall, and the swamp tour offers pickup as an add-on. Choose a pickup in the booking sheet — it lists the closest ones first.
