Event Planning Visionary Diane Lyons Honored With Lifetime Achievement Award
ACCENT New Orleans, a distinguished event and meeting planning company rooted in the heart of the vibrant city, proudly announces the recognition of its visionary founder, Diane Lyons, who has been honored with the esteemed DMC Network...
2023 Women to Watch
Diane Lyons, CMP, DMCP, is known in the New Orleans hospitality industry as a “mover and a shaker” and a special event and meeting planner with deep-rooted connections. Her company, ACCENT New Orleans Inc., has been...
The Conference Queen of New Orleans
From staging parades in the French Quarter for thousands of conventioneers to orchestrating fireworks displays over the Mississippi River, planning intimate dinners at world-famous restaurants and hosting business...
The "Big Easy" is Built to Host
New Orleans is a vibrant city with lively jazz music, authentic Cajun food and a vibrant nightlife. This atmosphere, couples with the increase in bleisure travel, where conference and meeting-goers add on vacation...
NFL Approves 2024 Super Bowl in New Orleans
The big game is a boom for small businesses and minority and women-owned businesses. Diane Lyons is president of Accent New Orleans, a full-service event management business. Her company worked the last 7 Super Bowls...
Creating WOW Experiences for Clients
Chances are, yes! That's why today we are going to talk to someone who creates “wow” experiences for her clients every single day and learn about how she does it. Host, Mary Foley speaks with Diane Lyons, the president, and owner of...
Longest-Standing Local, Woman-Owned DMC
ACCENT New Orleans, Inc., a DMC Network Company has remained an impressive leader in the event and meeting planning arena since 1991. Diane Lyons, founded the company with the goal of serving as an expert local resource and guide to...
Diane Lyons Named A 2016 Power of Women Honoree
Diane B. Lyons, CMP, DMP, President of ACCENT-DMC, Inc., was selected by the American Red Cross as one of ten honorees for its 2016 Power of Women celebration recognizing extraordinary volunteers and community leaders...
Festigals ‘Girlfriends Weekend’ Empowers, Enriches and Entertains
Women are leaving their men at home and heading downtown for FestiGals, a four-day festival for women by women, in and around Hotel Monteleone. “FestiGals is about empowering and enriching women while adding that New Orleans flair..."
NOLA ChristmasFest returns to Crescent City, brings first indoor ice-skating rink since 1980s
"To see how happy locals are is so exciting. Most of us haven't skated since the last time the ice rink was open at the plaza in the '80s, so this is really been fun," said Diane Lyons, with NOLA ChristmasFest...