Custom branded coconuts in New Orleans.

The Ernest N. Morial Convention Center has about 1.1 million square feet of contiguous exhibit space, among the five largest in the United States, and New Orleans is a perennial top-ten host by number of conventions. The center hosts the International WorkBoat Show every year and rotating national meetings such as the NADA Show and the AAOS annual meeting. Tales of the Cocktail brings the spirits industry to town every July, and Jazz Fest and French Quarter Fest draw brand programs in spring. In a city built on hospitality, a booth handing out pens looks out of place. A chilled coconut with your logo hand-branded on the husk fits right in. Attendees line up for it, photograph it, and carry it from the hall to the Warehouse District with your mark facing out.

We serve New Orleans as a destination market. Branding is proofed and planned by the team behind our New York and Miami operations, and fulfillment runs through our traveling leads with vetted local partners under our quality standards. Same coconut, same cold chain, three weeks of notice.

A typical New Orleans convention order runs from a few hundred coconuts for a single booth to a thousand a day for a sponsor activation, refrigerated to the floor each morning and served by our attendants in your booth. The palm-leaf band or straw sleeve can carry a QR code that lands on your lead form, so every coconut that leaves the hall is a scan your team can follow up on the next week.

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How does New Orleans service work?

New Orleans is a destination market for us. Your branding is proofed and planned by the team behind our New York and Miami operations, and fulfillment runs through our traveling leads with vetted local partners under our quality standards. The coconut in your guest’s hand meets the same spec we serve at The Surf Lodge.

Can you supply a booth at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center?

Yes. We coordinate the venue’s food and beverage rules, the loading dock, and floor refrigeration, deliver chilled to your booth, and staff it with attendants who crack and serve for the full show day. A QR code on the straw sleeve or palm band turns the giveaway into a captured lead.

Is this the same as a Zulu Mardi Gras coconut?

No, and we have a lot of respect for that tradition. The Zulu coconut is a hand-decorated keepsake thrown during Mardi Gras. Ours is a fresh, chilled young coconut with your logo hand-branded on the husk, cracked and served as a drink at your booth or event. Different object, different moment, same city that loves a coconut.

How much lead time do New Orleans events need?

Three weeks standard, four to six for large conventions. The city’s spirits-industry week in July and festival season in spring book up early, so loop us in as soon as your date is set. Artwork proofs come back within three business days, and quotes within four business hours.

What about weddings and private events?

Monogrammed welcome coconuts for French Quarter courtyards, Garden District homes, Uptown venues, and rehearsal dinners in the Marigny. The minimum order is fifty coconuts, and on-site attendants are available to crack and serve for the full event.