Former duck master, other tour guides take pandemic in stride
Laquentus Jones (left) and Shawn Mathews posed at I Am a Man Plaza while on a caravan tour of Memphis Civil Rights historical locations. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian file)
Local tourism businesses have come up with some creative services to keep their operations going during a time when the COVID-19 pandemic severely restricted leisure travel.
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Blake Fontenay
Blake Fontenay’s 27-year journalism career has taken him to many newspapers in four states. However, he had never returned to work in any of the other cities where he had been before until the opportunity to report for the Daily Memphian presented itself. He covers business for the Daily Memphian.