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Former duck master, other tour guides take pandemic in stride

By , Daily Memphian Updated: May 08, 2021 12:26 PM CT | Published: May 07, 2021 4:00 AM CT

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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Memphis conventions and tourism The Peabody ducks Subscriber Only Beale Street A Tour of Possibilities Carolyn Michael-Brown Jason Sensat This is Memphis Tours City Tasting Tours Cristina McCarter Lisa Brown

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Blake Fontenay

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.