Miles Gordon Stevens III, a commanding figure in New Orleans tourism who ran the companies offering steamboat rides and bus tours, died Thursday of cancer at his Metairie home. He was 75.
“He always stood for the best,” said Mark Romig, chief marketing officer of New Orleans & Company. “When Gordon Stevens was involved in a project, you knew it was going to be done at the highest degree of excellence. … He always raised the bar for people coming to visit New Orleans.”
Stevens, who never used his first name, was president, CEO and co-owner of New Orleans Steamboat Co., which owns the steamboat and is the sole owner of Gray Line Tours.
“We were all enriched by him…
