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Bill McCreary area managing director Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide We're always encouraged by special events in the city and have been pleased with the community support. Sporting events especially [...]

August has come and gone, and from the looks of it, the tourism industry didn't miss much. As expected, it was a bad month for our hotels. Occupancy was less [...]

So much for the idea that New Orleans doesn't have the work force to support a new hotel. The Roosevelt New Orleans held a job fair in early May to [...]

Some of the area's largest hotels are optimistic summer will start strong before ending on a weak note. Tommy Morel, area director of sales and marketing for Starwood Hotels and [...]

Some of the area's largest hotels are expecting a strong start to the summer before the peak of storm season starts eroding their business. Tommy Morel, area director of sales [...]

After the 504-room Roosevelt Hotel opens in June, it will likely be years before another major hotel opens in New Orleans. The renovation of the 1,184-room Hyatt Regency is on [...]

Chuck Robinson watched anxiously Wednesday as Tropical Storm Gustav swirled toward to the Gulf, wondering what to do about the show planned for Saturday evening outside Napoleon's Itch, his Bourbon [...]

Chuck Robinson watched anxiously Wednesday as Tropical Storm Gustav swirled toward to the Gulf, wondering what to do about the show planned for Saturday evening outside Napoleon's Itch, his Bourbon [...]

At the New Orleans Metropolitan Convention and Visitors Bureau, spokeswoman Mary Beth Romig said they have started to receive phone calls from out-of-town journalists who weren't coming in for the [...]

The Hotel Monteleone on Royal Street is booked to capacity this weekend for Southern Decadence, the annual gay celebration held in the French Quarter every Labor Day weekend that officially [...]

Stephanie Miller Complex director of sales and marketing, W Hotels of New Orleans W Hotels of New Orleans has seen a number of locals who typically attend our W Happenings [...]

The purple and gold glitter of Fat Tuesday is just two weeks away, and French Quarter mask maker Laura Guccione hasn't even had time to sweep up the silver sparkles [...]

The purple and gold glitter of Fat Tuesday is just two weeks away, and French Quarter mask maker Laura Guccione hasn't even had time to sweep up the silver sparkles [...]

Halloween's economic impact has grown to where it now elicits comparisons to New Orleans' signature costumed celebration. 'It's like Mardi Gras,' said Eura Jones, manager of The Spotted Cat, where [...]

Halloween's economic impact has grown to where it now elicits comparisons to New Orleans' signature costumed celebration. 'It's like Mardi Gras,' said Eura Jones, manager of The Spotted Cat, where [...]

These are strange days for the hotel industry.With Mardi Gras less than a month away, hoteliers are usually booking reservations at a record pace, filling every square inch of their [...]

The French Quarter's historic Hotel Monteleone will reopen around Oct. 15 after weathering Hurricane Katrina 'beautifully,' according to officials at the landmark inn. Opened in 1886, the luxurious hotel is [...]

Some of the biggest soap opera stars descended on the Hotel Monteleone over the weekend to take part in a special Celebrities 4 Charity event. Actors including 'Guiding Light' star [...]

Even the dead prefer five-star hotels. The International Society for Paranormal Research, a Los Angeles-based parapsychological investigative team, examined upscale properties in the New Orleans area and discovered a thriving [...]

Tourism companies want to stuff their fourth-quarter stockings with business from holiday travelers. New Orleans' largest holiday draw, Christmas New Orleans Style, last week kicked off a month-long promotion, which [...]

Tropical Storm Isidore thumped some area industries while other New Orleans business operations were blown out of the water. Hotels traded typical room rates for higher occupancy levels last week [...]

***** CORRECTION: The article 'N.O. officials hope crucial Pow Wow adds pop to tourism,' which appeared in the May 6 edition of New Orleans CityBusiness on page 5, should have [...]