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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 [...]

Byline: Richard A. Webster Hotels will clear out guests and shut down operations this weekend if the city calls for a mandatory evacuation as Tropical Storm Gustav approaches and strengthens [...]

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 [...]

Byline: Emilie Bahr Jan Soeten XV was to have been in Rotterdam, Holland, right about this time, joining his family in a much-anticipated celebration of his aunt's 75th birthday. But [...]

Byline: Emilie Bahr Jan Soeten XV was to have been in Rotterdam, Holland, right about this time, joining his family in a much-anticipated celebration of his aunt's 75th birthday. But [...]

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 [...]

Byline: Richard A. Webster The New Orleans hotel industry is booked for a busy 2008 as the first 48 days bring the Bowl Championship Series national championship game, Mardi Gras, [...]

Byline: Richard A. Webster The New Orleans hotel industry is booked for a busy 2008 as the first 48 days bring the Bowl Championship Series national championship game, Mardi Gras, [...]

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 [...]

Byline: Tommy Santora With December two months away, New Orleans businesses are scrambling to plan their holiday parties and booking and crossing off their checklists of available dates, venues, decor [...]

Byline: CityBusiness Staff Report The Hotel Monteleone is celebrating the launch of the final book in the Harry Potter series from J.K. Rowling by partnering with Faulkner House Books, the [...]

Byline: Richard A. Webster Turns out headliners Rod Stewart and ZZ Top have promising futures in sales as hotels throughout New Orleans report sellouts for each three-day weekend of the [...]

Byline: CityBusiness Staff Report The Hotel Monteleone, New Orleans' oldest French Quarter hotel, is changing its marketing strategy in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.The new sales and marketing strategic focus [...]

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 [...]

Byline: CityBusiness Staff Report A $2.5 million tennis facility will open Feb. 1 on the University of New Orleans campus. Construction on the 26-court tennis facility began prior to Hurricane [...]

Byline: CityBusiness Staff Report Hotel Monteleone announced today the American Judges Association will hold its 46th Annual Educational Conference in October 2006 at the historic French Quarter hotel. The conference, [...]

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 [...]

Byline: Richard A. Webster When Hurricane Ivan descended on the Louisiana coast last year, thousands of New Orleans-area residents had already parked themselves in the perceived safety of downtown high-rise [...]

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 [...]

Byline: Elisabeth Butler More travelers are becoming their own travel agents, thanks to the Internet. In the glow of a computer screen, consumers can instantly compare hotel rates, locations and [...]

***** 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 [...]

Byline: Brett Clanton Despite predictions that a slackening economy and rising energy prices would curtail business and leisure travel this summer, local hotel operators say early bookings for June, July [...]

TWO GENERATIONS of nurses graduated from Massey University's College of Heath last month, with mother and daughter walking across the stage one after the other. Twenty-seven-year-old Hannah Ratcliffe and her [...]

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NEW ORLEANS -- I'm glad I stuck around a few minutes one late afternoon after swimming laps in the heated rooftop pool at the Hotel Monteleone, because I saw the [...]

Laura Marylea Hooks of Starkville and Joshua Stanley Thornton of Waynesboro were united in marriage the evening of October 22, 2011, at Old Waverly in West Point. The bride is [...]