Description: A week in New Orleans in May during severe flooding along the Mississipi and other rivers might have been a disaster, but this huge, full service hotel met all of my needs and kept me cool and calm. I am a member of the Hilton HHonors program so I was able to purchase an ungrade from a standard room to one that was large enough for a party and had an exercise machine in addition to a great deal of storage space. As this was a working trip and not a vacation, I was very happy to have an extremely comfortable bed and a very fancy, luxury bathroom. But most of all, the air conditioning was wonderful.
This hotel has many buildings. I was in the main building. Depending on your own needs and your desire for a River view, you may wish to choose a different building for your stay. I wanted the main, full service building that was also the closest one to the New Orleans Convention Center where I would be working for many days. That said, the entire hotel in connected by air conditioned walk ways so you are really not far from any other part of the hotel.
We had excellent meals in this hotel as we were often weary by evening and didn't want to go out hunting for a place to eat.
This hotel has masses of parking but take a photo of your parking space and the elevator signs that got you from your car to the lobby. I didn't do that the first time and had an embassing hunt for my car. Learned my lesson.
Service in this hotel was at a very high standard but also was very friendly. New Orleans hospitality.
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