Hotel investors bullish on NOLA market
With the recession moving deeper into memory, analysts say investors are itching to buy hotel properties in growth markets rather than build, and that includes New Orleans.
View ArticleProposed Warehouse District hotel could mark trend shift
With so many New Orleans hotels changing hands in the past two years, some feel the market is right to begin building new lodging properties in the city.
View ArticleLocal couple plans St. Charles Ave. hotel-condo project
The downtown site of a former office supply business is where a New Orleans couple wants to build a seven-story hotel and condominium project.
View ArticleSites chosen for 2 Moxy hotels in New Orleans
New Orleans was named along with New York, Chicago, San Francisco and Seattle as locations where eight new developments are planned over the next two years.
View ArticleLimited building inventory boosts hotel deals
Local real estate brokers in the hospitality market say improving economic factors in the city, coupled with a limited supply of new developments, have created increased interest in operating lodging...
View ArticleLong-vacant Rault Center sells, hotel project planned
A fatal fire at downtown New Orleans building in 1972 helped change the way high-rise towers across the country are protected. The long-vacant structure sold earlier this month, and its new owners are...
View ArticleDirect New Orleans-Cuba flight caters to wealthy
As relations between the U.S. and Cuba ease, a Great Britain-based private jet charter service is offering direct flights from New Orleans to the island.
View ArticleDowntown New Orleans enjoys building boom
While floodwaters from breaches in the city’s storm protection system inundated entire neighborhoods in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans’ Central Business District and downtown corridor...
View ArticleHotel Indigo to open 2nd location in New Orleans
Rendering courtesy IHG Hotels & Resorts A newly renovated and branded hotel is set to join the New Orleans hospitality landscape soon. The former Royal St. Charles Hotel at 135 St. Charles Ave. in...
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