New Orleans has the only major convention center in the country with no attached hotel, they've argued, which puts the city at a disadvantage when pitching for big conventions and other gatherings. +3 ...

The Ernest N. Morial Convention Center is looking for ideas to develop a large portion of this 47-acre area for an "entertainment district" adjacent to the Convention Center in New Orleans, La.

A hotel project near the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center cleared a major hurdle to construction on Wednesday. Developers of the site at 1148 S. Peters St. in the Warehouse District received ...

Omni Hotels & Resorts will build a 1,000-room headquarters hotel across the street from New Orleans’ Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, following the convention center authority’s approval ...

A preliminary rendering of a proposed hotel tower near the Morial Convention Center. Courtesy Eskew+Dumez+Ripple Architects.. New Orleans developers Clayton Randle and David Hecht are seeking permits ...

Once completed though, leaders project this hotel will generate a 20% boost in event days at the convention center, 100,000 room nights and about $280 million in total economic impact per year in ...

He said the new hotel, which will be built at the upriver end of the ¾-mile-long Convention Center, "will effectively make New Orleans a much more desirable destination for back-to-back conventions." ...