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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

The Ernest N. Morial New Orleans Exhibition Hall Authority has approved the development of an Omni hotel across the street from the convention center.. Omni will own and operate the 1,000-room ...

Last month, Convention Center CEO Michael Sawaya told our editorial board that building a new hotel next to the 1.1 million-square-foot facility that sits along the Mississippi River in downtown ...