FYI... Next time in New Orleans, try the Hilton St. Charles or, yes, the Hampton Inn Convention Center. Both were originally designed as other hotels, the HSC was built as a Hotel Monaco (Kimpton Hotel Group) and the Hampton was originally going to be part of a local hotel chain (New Orleans Preferred Hotels, I think). The only reason that it became a Hampton is that all of the other chains wanted the final say in decorating and the owner's wife (an interior decorator) wouldn't have it. The only chain that would move on the decorating rights was Hampton, so it became a Hampton. It is really a cool hotel (if you stay in the old warehouse section) with very high ceilings and exposed brick walls. I used to live next door and would have employees stay there regularly when they came to NOLA to visit. It may be the nicest Hampton in the country... (the other issue is that there all ready was an HGI two doors down and the Riverfront Hilton & Doubletree all within a few blocks).