Fairmont New Orleans
Oct 8, 2004, 11:58 am
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Fairmont New Orleans
Does anyone know what the Fairmont New Orleans suites look like? I am thinking about using my upgrade certificate there, but I can't seem to find any pictures. Is this a nice Fairmont? Or should I use my cert elsewhere? Thanks!
Oct 8, 2004, 3:09 pm
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Originally Posted by LittleFlyer
Does anyone know what the Fairmont New Orleans suites look like? I am thinking about using my upgrade certificate there, but I can't seem to find any pictures. Is this a nice Fairmont? Or should I use my cert elsewhere? Thanks!
I stayed there last year, got upgraded to a suite which had very high ceilings, a living room with a wet bar, a seperate bedroom, big closets and a nicely sized marble bath. The hotel is old but things were reasonably well up to date. I would say go for it. ^
Oct 14, 2004, 7:34 am
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We stayed there many years ago...before the rooms were refurbished. We were in a large group and we had a suite and another couple had a suite and both were completely different. I think we were in the older part of the hotel, had the high ceilings, and we loved our suite. The other suite was a more modern-looking suite.
The location was fine for us.
It's odd that there are no pictures of the suites and on the Fairmont website I only found one picture of a room.
The location was fine for us.
It's odd that there are no pictures of the suites and on the Fairmont website I only found one picture of a room.
Last edited by Nanook; Oct 14, 2004 at 7:40 am
Oct 14, 2004, 3:12 pm
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Oct 15, 2004, 8:37 am
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Thanks AltaFlyer! I actually had looked at your link before I even considered staying there
It looks so pretty in the pictures... I'll give a report when I return--havn't stayed at a Fairmont except for the Plaza in NYC. Hopefully this will be just as fun!
It looks so pretty in the pictures... I'll give a report when I return--havn't stayed at a Fairmont except for the Plaza in NYC. Hopefully this will be just as fun!
Jul 27, 2009, 2:33 pm
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New Orleans hotel reopens 4 years after Katrina
A former Fairmont property, in case anyone interested:
http://www.mercurynews.com/travel/ci_12923275
NEW ORLEANS—The massive lobby, with its ornate trim, glittering Italian crystal chandeliers and mosaic floors, looks much as it did when Louisiana's Kingfish, Gov. Huey P. Long last strolled through. Some say a box full of kickbacks and shakedown money was tucked under his arm as he made his way to his regular suite in the 1930s.
The Roosevelt Hotel has finally reopened in downtown New Orleans four years after Hurricane Katrina. Thanks to a $145 million renovation, it's making an opulent return to its heyday, when the likes of Long, a parade of Hollywood stars and the country's movers and shakers held court there.
"The hotel was built in 1893, but the grandest period was from the 1920s and '30s," said general manager Tod Chambers. "We wanted to restore it to that era."
http://www.mercurynews.com/travel/ci_12923275
NEW ORLEANS—The massive lobby, with its ornate trim, glittering Italian crystal chandeliers and mosaic floors, looks much as it did when Louisiana's Kingfish, Gov. Huey P. Long last strolled through. Some say a box full of kickbacks and shakedown money was tucked under his arm as he made his way to his regular suite in the 1930s.
The Roosevelt Hotel has finally reopened in downtown New Orleans four years after Hurricane Katrina. Thanks to a $145 million renovation, it's making an opulent return to its heyday, when the likes of Long, a parade of Hollywood stars and the country's movers and shakers held court there.
"The hotel was built in 1893, but the grandest period was from the 1920s and '30s," said general manager Tod Chambers. "We wanted to restore it to that era."