What are the hotels doing to repair damage?
All of the JMM convention hotels already have reopened and are holding conventions and meetings. The New Orleans Metropolitan Convention and Visitors Bureau lists the major hotels and their status at http://www.neworleanscvb.com/. Of the metropolitan area’s 140 hotels, 103 are open, 90 of which are located in downtown New Orleans. Of the metro area’s 38,000 hotel rooms, 27,300 are back in service. Notable properties returning to service soon are the Ritz-Carlton Hotel (December 2006), the Fairmont Hotel (Spring 2007) and the Hyatt Regency New Orleans (Fall 2007). TOP Will it be difficult to schedule flights to New Orleans? Louis Armstrong International Airport, as of July 10, 2006 reports that 111 flights depart daily (67 percent of pre-Katrina departures), with 33 destination cities served (77 percent of pre-Katrina numbers) and 13,185 seats daily (59 percent of pre-Katrina levels). Airlines in operation are: Air Canada, Air Tran, America West, American Airlines, Delta Airlines, Front
