As we begin to move out of summer and on towards Fall, it’s always fun to explore some of the ghost stories that feature the Hotel Motneleone.
Recently we were paid a visit by the Travelocity Gnome and it seems that while he was here he might have been visited by some ghosts that we didn’t previously know about. read the rest of this post »
The Hotel Monteleone is pleased to have been named the Official New Orleans Hotel of the Broadway Across America series. The announcement was recently made by Kirk Feldmann, President of Arts Center Entertainment, in partnership with Broadway Across America and New Orleans Theatre Association.
The Broadway Across America Series will return to New Orleans this fall, after a four year absence since Hurricane Katrina, with the opening of five award-winning shows: Cats, The Color Purple, Mamma Mia!, Wicked, and Avenue Q. read the rest of this post »
On July 10th and 11th, we’re bringing a little bit of France right into the Hotel Monteleone when The Bureau National Interprofessionnel du Cognac (BNIC) will be sponsoring a Tasting Room and Seminar at Tales of the Cocktail (July 8-12).
Quite naturally, Walter Bergeron, the head bartender at the Monteleone Hotel in New Orleans, used Cognac when he created the emblematic Vieux Carré cocktail, named in honor of the Quarter, in 1938. Today, Cognac is experiencing a resurgence as an important component in the bartender’s arsenal, and these two events at The Hotel Monteleone are going to prove it. read the rest of this post »
To a lot of people, summertime is the slow time in New Orleans, but at The Hotel Monteleone we just keep rolling along. The perfect example is this very week ahead of us.
Beginning Sunday June 28, we welcome the annual convention of The Society for Human Resource Management and in between meetings the folks of SHRM will be taking a spin around The Carousel Bar, lounging by the rooftop pool and relaxing in the luscious ease of Spa Aria.
Folks who want to keep up on Twitter, or surf the internet can do so anywhere in the hotel with our newly installed, up to date Free WiFi system. Like some folks on Twitter have said, The Carousel Bar can now be your office away from the office. What could be better? read the rest of this post »
The big announcement came this afternoon! New Orleans has been picked to host the 2013 Super Bowl at The Louisiana Super Dome on February 3, 2013.
This makes ten Super Bowls for The Crescent City and we can’t think of a better place to hold the ultimate tailgate party than right here at The Hotel Monteleone.
For all of us in New Orleans it’s one of those great big shots in the arm that lets people outside our beloved city know that the struggles of the past few years are well behind us and we are coming BACK! Of course… if you’ve dropped into the Hotel Monteleone at any time recently you already knew that. read the rest of this post »
This is the week we celebrate the 60th anniversary of everybody’s favorite bar in New Orleans, The Hotel Monteleone’s Carousel Bar.
The Carousel Bar overlooks famous Royal Street through large fan windows and has long been a favorite of both locals and tourists. Originally installed in 1949, it is the only bar in New Orleans that revolves around the room.
The 25-seat carousel bar turns on 2,000 large steel rollers, pulled by a chain powered by a one-quarter horsepower motor. Visitors who have imbibed for a while often claim that the bartender has turned up the motor’s speed, and while some of our bartenders seem to enjoy encouraging this rumor, the fact is that the bar always rotates at the same speed. read the rest of this post »
