City of the Week: New Orleans
Staff -- Tradeshow Week, 6/6/2005
Number of separate exhibit facilities 9
Total exhibit space 1.5 million sq. ft.
Number of convention hotel rooms 38,000 in 140 hotels
Average room rate $112
Hotel room tax 13%
Current hotel occupancy 75.1%
Largest 2004 tradeshow Fire-Rescue Intl. at 238,400 net sq. ft. (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Distance from Louis Armstrong New Orleans Intl. Airport to the Morial Center 12.9 miles
Sources: TSW Major Exhibit Hall Directory; New Orleans Metropolitan Convention & Visitors Bureau
