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Property Details
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The Fairmont New Orleans
123 Baronne Street
New Orleans, , US, 70112
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First as the Grunewald, then as The Roosevelt and now The Fairmont New Orleans, the legendary hotel has created an enduring tradition of hospitality in New Orleans.
The tradition began in 1893, when the Grunewald Hotel, a 200-room, six-story hotel named for owner Louis Grunewald, opened on Baronne Street near the fabled French Quarter. Grunewald added a 400-room, 14-story annex in 1908, now the hotel's main entrance. He also opened what is believed to be America's first nightclub. Called The Cave, this subterranean supper club featured waterfalls, stalactites and chorus girls dancing to Dixieland jazz. The hotel was later sold to a syndicate of New Orleans business leaders who renamed the hotel The Roosevelt in honour of Theodore Roosevelt. During this period, the hotel acquired the rights to the Ramos Gin Fizz, as well as the Sazerac Cocktail, a creation of The Fairmont New Orleans' Sazerac Restaurant and Bar.
During its reign as The Roosevelt, the hotel flourished under the leadership of owner and general manager, Seymour Weiss. Weiss was an elegant Cajun who became friends with famed politician Huey P. Long. Long established his campaign headquarters in the hotel and moved in shortly after winning the election. Governor Long spent so much time at the hotel, Louisiana lore has it that he even built a 90-mile highway directly from the state capital in Baton Rouge to The Roosevelt. Even today, a right turn upon leaving the hotel will put you on Highway 61 straight to Baton Rouge.
The Roosevelt became known as The Fairmont New Orleans in 1965. The Fairmont New Orleans continued the tradition of a grand hotel, pampering its guests with gracious hospitality. Adding to its already colourful history, the hotel served as the inspiration for Arthur Hailey's best-selling novel Hotel. Employees at the hotel during that era remembered Hailey taking copious notes throughout the hotel and could even identify some of the characters written about in the novel.
This hotel features the following amenities:
COMMON ROOM AMENITIES:
-Air-conditioning / Individually controlled heating and air-conditioning
-Alarm clock-radio
-Bathrobes
-Hair dryers
-Iron and Ironing board
-Linens / Down pillows, Finest all- cotton sheets
-Telephones / 2 line telephones in suites with voice-mail and PC dataport
-Maid Service / twice-daily
-Television / remote control colour TV with on command video and Express Video Check-out and Sony Playstation®
-Toiletries / Custom soaps, shampoo, hair-conditioner, shower cap, tissues & mending kit, lotions
-Turn-down service nightly with complimentary chocolates
-Windows / do not open
ROOM AMENITIES ON REQUEST:
-Balconies / NONE
-Coffeemakers / NONE
-Claw-foot Bathtub: There are about 12 of the 41 Residential Suites which have claw-foot bathtubs. Request basis.
-Connecting Rooms: None in hotel. Must book a Suite if connecting is required.
-Cots: $30.00/night
-Cribs
-Fireplaces / NONE
-Foam pillows
-Jet-tubs: are in some of the Specialty Suites (big enough for two people)
-Mini-bars / NONE
-Refrigerators: $30.00/STAY
-Sofabeds: NONE
-Views: Rooms have either a Baronne, Canal or O'Keefe Street view. Even the rooms that have a view of the swimming pool (kind of like an inner-courtyard) also have a view of the streets. There are no views of the French Quarter or the Mississippi River from the hotel, although both of these areas are within an easy walk. (3 minutes to French Quarter, 10 minutes to river)
-The Suites do NOT have specific views. They are located on every floor and in every area of the buildings.
-Windows / DO NOT OPEN
BUSINESS AMENITIES IN ROOMS:
-Desk / Spacious work desk
-Fax machine in all guest rooms and suites.
-Internet dataport
SPECIAL NEEDS ACCOMMODATIONS:
-There are 22 rooms at NOR for Physically-challenged guests -10 rooms are equipped with bars in the bath
-10 rooms that have roll in showers
-Fairmont rooms with 2 double beds only
-Extra wide doors and raised toilets for wheelchairs
-Please contact hotel reservations for more information
-ADA compliant upon request
-TDD access to hearing impaired
BUSINESS CENTRE:
-Audiovidual Executive Express Business Centre
-Location: Mezzanine level
Hours:
Monday to Friday 7:00am - 5:00pm
Saturday 8:00am - 12:00pm
Sundays: Closed
Telephone: (504) 522-4466
Facsimile: (504) 522-0603
Services include: Audio components, Projection components,
Video, Lighting, Screens/drapes and more, Two Workstations with High Speed Internet access: Cost: $10.00 per 15 minute block.
Additional Services:
The Fairmont New Orleans' in-house audiovisual company, Presentation Services, can provide our guests with total convention and meeting coordination of audiovisual services and production. This includes: Total convention and meeting coordination of audiovisual services and production,
Complete in-house inventory of audiovisual rental equipment,
Multimedia modules, Full staging, Lighting and production capabilities, Original artwork/slide production, Cassette duplication and 24-hour delivery and setup.
For Courier Service, Please contact the Hotel's concierge Service.
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