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As a major tourist, convention, and business destination, New Orleans offers a range of travel choices. Whether you prefer to travel by

New Orleans can accommodate you with grace and style.

Good morning America how are you?
Don't you know me I'm your native son,
I'm the train they call The City of New Orleans,
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done.

 

 

 

 

 
Southwest Airlines offers a 10% discount off most fares for air travel to and from the event.

Call Southwest Airlines Group and Meetings Reservations at 1-800-433-5368 and reference the assigned I.D. Code - J7185. Reservations Sales Agents are available 7:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. Monday-Friday, or 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Central Standard Time. Make reservations five or more days before you want to travel to take advantage of this offer.

Reservations cannot be made more than six months in advance.

Will you arrive by air?

With passenger service provided by fifteen airlines, New Orleans is easy to fly into. Service between the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport and the conference hotel is provided by taxis and shuttles.

Taxicabs: A cab ride costs $24.00 from the airport to the Central Business District (CBD) for one or two persons and $10.00 (per passenger) for three or more passengers.  Pick-up is on the lower level, outside the baggage claim area.  There may be an additional charge for extra baggage.

Airport Shuttle: Shuttle service is available from the airport to the hotels in the CBD for $20.00 (round-trip, per person).  Three bags per person.   Call 1-866-596-2699 or (504) 522-3500 for more details.  For group reservations or ADA transfers please dial 1-888-432-7651.  Ticket booths are located on the lower level in the baggage claim area.  Advance reservations are required for all ADA accessible transfers.  Please call well enough in advance for the specially equipped shuttle to be reserved.

Airport Visitor Information Services are located in the West Lobby (504) 464-2752, in the West Terminal (504) 463-1020, in the East Baggage Claim (504) 465-8852. Each Information Counter is open from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. daily. All Visitor Information Service Representatives are bilingual or multilingual. Passengers needing assistance in a foreign language not provided by Visitor Information Services can contact the Red Cross Language Bank 24 hours a day at (504) 586-8191. The Visitor Information Services are maintained by the Audubon Institute.

There is a Traveler’s Aid Booth (504) 464-3522 located in the East Baggage Claim. Traveler’s Aid provides assistance to travelers in distress and provides tourist information. The hours of this counter vary since it is staffed with volunteers.

 

 

Will you arrive by train?

As one of the most popular destinations in the US, New Orleans is served by three Amtrak trains:

  • The City of New Orleans follows the old Illinois Central route from Chicago, through Memphis, to New Orleans. The New Orleans suburb of Harahan was named after James Theodore Harahan, president of the Illinois Central at the turn of the century.

  • The Crescent travels from New York, through Philadelphia and Atlanta, to New Orleans.

  • The famous Sunset Limited, the train the stars took between Hollywood and Miami (or, perhaps more accurately, between Santa Anita and Hialeah), now travels from Orlando, through New Orleans, Houston, San Antonio, El Paso, and Tucson, to Los Angeles.

The City of New Orleans The Crescent The Sunset Limited

 

 

 

Road trip!

Perhaps not all roads lead to New Orleans, but the city is served by Interstate-55 from the North and Interstate-10 from the East and West. Interstates 12, 20, and 49 feed into I-55 and I-10. Click here for a map of Louisiana's national highway system. But, at long as you're driving, why not see some of the real Louisiana by following one or two of Louisiana's scenic byways?
  • Click here to order a Louisiana Tour Guide and Official Louisiana Highway Map.

  • Click here to download a digital (pdf) copy of the Louisiana Highway Map.

 Once in town, follow these directions to the hotel:

  • From the West: Take I-10 east to the Mississippi River Bridge. Take the Westbank Exit right just before crossing bridge at Tchoupitoulas/South Peters, take left, go 8 blocks to Julia St.
     
  • From East: Take I-10 west to Downtown New Orleans and follow signs as above. Get turn by turn directions here.

 

 

Why not come to New Orleans by steamboat?

Believe it or not, New Orleans still has river passenger connections with Galveston, Memphis, St. Louis, Nashville, St. Paul, Chattanooga, Louisville, Pittsburgh, and Cincinnati. Almost all of these are through the Delta Queen Steamboat Company. Arrival and departure dates are very limited.