ISA Annual Convention 2010 Blog

Walking Directions To/From The Loews New Orleans Hotel

Panels are conducted at both the Hilton New Orleans Riverside Hotel and the Loews New Orleans Hotel. The Hilton is located at Two Poydras Street (Google map). The Loews is located at 300 Paydras Street (Google map), 2.5 blocks from the Hilton. 

Directions FROM the Hilton TO Loews (Google Maps):

• From the Hilton, exit the revolving doors on the lower level and veer left onto Tchoupitoulas Street, then immediately left onto Poydras Street.
• Continue walking West on Poydras 3 short blocks to 300 Poydras.

Directions FROM the Loews TO the Hilton (Google Maps):

• Exit the front of the hotel onto Poydras Street, walk right 3 short blocks and veer right onto Tchoupitoulas Street.

Walk time is less than 5 minutes each way.

Download these directions:

• text: Download walking.txt
• MS Word: Download Walking_Directions.doc

Hotel Room Blocks Now Full

The cutoff date for all ISA hotel group rates has closed.  ISA does not have partnerships with any other hotels in the city.  However, the following hotels have availability for arrivals Tuesday, February 16 through Saturday, Feb 20.  Availability is subject to change daily. Please contact the hotels directly to make reservations.  ISA is neither managing nor coordinating rooms at these properties – please do not contact ISA.  Online reservations are not available; you must call the hotel to request the ISA rate. All rates are exclusive of tax. 

Hampton Inn
1201 Convention Center Blvd.
New Orleans, LA  70130
504-293-1200
$139 single or double

International House
221 Camp Street
New Orleans, LA 70130
504-553-9550
$139 single, $169 double

Holiday Inn French Quarter
124 Royal Street
New Orleans, LA  70130
504-529-7211
$159 single or double

Hotel New Orleans Convention Center
881 Convention Center Blvd.
New Orleans, LA  70130
888-524-1881 from inside North America
504-524-1881 from outside North America
$159 single or double

ISA Group Rate Expires Sept. 21st

Please note that our group rate expires on Jan. 21st, though some overflow hotels will continue to offer ISA group rates after that date, please see the Room Rates listed for each hotel.

The Wyndham, Westin and Astor still have rooms available at the ISA group rate.

Loews Hotel Now Full

The ISA convention-rate room block at the Loews Hotel - New Orleans is now full. For more information on our other overflow hotels, please see our Convention Hotels website.

Westin Reduces Convention Room Rates

The Westin New Orleans Canal Place, one of the overflow hotels for our New Orleans Convention, has just announced a room rate change. They have reduced their room rate to $159 Single or Double & $185 Triple/Quad. For more information on all of our overflow hotels, please see our Convention Hotels website.

Hotels: Hilton Now Full

The Hilton New Orleans Riverside ISA room block is now full.  You may check back occasionally to see if cancellations have occurred and rooms at the ISA group rate have become available. Loews New Orleans is our co-Headquarters hotel. We also have several overflow hotels with ISA group rates. All are available at our convention hotels web page. If you can’t find rooms at the group rate at your preferred hotel, please check our other overflow hotels. All have some availability for Monday night February 15 arrivals until full.  ISA group rates range from $143 to $179. Due to Mardi Gras activities, please expect to find significantly higher hotel rates at all hotels within the city if you don’t use ISA’s group rates. 

Hilton Almost Full

We have been notified by the Hilton that we are nearing capacity for our convention room block, there are only a few smoking rooms remaining. If you are unable to secure the room you wanted at the Hilton please see the Loews Hotel information posted on hotels website for additional options. Once we fill the Loews we will add additional over-flow hotels. Thank you.

Loews Hotels Now Accepting Reservations

Loews Hotels-New Orleans
300 Poydras St
New Orleans, LA 70130
Map It!

We have just posted the room rates and reservation link for the Loews Hotels-New Orleans. Loews will offer single rooms at $153 and double-rooms at $188 for our convention participants. They are accepting room reservations by phone and online. Please see our Convention Hotels website for more information.

New Orleans Welcomes ISA

The New Orleans Conventions & Visitors Bureau has prepared a customized website just for our participants. They are eager to highlight New Orleans attractions including:

• Top 10 Things you MUST do in New Orleans
• The Best Dining and Live Music
• Tips for the Green Traveler

Visit New Orleans Welcomes the International Studies Association for more information on this amazing city.