Customizable Corporate Events at one New Orleans Hotel in the Warehouse District

    /24-7PressRelease/ - NEW ORLEANS, LA, August 30, 2008 - Companies holding a Big Easy meeting before the year is out will save thousands with the Renaissance Arts Hotel's newly launched Pick FIVE, a menu of customized meeting options. Each group will get to select five complimentary inclusions, discounts and/or perks to customize a meeting that best suits attendees' needs. Valid for new meetings through December 20, 2008* at this Port of New Orleans hotel, the following are the Pick FIVE offerings for planners to choose from at the Renaissance Arts Hotel:

• Free Internet access in all New Orleans hotel rooms
• Free in-room domestic long distance calls
• One complimentary morning coffee break
• One complimentary afternoon coffee break
• One complimentary meeting room
• One staff room for $69 per 50 rooms booked
• 10 percent off printed banquet menus
• One complimentary room per 40 room nights booked
• 20 percent off on in-house audio visual needs
• No attrition (qualified history last two years)
• Double Marriott Rewards points

It is often said that variety of choice leads to confusion of the mind. For planners having a hard time selecting Pick FIVE offerings, an easy one-pick option, 10 percent off the master account, is an alternate reward that planners can opt for at this New Orleans convention center hotel*.

Renaissance Arts Hotel is located in the heart of the famed Arts District and is housed in a historic warehouse, circa 1910. The 217-room hotel, attached to the Arthur Roger Gallery Project, is adorned with art hand-picked from the gallery's curator. The Renaissance Arts Hotel, also boasting nine meeting rooms, has a total of 5,000 square feet of meeting space. LaCôte Brasserie Restaurant in New Orleans offers group menu options with dishes prepared by celebrated local chef Chuck Subra, Jr.

For more information or to book the Pick Five, meeting planners can call the group sales department at (504) 412-2572 or email [email protected].

About Renaissance Arts Hotel
Be prepared to be inspired by the Renaissance Arts Hotel, a New Orleans boutique hotel that features a uniquely artistic atmosphere. Located in a historical warehouse circa 1910, this Riverfront hotel in New Orleans is situated in the heart of the Arts District and close to the Convention Center, French Quarter and Audubon Aquarium of the Americas. With 217 stylish hotel rooms and suites, this New Orleans Riverfront hotel features the Arthur Roger Gallery Project on the first floor. La Cote Brasserie Restaurant offers a fine dining experience with high quality seafood entrees prepared by the celebrated local chef Chuck Subra, Jr., while a dedicated banquet staff brings celebrations to life in the hotel's 5,000 sq ft of meeting and event space. Discover expressive design mixed with original art in a contemporary setting at The Renaissance Arts' New Orleans boutique hotel in the Warehouse District that portrays "the body of a full-service hotel with the soul of a boutique hotel." For more information or to make a reservation, call 504-613-2330 or visit http://marriott.com/hotels/travel/msydt.

*Based on availability and subject to change. Valid for groups of 10 rooms per night, or more. Savings based on a group of 50 rooms over two nights. The group must actualize 80 percent or more payable room nights.

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