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2013 NATIONAL BARBIE® DOLL COLLECTORS CONVENTION

Hyatt Regency New Orleans
August 7, 2013, through August 10, 2013

 


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Hyatt Regency New Orleans

601 Loyola Avenue,
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA 70113

Conventioneers will experience the Crescent City like never before when staying at the newly enhanced Hyatt Regency New Orleans. The hotel re-opened its doors in the fall of 2011 after a 275 million dollar redevelopment to become the city’s premier meeting and convention hotel now boasting 200,000 square feet of state-of-the-art event space and strikingly sophisticated guest rooms and amenities.

The premier setting of our hotel is adjacent to the New Orleans Superdome and New Orleans Arena, and blocks from the French Quarter, Morial Convention Center, and Mississippi Riverfront. For a more leisurely approach one can sit back and relax while sightseeing on the new Loyola Avenue Streetcar Line, opening in 2012.

Our revitalized New Orleans hotel includes 1,193 guestrooms, including 95 suites, 469 kings, 590 queen/queen, 3 restaurants including Borgne by James Beard award winning chef John Besh, a 2,000 square foot Starbucks, the Lagniappe Exchange, a 24 hour fresh market offering a variety of non-alcoholic and alcoholic beverages with a choice of grab and go items prepared fresh daily, an outdoor pool, and more.

You will find great restaurants nearby like Acme Oyster House, Bon Ton, Whole Hog Cafe, and more. There is a huge Rouses grocery 2 short blocks away with a wide variety of ready to eat, prepared foods as well as the usual well stocked market items.

We have arranged for a hotel convention rate of $149 for 1-4 occupancy standard king or queen/queen rooms.

Regency Club rooms are available at $189 and one bedroom suites are available starting at $199 and up. Taxes are additional and are currently 13% plus $3 per night. These room rates are available for stays from August 2 through August 12, 2013. To obtain this rate you must book your room by July 5, 2013. You may reserve your room either by (the BEST way to make reservations is via the online booking system):

Phone: 888-421-1442, using the following code: Barbiedollcollector

Online: resweb.passkey.com/go/barbiedollcollector

Shipping for the hotel is done through the Fed Ex office on premises. Packages up to 1 pound have no surcharge inbound or outbound. Inbound package acceptance fees are $5 for 1.1 to 20 pounds, $10 for 20.1 to 40 pounds, $15 for packages over 40 pounds. There is a delivery charge of $5 if you want your boxes delivered to your room. We have arranged with the hotel that each conventioneer who is a registered guest at the hotel may ship one box with a discounted outgoing charge of $5 in addition to the actual cost of shipping regardless of weight. To take advantage of this it’s important that all individuals staying in any room be listed with the hotel.

For more information about the hotel, please visit: neworleans.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/index.jsp

Hotel Amenities

Hyatt Grand Bed™
Internet access discounted for registered conventioneers to $7.50 per room per night
42-inch flat-panel HDTV, cable movie channels
Work desk with power & Internet connections
Turndown service available on request
Full bath amenities and hair dryer
In-room refrigerator in all rooms
iHome® alarm clock radio

Hyatt Express Check-in Kiosks
Concierge services
Regency Club®
FedEx Office®
Valet parking (15% discount per night for registered conventioneers)
Dry cleaning and laundry services
24-hour fresh market

8 Block Kitchen & Bar—full service restaurant with private & semi-private dining rooms available and a 70 seat bar—15% discount offered to registered conventioneers
Vitascope Hall—210 seat media bar with private & semi-private rooms available
Borgne—a free standing restaurant with nationally recognized chef John Besh
25,000-square-foot leisure deck with pool
Hyatt Stay Fit gym offering a variety of fitness equipment with a view of the city

Parking At Hotel

There are many parking options for the New Orleans Grand Regency Hotel. Valet parking is available at a 15% discount for registered conventioneers. The current rate is $40 per night prior to our negotiated discount and is subject to change. Self-Parking is available at the Girod Street Garage at 1301 Girod Street currently at $27 per night. Please note that the Girod Street Garage is not affiliated with the hotel, but it does connect to the hotel on the second floor elevator landing. In addition there are many lots surrounding the hotel in 0.2 miles or less from the hotel. Options include but are not limited to:

Premium Parking $15/night in lot 0.1 mile from hotel on O’Keefe St. (premiumparking.com)

Central Parking System $15/night in lot with current coupon for $5 off available 0.2 miles from hotel on O’Keefe St. (neworleans.centralparking.com)

All rates are current at this time but are subject to change.

If you have questions, the official email for the convention is convention2013@aol.com

 

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