Marriott International, Inc. announced today the opening of the Marriott New Orleans at the Convention Center. Just steps away from the Morial Convention Center, the 331-room property is located in the heart of New Orleans’ Arts/Warehouse District.
Crawfish anyone?
Tags: Marriott
Identifying Information
Marriott Brand: Marriott Hotels
Location: Springfield, MA
Property Web Page: Springfield Marriott
Critique of the Property
Common Areas: Very high end, spacious lobby with marble floors and a large chandelier. Nice sized fitness center with a good set of dumbells and nice selection of weight machines. Cardio equipment is a little dated. Large indoor pool with jacuzzi. Expansive deck and roof garden adjacent to the pool area.
Guest Rooms: Large room on the concierge level with a plush brown and red carpet. King sized bed with very comfortable bedding and a nice mattress. Six drawer armoire with TV contained inside a pair of doors, a very comfortable red easy chair. The desk and chair are very standard. Wired high speed internet access is costs $9.95 and includes local and long distance phone calls. The bathroom had a marble vanity on the sink, with the toilet and show in a very tiny separate room.
Other Amenities: The concierge lounge was typically nice although it was pretty small. Parking in the connected multi story garage is $13 a day. There’s a nice, quiet lounge adjacent to the lobby area. My room had an electric shoe buffer.
Things To Watch Out For: The bathroom is not your standard full bath, with a small sink outside of the ‘bathroom’. The actual bathroom is claustrophobically small with the toilet situated right next to the tub. The shower head was very nice, almost like an Australian style shower head.
Staff: Very friendly front desk staff. I chatted with a manager while waiting to check in.
What’s Nearby?
The Springfield downtown business district. The Basketball Hall of Fame is very close by as well. The hotel is connected to a small mall that includes a delicatessen, UPS store, Dunkin Donuts and a CVS pharmacy.
Restaurants: Currents (the in house restaurant) and Champions Sports Bar are both located on the premises.
Other Marriotts: None
Other Hotels: Sheraton Monarch Place
Tags: Marriott
USA today is reporting that Marriott hotels is planning to test out every other day sheet changes at their Courtyard, Fairfield and Spring Hill suites brands. Evidently this is a growing trend in the industry for both economic and environmental reasons. I don’t have a problem with this policy as long as the sheets are clean to begin with and can be changed on request if needed. What do you think?