- Location
- Getting There
- Reserving Accomodations
- What to Pack
- How to Get the Most Out of Your Annual Convention
- New Orleans Info & Visitor's Guide
This site, set up by the New Orleans CVB, contains all the information you need to have a great time during your visit to New Orleans.
Location
ELFA 47th Annual Convention is rolling into The Paris of the Americas, the Crescent City, the Big Easy—New Orleans. By any name it’s arguably America’s most interesting city. This bayou metropolis blends the mysterious and magical with the majestic and historic, and its diversity is apparent everywhere in the architecture, the food and the music.
Although best known for jazz, New Orleans musicians truly represent a gumbo of musical richness. You can hear it in the air—Zydeco, gospel, rhythm and blues and new age rock—at street parades, jazz funerals, seasonal festivities, and drifting from open doors all around the city.
In New Orleans, sitting down to a meal is a joyous social occasion. Food is not something to be gobbled down in a frantic race to get on to the next attraction; it is the main attraction. Cajun or Creole, fish or fowl, New Orleans restaurants offer some of the world’s greatest dining experiences.
With its richly mottled old buildings, its sly sophisticated—and sometimes disreputable—air, and its Hispanic-Gaelic traditions, New Orleans has more the flavor of an old European capital than an American city. The sheer number of historic homes and buildings per square mile makes the city a great living museum of architecture.
So, if you think you’ve seen New Orleans…think again!
Getting There
The Hilton New Orleans Riverside Hotel, Two Poydras Street, New Orleans, is just 25 minutes from the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport. Taxis and Car rentals are readily available at the airport.
Reserving Accommodations
Online Reservations Available. Convention attendees will be housed at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside Hotel. Located on the Mississippi River and just two blocks from the French Quarter, the Hilton offers a range of lovely rooms and suites. Here is how you make your reservations:
EASY RESERVATIONS. For attendees registering online for the ELFA convention, you will have the added option of making your hotel reservations at the same time ONLINE! Make your hotel reservations by going to
http://www.elfaonline.org/pub/events/2008/AC/hotel.cfm
Or, if you prefer, you can call the hotel directly at 504-584-3999 and ask to speak to the reservations department. Please tell the reservations agent you are attending the ELFA Annual Convention in order to receive the group rate. The hotel will send confirmations directly to registrants.
It is important to reserve accommodations before the September 18, 2008 deadline. Reservations are on a first-come, first-served basis and the hotel may fill up before the cutoff date. Make your hotel reservations early, especially if you're planning to participate in the sports tournaments or community service project on Sunday, October 12. All convention activities are completed following the closing Mardi Gras Party on Tuesday, October 14 at 10:30 pm.
ELFA is holding a block of rooms at the reduced convention rate for registered convention attendees only. Anyone making reservations at Hilton New Orleans Riverside Hotel that does not register with ELFA for the convention will be excluded from the ELFA block of rooms.
What to Pack
Business casual dress for education sessions is encouraged. The temperature range in New Orleans during October is low 80's (daytime) to low 60's (nighttime) Suggested dress for social events is as follows:
- Sunday Evening Welcoming Reception: Casual and comfortable attire, such as slacks and polo shirt.
- Monday and Tuesday Optional Spouse Programs: Casual attire, comfortable footwear.
- Tuesday Night Mardi Gras Party: Casual attire.
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