Attention: Reporters, Editors and Planning Editors Covering New
Orleans Rebuilding; Also travel and hospitality editors.
WHAT: Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco, New Orleans Mayor C.
Ray Nagin, Strategic Hotels & Resorts CEO Laurence Geller
and members of a blue-ribbon advisory board unveil plans
for a major redevelopment of the Hyatt Regency New Orleans
and surrounding area into an international tourist
destination.
WHO: Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco
New Orleans Mayor C. Ray Nagin
Laurence Geller, president and CEO, of Strategic Hotels &
Resorts, owner of the Hyatt Regency New Orleans
William Hines, chairman, New Orleans Jazz Orchestra
J. Kevin Poorman, Executive Vice President, Pritzker Realty
Group, for Hyatt
Hyatt New Orleans District Rebirth Advisory board members,
including:
Wm. Raymond Manning, noted New Orleans architect
Irvin Mayfield, noted jazz musician and artistic director
of the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra
WHEN: 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, May 30
WHERE: Gate D Observation Deck of the Louisiana Superdome.
Parking is available in Garage 2-A with the entrance on
LaSalle Street. Those on foot can approach from the Gate A
pedestrian ramp on Poydras Street to the Plaza Level. Then
proceed to Gate D located across from the Hyatt Hotel and
the New Orleans Center.
FOR MORE
INFORMATION: Jonathan Dedmon or Jim Prendergast
The Dilenschneider Group
312-553-0700
Cell: Jonathan 312-415-1352, Jim 847-644-5299
E-mail: jdedmon@dgi-chicago.com
jprendergast@dgi-chicago.com
New Orleans Media: Mark Romig, Peter A. Mayer Public
Relations: 504-210-1211
Cell: 504-756-2300
E-mail: romigm@peteramayer.com
SOURCE Strategic Hotels & Resorts