Enjoy an exclusive special offer for stays this fall at the Dauphine Orleans Hotel. Enjoy complimentary parking, daily continental breakfast, wi-fi & all taxes for $129 for Sunday – Thursday stays through November. Click here to reserve online or call (800) 521-7111 and mention promo code FALL.

The NFL will celebrate this season’s NFL Kickoff, presented by EA Sports, in New Orleans.  For the first time in NFL history, the NFL has partnered with Kern Studios at Mardi Gras World to produce a Mardi Gras style parade, titled the Krewe of NFL Kickoff Parade, to ring in its 91st season. The NFL Kickoff will take place in the French Quarter on Thursday, September 9th, the date of the NFL season opener at the Superdome as the New Orleans Saints take on the Minnesota Vikings.

 The Dauphine Orleans Hotel is just steps from the day’s festivities in the French Quarter.  The Kickoff will be televised live from Jackson Square from 6:30 – 7:30 CST on NBC and NFL Network, leading up to the season opener.  There will be performances by Taylor Swift and the Dave Matthews Band. The Krewe of NFL parade will begin in the French Quarter and end at Julia Street in the Warehouse District.

For more information about the event, please visit www.nfl.com/kickoff.  Click here to make your New Orleans hotel reservations online.  Act quickly, rooms are filling up quickly!

The Dauphine Orleans is lending a H.A.N.D. – as in a hot August Nights Deal! Receive complimentary secure on-site valet parking, daily continental breakfast, wi-fi & all taxes for only $119. Click here to reserve online.

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Southern Decadence is New Orleans’ largest gay celebration and it takes place over Labor Day weekend right here in the French Quarter.  New Orleans is a city known for embracing diversity and always loves a reason to party. Come out and play at Southern Decadence! For a full list of the weekend’s events, click here.  The Dauphine Orleans offers a special package that inlcudes:

Be in with the out crowd at this year’s Southern Decadence Festival taking place in the French Quarter September 1-6, 2010.

 Package Includes:

• 3-night stay in premium accommodations Sept. 2-5 or Sept. 3-6
•  Deluxe Continental Breakfast Daily
•  Welcome Beverage Coupon
•  Cafe au Lait and Beignets at Cafe du Monde
•  Secure on-site Valet Parking for one vehicle for three nights (in and out privileges apply
• Late checkout of 2PM
• All Taxes

Rate:  $465.00 double occupancy

Click here to book online today or call (800) 521-7111 and ask for promo code SD to make your reservation.

Terms & Conditions:  Based on availability.  No refunds on unused features.  Other restrictions may apply.  Offer may not be combined with other promotions or special offers.  Valid September 2 – 5, 2010 or September 3 – 6, 2010.  Full prepayment required at booking and non refundable for cancellations within 30 days of arrival.

Despite the Gulf spill, New Orleans is located more than 100 miles inland.  Our guests can be assured New Orleans remains vibrant and the mint juleps taste exceptionally good in the summer weather!  As a location that never had a beach, the city of New Orleans is a wonderful place to explore, dine, eat some wonderful Creole, southern or Cajun food, and spend an exciting night on Bourbon Street or at a Jazz club.  All seafood served is 100% safe from consumption. Remember, catfish and crawfish are two seafoods that do not come from the gulf waters, and are both in plentiful supply. Stay longer and play more in New Orleans this summer by taking advantage of our best rates of the year starting at $95 with parking, wireless Internet access, daily continental breakfast, two beverages at May Baily’s Place and all taxes! Click here to reserve online.

Only New Orleans would be able to pull off replicating the San Fermin Running of the Bulls of Pamplona, Spain. ”¿Por qué no?”  The New Orleans Running of the Bulls, organized by the NOLA Bulls, takes place July 9-11, 2010 and puts its own twist to the event. The “bulls” are members of the Big Easy Rollergirls as well as rollerderby leagues across the country! Over 4,000 runners dressed in the traditional white attire with red scarf are expected for this years event, whose route runs through the French Quarter and into the Warehouse District. 

The Dauphine Orleans and The New Orleans Hotel Collection are proud to be hotel sponsors of the 2010 San Fermin Running of the Bulls. To experience this unique event, we are offering special discounted rates. Please visit: http://www.neworleanshotelcollection.com/san-fermin-in-new-orleans-2010/

Musicians, business leaders in New Orleans and community radio station WWOZ-FM have come together to create the GULF AID benefit concert to raise funds for wetland recovery efforts, fishermen and their families as oil continues to gush into the Gulf of Mexico from the site of the collapsed deepwater Horizon. The fundraising concert will take place on Sunday, May 16, rain or shine from noon – 10 pm at Mardi Gras World River City overlooking the Mississippi River in New Orleans.

Multiplatinum recording artist Lenny Kravitz, who is also a part-time New Orleans resident, will perform as well as Allen Toussaint, Mos Def, Ani DiFranco, The Voice of the Wetlands Allstars (featuring Tab Benoit, Dr. John, Cyril Neville, George Porter Jr., Waylon Thibodeaux, Big Chief Monk Boudreaux, Johnny Sansone, and Johnny Vidacovich), Zachary Richard, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk, Soul Rebels Brass Band, Irvin Mayfield’s Playhouse Review, Kermit Ruffins and the BBQ Swingers, Jeremy Davenport, Rebirth Brass Band, MyNameIsJohnMichael, with additional artists to be announced.

Tickets are $50 and are available exclusively via Elevate Tickets (www.elevate.com).  VIP packages will be available. All funds will be managed and distributed by GULF AID in partnership with WWOZ.  The fund has been created to assure that all monies are properly distributed to organizations to focus on two key elements of recovery – the wetlands/coastal environmental issues and the well-being of fishermen and the regional seafood industry.   

Donations may also be sent to GULF AID, a 501 C3 non-profit corporation located at P.O. Box 6917, Metairie, LA 70009.

Ewell Smith, Executive Director of the Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board stated:  ”Our fishermen appreciate the unprecedented support and leadership of the efforts to draw attention to the extraordinary need of our coastal fishing communities.  Thousands of families across south Louisiana will potentially be impacted for years to come and will need all the help they can get to survive.  They bring the catch of Louisiana seafood to America’s tables.  Without them we lose a vital part of our culture and heritage that make Louisiana so special.”

GULF AID will be held at Mardi Gras World’s scenic River City, which offers dramatic views of the Mississippi.  The site is being donated by Joe Jaeger and Barry Kern, partners in the Mardi Gras World facility. “As a response to the threat to our fishing industry and wetlands, we decided to create an awareness and fundraising drive, GULF AID, and called on our personal friends, musicians, restaurateurs and corporate sponsors to help,” said Barry Kern, Blaine Kern Studios.

New Orleans Jazz and Heritage radio station WWOZ 90.7 FM will broadcast live from the concert, which will also be streamed live on the internet: wwoz.org.  “Our response is sure, immediate and passionate—our music community, through its music and heritage station, WWOZ, is calling on all its many friends throughout the country, to step forward in an effort to give heart to the devastated and the displaced,” said David Freedman, WWOZ General Manager.

Rehage Entertainment, producer of the Voodoo Experience and the Essence Music Festival is producing GULF AID.  “WWOZ and the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation called about this very special project and we have had the privilege of working non-stop for the last 3 days,” Rehage said.   “The event will feature world-renowned artists, including the home team players, all of which share a love for our city and concerns about how the recent developments in the Gulf will affect the lives of people in Louisiana and bordering Gulf states.”  YES Productions has donated video production services to document the concert.

Sidney D. Torres, IV, owner of SDT Waste and Debris, LLC is a concert financer and organizer.  “As a native of St. Bernard Parish, I have family members and friends who have been affected by this tragedy. We can all come to the aid of the fishing industry and those whose livelihoods depend on fishing by buying a ticket to GULF AID,” Torres said.

Updates on the concert will be posted at www.wwoz.org

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