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New Orleans Hotel in the Spotlight

The phrase “Lights, Camera, Action!” has become synonymous with the French Quarter landmark Hotel Monteleone for the last several years. Our New Orleans hotel has hosted over half a dozen movies and 19 television networks.  You’ll find Hotel Monteleone on many TV segments, including a PBS documentary, and two wildly popular reality series.  Our beautiful New Orleans hotel has long been a favorite backdrop for filming in the Crescent City.

Be sure to keep your eyes peeled for the Hotel Monteleone starring in your living room and on movie screens when New Orleans is the setting.  You never know when you’ll see our legendary New Orleans hotel in the spotlight!

Hotel Monteleone Press Releases

Over the course of so many generations in the French Quarter, Hotel Monteleone has witnessed many newsworthy events. Our Press Room features those events and keeps you up-to-date with area events and information. Our New Orleans hotel has long been a favorite hotel of Southern writers – in the Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway, Hemingway mentioned Hotel Monteleone in “Night Before Battle.”

Whether truth or fiction, the Hotel Monteleone’s history is rich in stories. And today, as always, people are making news at our iconic New Orleans hotel.

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2012 Hotel Monteleone Press Releases
10/15/2012		“The Magic of the Holiday Season is Coming to Hotel Monteleone”
10/8/2012		“A Delicious Way to Watch the Big Game”
10/4/2012		“Criollo at Hotel Monteleone Earns OpenTable Award”
10/3/2012		“Hotel Monteleone and Fair Grounds Host Horse Racing 101″
9/14/2012		“Hotel Monteleone Happenings”
8/2/2012		“Renovations Nearing Completion at Famous French Quarter Hotel”
7/24/2012		“Criollo Restaurant & Lounge Brings Contemporary Louisiana Fare to Dinner in New Orleans French Quarter”
7/24/2012		“Hotel Monteleone Wins Prestigious Award”
7/6/2012		“Hotel Monteleone Named Best Large Hotel by AAA Southern Traveler”
6/19/2012		“Criollo Restaurant and Lounge Now Open for Lunch”
6/18/2012		“Hotel Monteleone Bids Farewell to Hospitality Legend Andrea Thornton”
4/19/2012		“Hotel Monteleone to Host Book Signing Party For Sara Humphreys’ Untouched”
4/17/2012		“Hotel Monteleone to Host Job Fair April 17″
1/25/2012		“Countdown to 10th Anniversary Tales of the Cocktail® Kicks Off at the Newly Renovated Carousel Bar & Lounge”
1/24/2012		“Hotel Monteleone Names Joseph Maynard Chef de Cuisine of Criollo Restaurant & Lounge”
2011 Hotel Monteleone Press Releases
12/5/2011		“The Merry Go Round the Carousel Bar at the Hotel Monteleone in December”
11/13/2011		“Hotel Monteleone Raised $15,000 for Louisiana Troops During Tailgating Block Party”
11/1/2011		“The Magic of Christmas is Coming to the Hotel Monteleone”
07/30/2011		“Former Governor Edwin Edwards Celebrates 84th Birthday at Hotel Monteleone: Friends “roast” Man of the Hour at Private Dinner”
07/15/2011		“Hotel Monteleone Is the Hostess with the Most this Fall”
02/08/2011		“Hotel Monteleone Hosts History Book Launch and Legacy Series Luncheon”
02/02/2011		“Discover New Orleans’ Literary History with the Hotel Monteleone”
02/01/2011		“125th Anniversary February Calendar of Events for the Hotel Monteleone”
2010 Hotel Monteleone Press Releases
09/22/2010		“Touch Down this Football Season at Hotel Monteleone: Your Tailgating Headquarters!”
08/29/2010		“Hotel Monteleone Invites You to Bury Katrina on the 5th Anniversary”
08/03/2010		“Hotel Monteleone Receives Accolades for Outstanding Meeting Services”
07/12/2010		“Hot Happenings at the Hotel Monteleone”
05/14/2010		“New Renovations at the Hotel Monteleone”
04/13/2010		“Hats Off to Eudora Welty on Her 101st Birthday!”
03/12/2010		“Hotel Monteleone is Again Awarded Coveted AAA 4 Diamond Award Status”
03/12/2010		“Hotel Monteleone Now Offering Pet Packages For Four Legged Guests”
03/04/2010		“Hotel Monteleone Recognizes Staff Anniversaries”
02/26/2010		“Carousel Bar Now Featuring Scrumptious bar Bites”
01/21/2010		“Hotel Monteleone Receives Bronze Adrian Award for Web Marketing”
2009 Hotel Monteleone Press Releases
12/29/2009		“Hotel Monteleone Donates Nearly 25,000 Pounds of Bedding Valued at $7,500 Catholic Charities and Christopher Homes distributes to clients”
10/09/2009		“Hotel Monteleone and John Robert Powers to Host Peggy Post Etiquette Luncheon”
10/06/2009		“Hotel Monteleone’s The Hunt Room Grill To Serve New Year’s Eve Dinner”
10/05/2009		“Hotel Monteleone’s the Hunt Room Grill to Serve Reveillon Dinner”
10/04/2009		“New Orleans School Choirs to Perform at Hotel Monteleone”
10/03/2009		“Hotel Monteleone’s Le Cafe to Serve Thanksgiving Day Brunch”
10/02/2009		“Hotel Monteleone CElebrates Return of ‘Cats’ to New Orleans”
07/16/2009		“Broadway Across America Announces Hotel Monteleone as Official Hotel and Capital One as Official Bank”
07/10/2009		“John Besh and Danny DeVito Join Chef and the Fat Man at Carousel Bar for Live Radio Show”
07/09/2009		“Hotel Monteleone Introduces New Summer Cocktail: Cognac Summit”
07/08/2009		“Tales of the Cocktail Kick-Off with Herbsaint Anniversary”
06/17/2009		“Hotel Monteleone: Premier French Quarter Hotel”
06/16/2009		“Hotel Monteleone Customer Advisory Council for Three-Day Meeting”
05/22/2009		“Hotel Monteleone Announces New Anniversary Cocktail, Judged by Top Chef”
05/21/2009		“Hotel Monteleone to Celebrate 60th Anniversary of the Legendary Carousel Bar”
03/09/2009		“Jazzy Jam 2009″
02/26/2009		“Hotel Monteleone Hosts Top Chef”
02/12/2009		“Monteleone Names Historian”
2008 Hotel Monteleone Press Releases
12/29/2008		“AAA Four Diamond Award”
12/04/2008		“There’s a Ghost In My Room”
12/04/2008		The Carousel Bar & Lounge History”
12/01/2008		“Vieux Carre Collection”
10/01/2008		“And the Winner Is…”
07/01/2008		“2008 Golden Key Award”
06/01/2008		“The Hotel Monteleone Continues Its Winning Streak”
2007 Hotel Monteleone Press Releases
03/01/2007		“Four Diamonds and Now Four Paws”

Hotel Monteleone In Film Productions

1999
“Double Jeopardy” – Starring Ashley Judd and Tommy Lee Jones. Filmed in the lobby of our New Orleans hotel. Front of Hotel Monteleone and the Carousel Bar & Lounge transformed into the Armani Shop.

September 2004
“Glory Road” – a Jerry Bruckheimer production. Starring Josh Lucas, Derek Luke and Jon Voight. Filmed in the lobby and also built set in storage area. Hotel Monteleone featured as fancy hotel lobby in a different city. Conference space was set aside for extras. This was the same crew that worked on the production of “Double Jeopardy” in 1998.

September 2005
“The Last Time” – Starring Brendan Fraser and Michael Keaton. Filmed in Lobby, Carousel Bar & Lounge, Hunt Room Grill, Bagatelle and Engineer.

February 2005
“Retirement” – Starring Peter Faulk. Filmed in Hotel Monteleone’s fine dining restaurant Hunt Room Grill. Restaurant is stand in for any Steak House. Hotel provided all steaks; salad and other food prep as well and table settings etc. Hotel accommodations provided for talent during filming.

March 2008
“12 Rounds” – Starring John Cena. Filmed in Vieux Carre Suite (1480), 14th floor hallway, roof by the Marquis, boiler room, garage freight elevator, Lobby and front of Hotel Monteleone. Employee’s cafeteria & Exchange Alley was used for film crew lunch breaks.

Hotel Monteleone on Television

February 2001
Travel Channel – “Best Places to Pop the Question”

February 2003
Travel Channel - “COPS – Mardi Gras”

August 2003
Syndicated – “Southern Living Presents” – Hotel Monteleone was used as the featured New Orleans hotel and backdrop for intro and closing segments of 6 episodes. Provided hotel accommodations for show host and crew.

November 2003
Travel Channel - “Get Packing” – Hotel Monteleone was featured New Orleans hotel destination for winners of dating game show. Hotel accommodations were provided for cast and crew.

December 2003
ESPN – “Super Retrievers” – Hotel Monteleone not featured. Hotel accommodations provided for cast & crew of hunting show.
Food Network – “Food Nation with Bobby Flay” – Carousel Bar & Lounge featured in segment about most unique bars in New Orleans.

March 2004
NBC – “The Apprentice”- Hotel Monteleone not featured, accommodations provided to Mark Burnett productions to conduct candidate interviews.

April 2004
E! Entertainment – “Dr. 90210″ – Hotel Monteleone featured, Dr. Rey and family stayed in our New Orleans hotel and were filmed here as footage for show.

July 2004
Food Network - “Best of” – Follow Productions – Hotel Monteleone Chef featured in segment about best Gumbo in New Orleans. Hotel accommodations provided for five cast and crew doing feature on New Orleans.

August 2004
Style Network – “Love’s a Trip” – Hotel accommodations for contestants and crew. Hotel Monteleone received full credit as accommodations of choice for New Orleans hotels.

September 2004
Travel Channel - “Weird Travels -Spirits of the South” – Hotel Monteleone featured as a haunted New Orleans hotel destination. Investigation and interviews conducted with regard to the entities that inhabit the Hotel Monteleone.

October 2004
HDTV Production Company – Featured Hotel Halloween party “Ghoulish Gala 2004″ as feature in documentary on Halloween in New Orleans.
NBC – “Today Show” – Haunted New Orleans.

January 2005
Weather Channel – “Weather Channel Road Crew” – Hotel Monteleone provided hotel accommodations for three crew members scouting location for Road Crew Segments.

February 2005
Travel Channel - “Taste of America – with Marc De Carlo” – Hotel Monteleone featured in segment with chef detailing the preparation of Gumbo. Provided hotel accommodations for cast and crew.

HDTV Production Company – Featured Hotel Monteleone in documentary about Mardi Gras in New Orleans. Hotel provided hotel accommodations for crew.

March 2005
CBS – “Morning Show” – Filmed one of our doormen saying “Welcome to the Hotel Monteleone. I always start my day with the CBS Morning Show”.

October 2007
NBC – “Today Show” – Featured as haunted New Orleans hotel in “Most Famous Haunted Hotels“. The story of Josephine and Jacques Begere and their son Maurice was mentioned.

February 2008
PBS - The Carousel Bar was the setting for a PBS documentary featuring an interview with local music critic Keith Spera about New Orleans’ very own Fats Domino.

March 2008
A&E – “Criss Angel Mindfreak” – Filmed in the Eudora Welty Suite, lobby and the rooftop by the Marquis. Hotel Monteleone provided hotel accommodations for Criss Angel and crew.

Bravo – “Make Me A Super Model” – Filmed in the lobby and the FJ Monteleone Suite. Hotel Monteleone provided hotel accommodations for cast and crew.

CNN – “Larry King Live” – Interviewed John Cena, WWE wrestler, playing the role of Detective Danny Baxtor in the movie “12 Rounds”. Interview took place in Hotel Monteleone’s Carousel Bar & Lounge.