New Orleans Is Ready to Welcome You!

The College realizes that you may have concerns regarding the readiness of New Orleans to accommodate the Clinical Congress. But, rest assured: New Orleans is back!

Meeting planners and industry professionals who have already held their conferences in New Orleans are enthusiastic about the city and the Morial Convention Center and its renovation.

Your surgical colleagues and our technical exhibitors look forward to seeing you at the 2007 Clinical Congress and so do the other health care professionals who are dedicated to providing the best, most up-to-date, and safest patient care.

Ernest N. Morial Convention Center Fully Restored!

• More than $60 million in renovations and upgrades have been made to the facility.
• The Morial Convention Center returned as host to national conventions and tradeshows in February 2006 with the opening of three of its 12 exhibit halls.
• The majority of the center reopened in June 2006, with more than 740,000 square feet of exhibit space, 99 meeting rooms, a 4,000-seat auditorium, and a 36,000-square-foot ballroom.
• The remaining four halls, 41 meeting rooms, and 32,000-square-foot ballroom reopened in late November 2006.
• The National Association of Realtors held the largest convention in November 2006 with 23,560 participants.

“I’ve just been so proud to be a part of this rebirth because some of the comments are ‘Everyone’s been so friendly and so helpful.’”

“It’s really exciting to hear so many great comments about our beautiful, wonderful city, and we are back you know, it’s just the publicity of getting it out there: ‘Come on, we want you.’ We’re a hospitality-driven city and that’s what we thrive on: outside guests, visitors, and company.”

A Message from the New Orleans Metropolitan Convention and Visitor's Bureau

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