Located in a city like no other, the 49 story Sheraton New Orleans conveniently stands on the Big Easy's Canal Street, where trolley cars navigate their routes and the French Quarter's restaurants and shops meet the city's bustling central business district. Just outside the Sheraton's front door is the scene of one of the world's most famous parades: the Mardi Gras.

The hotel is literally steps away from Harrah's Casino, the Aquarium of the Americas, Superdome, and nightclubs specializing in music synonymous with New Orleans.

Guests enter Sheraton through a magnificent atrium lobby festooned with galleries, fountain and floor to ceiling windows. Guests can get a workout in the hotel's 24 hour health club packed with cardio equipment, weights, heated pool, steam room, sauna and licensed massage therapists. The hotel's staff is a font of information for tours and excursions.

Guests can enjoy contemporary New Orleans' dishes with a unique Creole flair in hotel's Roux Bisto. They cut loose with the locals at the hotel's Pelican Bar, which is enhanced with the charm of a French Quarter courtyard with magnificent tiered fountain and lavish landscaping. And the omnipresent Starbucks in the lobby provide guests with coffees from around the world, specialty espresso and baked goods.

The Sheraton just wrapped up a $23 million remodeling to commemorate its 20th anniversary. The 1,110 guest rooms the "Sheraton Sweet Sleeper Beds" with plush top mattresses, triple sheets, fleece blankets, richly colored plump duvets and feather pillows. Furnishings also include partial sleigh beds, oversized leather lounge chairs, work desks, cordless phones and louvered window shutters.

With gracious Southern hospitality and style uniquely New Orleans, the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel plunges guests right into an ambiance that they won't forget anytime soon.