Mar 11, 2025 - Mardi Gras

New Orleans hotels' Mardi Gras occupancy rates best since COVID

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Costumed revelers fill a French Quarter street. In the foreground, a couple wears primarily purple and carries drinks as they walk.

Early numbers indicate New Orleans hotels are continuing to bounce back toward — but not yet meeting — pre-COVID occupancy rates. Photo: Erika Goldring/Getty Images

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