Hyatt French Quarter Hotel

Hyatt Centric French Quarter New Orleans
The hotel in 2009 (prior to being renamed the Hyatt French Quarter Hotel)
Hotel chain	Hyatt
General information
Location	United States
Address	800 Iberville St., New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Opening	1995
Management	HRI Lodging, Inc.
Technical details
Floor count	4
Other information
Number of rooms	254
Number of restaurants	3
Website
http://frenchquarter.centric.hyatt.com/

Hyatt Centric French Quarter New Orleans is a hotel on Canal Street in New Orleans, Louisiana. A downtown landmark, the building was constructed in 1849 and served as a highly successful department store for more than a century. The structure was redeveloped as a boutique hotel, opening in 1995. It features suites named for writers Tennessee Williams and John Kennedy Toole, as well for jazz musician Louis Armstrong – all of whose work is associated with the city and the Quarter.

On October 15, 1849, Daniel Henry Holmes established the D. H. Holmes department store on Canal Street. A pioneering venture in retail at the time, and styled after stores in Paris, it became known as one of the most successful retail businesses in the country and a Canal Street landmark. In 1989, the Dillard's department store chain bought D. H. Holmes.

The City of New Orleans and Historic Restoration Inc. collaborated to redevelop the building as a luxury hotel, given demand in the French Quarter. The hotel opened in 1995 as the Chateau Sonesta. It was renamed Chateau Bourbon - A Wyndham Hotel in 2008 when it joined the Wyndham chain.

It was renamed Hyatt French Quarter in early May 2012. The Hyatt French Quarter contains a suite named for John Kennedy Toole, an award-winning late 20th-century author, as well as ones honoring Louis Armstrong and Tennessee Williams, artists associated with the Quarter. The hotel moved from the Hyatt division to the Hyatt Centric division on September 1, 2016 and was renamed Hyatt Centric French Quarter New Orleans.