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HYATT HOTELS’ DOUBLE DIP IN THE BIG EASY.
By DAVID EISEN
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The Big Easy can be difficult, but for Hyatt Hotels, an ace up its sleeve allowed it to ease into one of New Orleans’ buzziest corners, pulling two highprofile assets into its luxury and lifestyle arsenal. Situated on the corner of Carondelet Street is The Barnett, part of JdV by Hyatt, a 1928 Art Deco building that was once the Barnett’ s Furniture building. Right next door is Maison Métier, now part of The Unbound Collection by Hyatt. Two hotels, two decidedly
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different vibes, at two distinct price points. If The Barnett is a communal atmosphere for the local artistic community— sprinkled in with the in-and-out leisure traveler looking for downtown accommodations and a place to accrue or burn some World of Hyatt points— partial to a solid coffee experience, lively F & B scene and rooms that could double as a set for a hardboiled detective film( SMEG refrigerators included), Maison Métier is the sybaritic hideaway fit for The Vampire Lestat, where privacy and seclusion |
are absolute and the 67 rooms, designed by Studio Shamshiri, scream Parisian guesthouse rather than stock hotel: It’ s sultry, seductive, an ideal setting for a novel from native daughter Anne Rice.
Though each property has a bygone appeal, they are new to the Hyatt portfolio. Both joined Hyatt in June 2024 when their owner, The Domain Companies, pulled the plug on an eight-year relationship with Ace Hotels Group, which ran both properties as Ace Hotel New Orleans( The Barnett)
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46 hotelsmag. com July / August 2025 |