Travel Information

Ground Transportation

The Hilton New Orleans Riverside is located approximately 13 miles (about 25 minutes) from New Orleans International Airport. The following options (and the typical minimum charge) are available for transportation to the hotel:

• Taxi Service: Approximately $29 per way
• Super Shuttle: Rate from International Airport to the Hilton Riverside is $15.00 one-way / $38 roundtrip. Please go to Airport Shuttle New Orleans for more information and to make reservations.
• Limousine Service: $115 one-way per person
• Rental Car: Packaging Strategies has negotiated special discounted car rental rates with Hertz for our attendees.
  Reserve a car using your special meeting rates at 
  Or you can provide CV# 036J0006 to your corporate travel department/travel agent when making reservations. You can also make reservations by calling Hertz directly at 1-800-654-2240 in the U.S. and Canada; 1-405-749-4434 elsewhere.
  At the time of reservation, the meeting rates will be automatically compared to other Hertz rates and you’ll be quoted the best comparable rate available.
  
  Self-parking at the Hilton Riverside is $30 per night and valet parking is $36 per night.

Map/Driving Directions: From New Orleans International Airport, take Interstate-10 Downtown/East/Slidell, exiting at Poydras St. Turn right onto Poydras St., following Poydras south to its end at our hotel's front circle drive entrance . View all directions, map, and airport information.

Be sure to stop by the PET Strategies Registration Desk located in the Versailles Ballroom Foyer to pick up your registration materials. The registration desk will be open from 3:00- 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, October 6th, 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 7th, and 7:00 am to noon on Friday, October 8th.

During early October, New Orleans’s temperatures are an average high of 80° and an average low of 60° Fahrenheit. Suggested attire for the meeting is business casual.