New Orleans Media
This amazing hotel is a destination in itself.
Southern Living
Gambit's Best of New Orleans
Chef Matthew Nguyen opens Kenji Omakase today in the International House Hotel
Travel + Leisure
Celebrate All Saints and Souls the New Orleans Way at This Unexpected Hotel Bar
Garden & Gun
Watch Abigail Gullo shake up a festive All Hallows’ Eve Cocktail called the Cóctel de Muerto
NEW ORLEANS MAGAZINE
Top Talent: Loa Bar at the International House Hotel has welcomed beloved local bartender Abigail Gullo as the new director of its beverage program.
Travel + Leisure
Why You Should Visit New Orleans in Winter, When the Days Are Short but the Parties Are Long
Step Inside the Sazerac House: An Interactive Museum and Distillery Dedicated to New Orleans Cocktails
New Orleans Museum of Art Expanded Sculpture Garden Offers Vacation from your New Orleans Vacation
A Carnival Inspired Cocktail from Loa
In the kitchen with Creative Director Alan Walter making a cocktail fit for carnival.
International House's Amy Reimer on New Orleans' Unique Experiences
In this Q&A, Reimer discusses signature drinks at Loa (her hotel's hip lobby lounge), her favorite New Orleans experiences, and the hotel's unique history.
Who are the 'Secret 9' famously photographed with Louis Armstrong? New effort aims to find out
In addition to replicating the team’s jerseys, the hotel bar, Loa, served what it dubbed “the Laughing Looie,” a cocktail based on Armstrong’s favorite concoction from the 1930s, the New Orleans Fizz.
Crowds, vandals, chaos: what happens when Banksy sprays your wall?
It’s currently in a warehouse, but we want to allow the piece to spread its message, so in March it goes on display at my International House hotel. We’re going to have to dismantle the entrance to get it in. It’s absurd, I know, but very Banksy.
Lynn Drury To Host 20th Anniversary Songwriting Showcase With Friends
“Lynn Drury Celebrates 20 Years of Making Music in New Orleans” will highlight both newcomers and “veteran” troubours over the course of six evenings.
City Guide New Orleans
Hotels: Vintage Goes Modern Life’s a party at this 1906 beaux arts icon, as popular for its comfy rooms as for the Loa Bar, where a “spirit handler” pours creative drinks. A bonus: The hotel’s art-filled lobby hosts quirky and seasonal events.
IMBIBE
GIN COCKTAIL: SAINT ROSALIE
An apothecary-inspired approach guides the cocktail program at downtown New Orleans bar Loa.
Make your vacation a bit more authentic
Sean Cummings helped put New Orleans back on the map after Hurricane Katrina. "People come to New Orleans for the authenticity," he explained as he sipped iced tea at the Loa bar in the International House lobby. "They come for the rituals."
southern living
We shadowed Alan Walter of Loa, International House's hotel bar, to find out how he spends his day to work his liquid magic at night.
nbc ny
Make no mistake, New Orleans is quintessentially unique in these United States. So cruise through the bayous, pile on the beignets, and pull out your Mardi Gras beads because 1st Look is headed to The Big Easy! We've got killer bites with acclaimed chef John Besh, legendary tunes, spooky spirits, vodou, and plenty of booze.
Voodoo rite and an elixir mark St. John's Eve
On St. John's Eve, according to voodoo practitioners, the spirit world comes closest to the realm of the living. Each year for the last two decades, local voodoo priest Sallie Ann Glassman has built an altar for St. John's Eve in the lobby of the International House hotel.
National Geographic
7 Secrets to Celebrating Mardi Gras Like an Insider -- The hotel is hosting an exhibition featuring 21 whimsical ensembles from 1896, which were created by Carlotta Bonnecaze, a Creole costume designer from that era. Order tea—or something a bit stronger—in the hotel’s Loa bar.
The Culture Trip
International House is an ensemble of unique architecture, colorful themes, joyful atmosphere, and signature food. Guests will get lost in the animated rituals and cultures of Europe, the Caribbean, and Africa.
forbes
Unlike the debauchery and avalanche of green, gold and purple beads usually associated with this raucous celebration, the hotel intends to enlighten guests with a more curated, culturally deeper experience by going back to the roots and celebrating the creations of Carlotta Bonnecaze, the first woman and the first Creole, to design floats and costumes for Mardi Gras in the late 1800’s.
TRAVEL+LEISURE
Designed in the style of many New York boutique hotels, the International House Hotel is easily one of the hippest hotels in New Orleans.
TRAVEL+LEISURE
This sexy cocktail bar, located at the International House Hotel, is one of the most eclectic in New Orleans. And I do mean eclectic: strange ingredients have included Spanish moss, catnip, and bamboo.
thrillist
Choosing the best cocktail bar in New Orleans is practically impossible -- like choosing a favorite child, if only children
TIMES PICAYUNE
Find New Orleans St. Joseph Day altars in the most unusual places Inside the lobby of the International House Hotel, at 221 Camp St., a three-tiered altar greets guests and visitors as it was for the last 17 years.
Virgin Atlantic
The name comes from divine spirits of the voodoo faith, but the real spirits here are found in the glasses and in the jovial conversations of well-watered customers.
the advocate
In a layered exhibit, many facets of Mary Magdalene
One of the most compelling and beloved figures in the Bible is the subject of an exhibition of photographs at the International House Hotel.
Bukowski Birthday Bash
In celebration, the Loa Bar at the International House Hotel (221 Camp St.) is throwing a party in celebration.
