Reply #164: Hoping for an update, and some info on hotels...

[Lisa0825]

I talked to my sister last night. She is a regional reservations manager for Hilton. They have been having numerous conference call meetings with the N.O. hotels in the Hilton brands. She says all their hotels have been letting as many people in as they can. People are sleeping in the halls and lobbies. They are also sending 18 wheelers full of non-perishables from several regions to restock supplies at the Hiltons. I hope the other hotel chains are doing similar things. She also said that the hotel managers were in the process of trying to identify everyone staying there so they could set up an 800 number for people to call to try to help locate missing loved ones. So far there have been no deaths or injuries at any of the Hilton brand hotels.