National Equipment Finance Summit
Each year the Summit gathers equipment finance professionals from across the US and Canada for high level networking, focused education, and meetings with leading edge service providers and funding sources.
The NEFA Staff is on their way to New Orleans, Louisiana
Online and advance registration for the Finance Summit is closed and the NEFA Staff will be traveling to New Orleans as of Sunday, February 28th…
However, there is still time to register at the door for the conference. Payment will be required by check or credit card on site upon registration.
We look forward to seeing you in New Orleans at the Finance Summit!
Right in the heart of the famed French Quarter, the 2016 National Equipment Finance Summit offers all the business networking, education and supplier exhibits it’s known for PLUS all the great food and night life the French Quarter is famous for.
Home for the 2016 Summit is the 5th generation family owned historic Hotel Monteleone.
It’s been said that the French Quarter begins in the lobby of Hotel Monteleone. This venerable New Orleans hotel sits majestically at the foot of Royal Street and offers valet parking with two garages. Our guests have the best point of departure for all things New Orleans.
Step outside this French Quarter hotel to discover shop after shop of fabulous European antiques, estate jewelry, oriental rugs, and art and antiquities from around the world. Quaint New Orleans restaurants and specialty shops line the French Quarter streets. Enjoy New Orleans tourist attractions just steps from our New Orleans hotel, including Jackson Square, the French Market, and the Riverwalk, where tourists and locals stroll the levee and watch the steamboats along the Mississippi River.
The famous Carousel Bar & Lounge in the Hotel Monteleone is a long-time favorite New Orleans hot spot. This classic New Orleans hotel bar is the city’s only revolving bar. For decades, it has lured guests in to take a spin on the 25-seat, bright circus-clad Merry-Go-Round.
The Carousel Bar overlooks famed Royal Street in the heart of the French Quarter. Guests can enjoy the view through large fan windows. This New Orleans hotel bar has long been a favorite of both locals and tourists.
Before he became founder of this famous New Orleans hotel, Antonio Monteleone was an industrious nobleman who operated a very successful shoe factory in Sicily.
Antonio had heard great things about America. The call of adventure motivated him to pack the tools of his trade and head for the “land of opportunity.” Antonio arrived in New Orleans circa 1880 and opened a cobbler shop on Royal Street, the busy thoroughfare of commerce and banking in America’s most European city. At the time Antonio emigrated, Royal Street was indeed the grand street of the “Vieux Carre,” as the French Colonials sometimes called the new town.
Hotel Monteleone has history of all sorts behind it.
In 1886, Mr. Monteleone bought a 64-room French Quarter hotel on the corner of Royal and Iberville streets. The setting was ripe for Antonio to spread his entrepreneurial wings when the nearby Commercial Hotel became available for purchase. That was the beginning of an amazing historical landmark New Orleans hotel.
Hotel Monteleone is one of the last great family-owned-and-operated hotels in New Orleans. Since 1886, five generations of Monteleones have dedicated themselves to making their hotel what it was — and still is — a sparkling jewel in the heart of the French Quarter.
For the 2016 Summit, NEFA has negotiated a special discounted hotel room rate. The NEFA conference rate is $215 per night (plus applicable taxes). There are a limited number of these discounted rooms available exclusively for registered conference attendees. These rooms will sell out so be sure and register early for the conference!