@FrancisCA don't stay in the French Quarter, it's loud, most hotels with a few exceptions are houses converted into hotels with a weird layout, no privacy, noisy, no or little paid parking, at nigh you'll hear folks walk by drunk, cars, etc.! Even the W hotel has a huge courtyard with a pool and if you stay there EVERYONE will see guys walk in and out of your room because most rooms face the patio.
Stay n Canal Street or no more than a couple of blocks away in the Downtown / Warehouse district right next to the Quarter where large anonymous hotels are. I would recommend the Sheraton, great views of the river, no key card required except after 10 PM, the Marriott too, except the JW Marriott where you MUST meet folks at the street door.
Enjoy the food, it's good for a few days but you'll see among the locals the consequences of eating so much fatty food daily.