A couple of officers were standing in front of the valet parking garage of the Cambria Hotel New Orleans Downtown Warehouse District close to 8 a.m.

North Bethesda-based Choice Hotels International Inc. continues to grow in the upscale segment with three new Cambria Hotel openings.

Ground will be broken soon for another new hotel near Bend's Old Mill District, one of several new Cambria Hotels recently opening or being built by Choice Hotels International around the country.

Twenty years on from Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans has been shaped by spectacle and short-term returns, not the foundations ...