The famous festivals of New Orleans continue to draw crowds back to the city: nearly 400,000 attended the Jazz Festival in 2007, and the French Quarter festival drew nearly half a million.The brand new (2007) Harrah"s New Orleans hotel has been named one of the top 100 in the United States by the readers of Conde Nast Traveler, and visitors can look forward to the re-opening of the Hyatt Regency New Orleans in 2009.There are more fine restaurants in New Orleans than before Katrina, according to www.nomenu.com, and Donald Link, chef of Restaurant Herb Saint and Couchon, won the James Beard Award for the South’s Best Chef in 2007.