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May 23, 2023

NOLA's Picasso of Bourbon Street hotel towels

by: Wild Bill Wood Posted: Jun 7, 2023 / 05:34 AM CDT Updated: Jun

by: Wild Bill Wood

Posted: Jun 7, 2023 / 05:34 AM CDT

Updated: Jun 7, 2023 / 12:00 PM CDT

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — When Maria Robles clocks in for the career that's kept her in the hotel housekeeping business for the last twelve years, she is still just as inspired as she was her first day on the job.

Now, Maria Robles is the Director of Housekeeping at Royal Sonesta New Orleans.

It's the hotel in the heart of the French Quarter.

With an address on the world's best-known boulevard for boozing it up.

WGNO Good Morning New Orleans features reporter Bill Wood is ready to check you in.Maria was named Royal Sonesta's Manager of the Year. She leads the team that got AAA's Best Housekeeping Award.

Her job is to make sure every room is spic and span.

From bathrobe to bed.But Maria's masterpiece belongs in the museum of believe-it-or-not.

It's her twist on the hotel towel. It's towel origami, the old Japanese art of folding paper.

Maria takes it to the towels.

She transforms them into swans for guests on their honeymoon.

Into teddy bears for kids.

She is the Picasso of hotel towels.

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