HOSPITALITY
LUXURY HOTELS IN PARIS NAME
OWNER
Le Meurice (Palace status) Sultan of Brunei Ritz Paris Le Crillon
Oetker Family
Mohamed Al Fayed Starwood Capital
Plaza Athénée (Palace) Sultan of Brunei Le Bristol (Palace)
Four Seasons George V Prince Al Waleed bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Fouquet's Barrière Le Royal Monceau Shangri-La Paris Mandarin Oriental Peninsula
Lucien Barrière Group Qatari Diar Funds Kuok Family
Société Foncière, Lyonnaise Qatari Diar Funds
a building’s historic or cultural signifi - cance, or to put it simply, a certain je ne sais quoi.” As the category will be capped at 20 hotels, competition will be stiff and remaining contenders had until mid- 2011 to lodge their applications. Seven French ‘palaces’ have so far been named. The fi rst was Hotel le Bristol in Paris, which recently under- went a €103m refurbishment (see box). Le Bristol was then joined by three other Parisian ‘palaces’ – Hotel Le Meurice and the Plaza Athénée, and the Park Hyatt Paris Vendome. In southern France, the Grand Hotel du Cap Ferrat in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, L’Hotel du Palais in Biarritz were rec- ognised, while in the Alps, Les Airelles and Cheval Blanc in Courcheval – made the palace grade.
Source: A Tout France
OPENED 1835
1898 1909 1913 1925 1928 2006
Reopened Oct 2010 December 2010 June 2011
Summer 2012
PUSHING UP STANDARDS Meanwhile, changes to the French hotel star rating system announced in 2009 will come fully into force next year. The 1,466 establishments in Paris, and hotels across France, have until July 2012 to undergo a modern- isation process, pass the relevant inspections and apply for their stars. Ratings will be managed by the Agence Nationale de Developpement Touristique, and hotels must achieve at least one-star (the no-star and 4 star Luxe categories have been abol- ished). At the start of 2011, 98 Paris hotels had been classifi ed under the new system, a report from the Offi ce du Tourisme et des Congres (OTC) showed. In Paris, three star hotels were the largest category with 594 sites, while 19 hotels were fi ve-star.
Hotel Le Bristol – the fi rst French ‘palace’ hotel
ceremony in May 2011. The hotel has only belonged to two European fam- ilies since it opened in 1925, and since 1978 has been part of the portfolio of the Oetker family, whose collection also includes Brenner’s Park in Baden Baden and the Hotel du Cap- Eden-Roc in Antibes.
H Sine 2009, Le Bristol has been
undergoing a period of staged refur- bishment, supported by over €1m of investment. The renovation of 36 rooms and suites in the hotel’s garden-side wing was completed mid- 2010, with a total of 45 hotel rooms
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otel le Bristol was the fi rst establishment to be offi cially granted ‘palace’ status at a
completed by May 2011. Two new signature suites opened over the summer - the Honeymoon suite, occupying the entire top fl oor of the hotel with pano- ramic views over Paris, and the Imperial suite, which measures 300sq m. Le Bristol’s gastronomic
restaurant, managed by top 3-star Chef Eric Frechon, is being given a new look, and is due to re-open in October. Also as part of the extensive refurbish- ment programme, the hotel’s spa is being rebranded and enlarged to cre- ate more facilities
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Dorchester Collection Ritz Hotel Starwood
Dorchester Collection Oetker Hotel Collection Four Seasons
Lucien Barrière Group Raffl es (Singapore) Shangri La
Mandarin Oriental Peninsula
Corteau says: “The new classifi ca- tions will ensure the French tourism industry completely modernises its infrastructure by encouraging own- ers, if they haven’t already done so in the past few years, to improve and upgrade facilities. “It will further allow tourists to better compare accommodation in line with international standards.” Like many cities around the world, Paris tourism was hit as a result of the economic crisis in 2009, but fi gures from the OTC show that it bounced back in 2010. There were 15.2 mil- lion arrivals in Paris in 2010, with the number of hotel customers up by 5.4 per cent from 2009. Foreign stays increased by 18.1 per cent to reach a 20-year peak of 2.8 overnights, 2010 fi gures showed.
Palatial interiors at Le Bristol: The hotel was judged on its architecture, facilities, service and investment
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