Nestled in the heart of the 8th district, in one of the most popular Parisian avenues, the Clarion Collection Etoile Saint Honore hotel is composed of 85 recently-renovated rooms and suites, a breakfast room, a private car park and one fully-equipped meeting room for up to 80 people.
Fabrice Moizan, Resident Manager of Paris' Hotel Fouquet's Barrière, will be appointed General Manager of the hotel this March 5, 2012. Hotel Fouquet's Barrière's current General Manager, Pierre Ferchaud, was appointed the position on a fixed-term engagement in September 2010, and has since made it his top priority to continually develop the quality of services offered by the hotel. Today, Hotel Fouquet's Barrière is recognized world-wide as a luxury hotel of exceptional standard.
Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts is delighted to announce the management of its first hotel in the French capital. The upscale international hospitality company of Swiss heritage will take over operations of the hotel – currently branded as Courtyard by Marriott Paris Neuilly – from January 2013.
For the second consecutive year, Céline Bodo of Four Seasons Hotel George V Paris has won the David Campbell Trophy, presented by the Association of the Front Desk Managers to the national winner of Receptionist of the Year competition.
"Through the opening of W Paris - Opéra, fashionistas and global jetsetters can now be on the runway with W from New York to London and Paris. Unique lifestyle programming within a cutting-edge designed environment will bring a new and distinctive experience to Paris and the Parisians alike."
The room, named Room 3120 at Novotel Paris Vaugirard Montparnasse, showcases the latest in cutting-edge technology and innovative design, with Novotel and Microsoft working closely together to create the revolutionary room that allows guests to sample the ultimate in hi-tech hotel rooms. The visionary room will take guests on a technological journey with features including a Kinect interface, Sensorit mirror based on Kinect technology, a fitness interface and a Surface multimedia table.
Leaders of the world's largest hotel groups, their operational teams, and their spouses will attend the ceremony on 21 November in Paris. The presence of the French Ministers of Education and Tourism bear testimony to the importance of this event that celebrates the initiatives taken by hotel companies on a national level. An exciting evening is on the menu thanks to the musical numbers provided by the Moulin Rouge and other artists.
Samuel Shih is appointed Chairman and Chief Operating Officer for Accor Greater China, from October, 2011. He will report directly to Michael Issenberg, Chief Operating Officer of Accor Asia Pacific. Samuel Shih is a graduate of the University of British Columbia, Canada and holds an MBA from the University of Macau. He started his career with PepsiCo Inc. before joining Red Bull as Managing Director for Asia Pacific. Samuel Shih will be responsible for Accor’s operations in Greater China (including Hong Kong, Macau and Taipei) where the group currently operates 107 hotels and has plans to quadruple its network by 2015.
Mr Gaymer-Jones joined the Group in 2007 as Chief Operating Officer Sofitel Worldwide after holding a variety of senior operational positions, notably with Marriott International. He has more than 35 years of experience in the luxury international hotel industry, having previously served in top positions for Marriott International and other leading global hotel companies across nine countries and three continents. After graduating from Hotel School in the United Kingdom, Mr Gaymer-Jones went on to develop his career starting in food and beverage at hotels and resorts in Switzerland, The Bahamas and Bermuda before joining Marriott International in the United States, Middle East and Europe.
Shortage of available hotel stock in Paris is turning quality hotels in the French capital into trophy assets for international investment by private individuals and funds. This is likely to push the average value of rooms in the city's hotels, already the most expensive in the world, to a record €650,000 by 2015.
This article presents an overview of hotel performance for the Paris market from 2007, through the depths of the economic crisis, and into the beginning of the recovery in late 2010; we also provide our views on expected performance for the next three years. Finally, we briefly discuss the transactions market, values per room and new investors over the last year. From these various angles, the resilience of the Parisian market and its bright prospects become evident.
Barbie was never exactly slumming it. From the Dream House to the Corvette, to the Mattel-inspired designer clothes, shoes, jewelry and handbags, Barbie has it all. Even after 50 years, Barbie still has a hot guy who, despite her cute friends and brief stint with the The Rockers, has remained completely devoted to her (although some of us still have our suspicions of Ken, but that's not the point). And as if that wasn't enough, now Barbie has her own suite at the Hotel Plaza Athenee in Paris.
Hôtel de Crillon, Paris, has selected the tools and applications within Quadriga's Sensiq solution to create a guest communications portal that fully reflects the needs of its discerning guests. A key requirement was a superb choice of TV content to satisfy the needs of the global traveller. Additionally, to further enhance the guest experience, the wealth of content offered to guests is now available via state-of-the-art Samsung TV screens.
While in London this month, I couldn't resist hopping on the Eurostar to visit Paris, where I spent four months in Paris in 2009 on a writing sabbatical. Like so many others, I fell in love with the city. But my next sabbatical will take place somewhere with fewer distractions-like an iceberg adrift in the Arctic Ocean.
Courtyard by Marriott has opened its fifth hotel in France, the Courtyard Paris Arcueil. Located in Arcueil, a suburb just south of Paris, the hotel is conveniently located close to the headquarters of many French corporations and situated near numerous public transportation options allowing guests to reach the heart of downtown Paris in just 20 minutes.
Dear friends, For a few months, the upturn in Europe has become a recognized fact, a positive reversal sign of the hospitality cycle, but is this a lasting and solid upturn confronted with economical and geopolitical uncertainties ? In order to think collectively and gather experts’ opinions over that matter, attend the Global Lodging Forum on March 1st & 2nd 2011.
Green Globe Certification today announced, Hotel Concorde Opéra Paris has won the bid to host the Green Globe 2011 World Summit. Located in the heart of Paris, France, Hotel Concorde Opéra Paris was selected on the strength of its commitment to cultural heritage.
Luxury Parisian hotels are entering 2011 knowing they need a combative spirit and ambitious initiatives to protect their turf from the arrival of powerful Asian chains such as Shangri-La, Mandarin Oriental and Peninsula.
Once October’s strikes were over and done with, trading picked up in November. However, in regional France, growth rates remained moderate, considering the sharp drops already recorded last year over the same period. As in October, 2 star hotels recorded mixed results. The Côte d’Azur market saw occupancy drop, whilst Paris stagnated. Budget hotels performed better than in October when all indicators were down. Regional budget hotels posted rooms revenue growth of 1.5% in the south-west and 3.4% in the south-east.
Christophe Saintagne has been appointed Head Chef of Alain Ducasse au Plaza Athénée in Paris. The move to the Michelin three-star restaurant at Hôtel Plaza Athénée follows two years as Chief Executive of Alain Ducasse Enterprises. Saintagne’s relationship with Ducasse goes back 10 years to when he joined the kitchen staff of 59 Poincaré at Hôtel Plaza Athénée. In 2002, he departed to become Head Chef of Aux Lyonnais in Paris and then moved on in 2005 to become Assistant to Jean-François Piège at Hôtel de Crillon. In 2008, Saintagne returned to take the helm at Ducasse’s restaurant group, with focus on supervising restaurants throughout France, Japan and the UK. He also shared authorship with Ducasse on ‘Nature, Simple, Healthy and Good,’ published in 2009. Born in Normandy, Saintagne studied at Auberge du Logis in Conteville, France, working with acclaimed Chef Guillaume Louet. “I’m proud Alain Ducasse has put his confidence in me and delighted to be back on a team whose sole objective is to satisfy its clientele,” noted Saintagne of his appointment.