You know how acting legend Spencer Tracy is quoted as saying that when he died, he didnt want to go to heaven, but to Claridges instead? Well, we might just have found our hotel equivalent of heaven: the Penthouse at the Four Seasons George V in Paris. Designed by...
April 02, 2013
With France still being the number one country for international tourist arrivals (a whopping 79.5 million people visited in 2011, more than double its population), and Paris being the logical first stop for a lot of those people, the city of light continues to be a draw for luxury...
August 13, 2012
Once again, our favorite celebrity hotel hopper, Josh Flagg is back from yet another whirlwind of hotel adventures. First up, he reports on the renovations happening at Four Seasons George V in Paris. Except, he actually stayed in a far nicer room. I must say, I was extremely delighted...
February 10, 2012
As we were watching the video for the new Four Seasons website, we noticed another video from the Four Seasons's YouTube Channel featuring Housekeeping "Tips" from the Four Seasons George V, one of the best hotels in the Four Seasons collection (not to mention one of the priciest.)So of course...
January 18, 2012
Our own Eloise, Josh Flagg returns to pit two of Paris' best luxury hotels against one another. Read on to see which hotel is the victor! So let's talk Paris. I don't know any other city in the world other than New York, which has as many options for...
July 07, 2011
Update 4.12.11: The Four Seasons tells us the noise is coming from the hotel next door which is undergoing a full renovation. The hotel assures us that they are "not doing any noise as we are doing a SOFT renovation."Looks like things may have gotten lost in translation when we...
April 11, 2011
The last time we popped into the Four Seasons George V in Paris their fugly carpeting had us wondering who would pay $1,000 a night to stay in such an outdated hotel? Perhaps the folks at FSGV asked themselves the same thing because they have just completed a three-year...
April 05, 2011
These days we've been noticing that hotels are trying to make our stays feel more like home. That's why we rarely see a hotel room without a flat-screen TV, an iPod dock, a stack of pillows on the bed and "home-like" decor. But doesn't that seem kind of crazy? Who...
August 24, 2010
Yesterday, we did some daydreaming about visiting Eminem in his Belle Etoile suite at the Le Meurice, just so we could get a glance inside the $20,000-a-night room (Not to spend alone time with Marshall Mathers. Remember, hotel suites before hos--or is that bros?)Today we've learned that on her...
June 03, 2010
We've always admired the fashion risks taken by Rihanna but we're not so sure we love her new hat. The singer was spotted outside the Hotel de Rome in Berlin yesterday wearing a hat that could have belonged to the bellhop.Never matter, Rihanna left Berlin for Paris where she...
September 30, 2009
This lady has some balls. Princess Maha al-Sudairi, the wife of Saudi Arabia's Interior Minister, charged nearly $24 million dollars at Paris' luxury fashion houses over a year-long period but decided not to pay up and then claimed diplomatic immunity from inside her suite at the Four Seasons George...
June 15, 2009
We tried to think of a dozen clever intros to this story but we just have to give it you straight. Everything you love about luxury have joined forces to create the fiercest automobile yet.The Four Seasons George V in Paris, Hermes and Rolls Royce have announced the world's only...
November 06, 2008
So many of you correctly guessed last week's Guess the Hotel post right that we are probably going to have to start making these harder.Anyways, the answer to that fugly hotel carpeting is indeed the Four Seasons George V in Paris. But do not let this carpeting deter you from...
September 29, 2008
Thanks to all the commenters who dropped in their suggestions for Paris. In the end there was a three-way tie between the The Petit Moulin, Plaza Athenee and the write-in suggestion from PatrickSW, The Four Seasons George V.So, here is how we operated the tie-breaker. The George V was about...
September 26, 2008
Celebrity chef restaurants and hip eateries in hotels are all the rage these days...blah, blah, blah blah. We do a good job of covering which hotels have what restaurants but sometimes when we actually stay at a hotel, we are just too darn tired to schlep it down to the...
November 26, 2007
The Four Seasons George V, arguably one of Paris' finest hotels favored amongst royalty, celebs and billionaires, may just be more affordable for the little people.Courtney May over at Five-Star Alliance let us know that the hotel is offering rooms for certain dates for 310 Euros a night (about $460...
November 21, 2007
Our special Paris Hotel Guide correspondent Monica Guy returns once again with her review of the luxury hotel scene in Paris.If you want to sell shoes, buy a shop in Shoe Street. If you want to sell luxury hotel rooms, buy a hotel in Paris's so-called Golden Triangle, the area...
October 17, 2007
This week we have a very special report from Monica Guy who had done a brilliant job of telling us where to go, what to see and what to avoid in Paris over on Jaunted. Now, she's breaking down the hotel scene for us, starting with her top seven...
September 24, 2007
Here's hoping this year's summer celebrity weddings fare better than Pam Anderson and Kid Rock's marriage.The celebrity-obsessed culture that we live in today (hey, we admit to being part of it too) dictates that we must do a post on celebrity weddings. Some of the ones we talk about after...
July 03, 2007
Who would've thought that a posh hotel like the Four Seasons George V in Paris would turn out to be family-friendly on top of all its other charms? Not us, but according to a recent Times UK review the George V has something for everybody.Whether or not you have kids...
January 30, 2007
Who knew Spike Lee enjoyed Paris Fashion Week?The "Do the Right Thing" director was spotted getting out of his car at the Four Seasons Hotel George V but he didn't look too happy. It could have been the paparazzi, but maybe it was the pricetag on the rooms which start...
October 11, 2006
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