When we reported just over a week ago on the arrival of Rosewood London later this year, we completely blanked on this technically being the return to the British capital for the group: before The Lanesborough in Knightsbridge was a St. Regis hotel, it was a Rosewood. With that...
March 15, 2013
It's beginning to feel a lot like...a tropical Christmas? Hotel delays exasperate us. Booking last-minute hotels sometimes stresses us out. So excuse us while we take a minute and just focus on the one thing that's guaranteed to bring us some joy: big, bright, colorful, and unnecessarily elaborate hotel Christmas...
December 13, 2012
You know the deal: you excitedly check into a hotel in a brand new city, ready to see all the sights and take all the tours. But sightseeing doesn't come cheap, and soon enough you're blowing an extra $20 or $50 just to be shown a landmark that, with a...
July 19, 2012
Poor Shangri-La Paris. It sure has a ton going for ithorse-drawn carriage rides at Christmas time, gorgeous Eiffel Tower views. But that prestige wasn't enough to stop a Saudi Arabian princess from stiffing the hotel on a six-month bill worth over $7 million. Yup. After booking the entire seventh floor...
June 04, 2012
Were often skeptical of hotel glamour shots given to us by hotels or presented as casual photos on a hotels web site because they often dont reflect the reality of what youll actually find when you get there. Who hasnt booked a room online that seemed spacious and colorful...
May 21, 2012
As we previously reported, The Shangri-La Hotel in Paris was once the residence of Napolean's grandnephew, Prince Roland Bonaparte. This week, The Independent showed up to give the sprawling estate the once-over. Four stars were awarded for the rooms, and (somewhat oddly) value, and an impressive five stars for service,...
January 25, 2012
Thanks to the Shangri-La, Paris can add more reserves to its romantic cache. If strolling the City of Lights' snowy streets this holiday isn't enough to sate your taste for the maudlin, guests of the hotel can book a horse drawn carriage ride from December 23-27.The tour will take...
December 15, 2011
Ooh, it's a big day in Paris. For fashionistas, there's both good news and bad. The bad news? Carine Roitfield has quit as the editor of French Vogue. The good: there's now one more tres chic place to stay in the City of Light, with the opening of the Shangri-La...
December 17, 2010
It may not be Noël Blanc in Paris this season but it will be a bright, shiny, new one for the Shangri-La Hotel which is now set to open on December 17. We already knew the hotel would be located in the 16th arrondissement, created out of a former...
November 18, 2010
If you had your hearts set on an early autumn getaway to Paris, spending the night at the Shangri-La Paris set to open in September, we hate to crush the dream, but the hotel will now be opening in early December.Still, the experience may be worth the wait. The...
July 19, 2010
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