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Even Bomb Threats Are Chic At French Riviera Hotels

JetSetCD — 2009-08-19T10:13:46-05:00

Thanks to a bomb scare which turned out to be a false alarm, the French Riviera became everything we've imagined and more yesterday. When the posh seaside Hotel Negresco alerted its 158 guests and staff to a bomb threat, they fled the building in all states at the break of dawn.

Among them was French fashion designer Jean Paul Gaulthier, who fled the hotel clad only in a white dressing gown and joined other alarmed guests by the beach. Apparently the bomb threat was called in by a woman who said that it would detonate at 6:00 AM, and when it hadn't by 7:00 AM, the scene dispersed and the hotel returned to normal.

The Boscolo Exedra Nice Dared Remodel Their Riviera Beauty

JetSetCD — 2009-06-09T16:09:12-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/BoscoloExedraNice.jpg" class="top"> When it comes to French Riviera hotels, you generally don't mess with a winner, especially when it's a historical building in the Belle Epoque style. Nonetheless, all hotels need updating once in a while, and so the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Boscolo+Exedra+Nice/ian/276504">Boscolo Exedra</a> in Nice chose only the best to renovate their right half. Choosing Massino Iosa Ghini to re-conceptualize the common areas like the conference room and breakfast room, the Exedra Nice wanted to evoke Italian style in a warmer way and "create a contemporary version of the Belle Epoque lines of the lavish historic envelope." The result is now open in Nice, and we recommend swinging by the sculptural white bar, with its freaky tree features and light-up

Concorde Hotels Are Cuttin' the Fat (From Your Dinner)

juliab — 2009-05-01T10:15:09-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/palmdor.jpg" class="top"> Staying at nice hotels can wreak havoc good dieting intentions: 100 percent true fact (as we like to tell ourselves). All those sugared freebies in the rooms, the elaborate breakfast smorgasboards and the overblown dinner menus add up to something not-so-good for the waistline. Luckily the trim French chain of <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Concorde%20Hotels">Concorde hotels</a> has decided to help out the weak of will by introducing a Zero Complex menu that comes in at under 800 calories for three whole courses probably the same as the pot au chocolat we'd usually down at first sight. Because they're good restaurants (like the Palme dOr at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Martinez/ian/144903">Martinez</a> in Cannes, which is one of the top draws for A-listers

French Riviera Style: Say Hi To The Hi Hotel

amandak — 2007-04-05T09:00:53-05:00

<![CDATA[The Cannes Film Festival is still a ways off (it starts on May 16) but a reader's recent tip about the French Riviera got us daydreaming about escaping to Cote d'Azure. This week we'll <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/French%20Riviera%20Hotel%20Reviews">continue</a> talking about some of the hotels worthy of checking into. As always, we wanna know what you think, not just what Uma, Rod Stewart, P.Diddy and Paris Hilton think, of the hotels here. So <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">send us your thoughts and questions</a> or comment below the story, telling us what's right, what's wrong and what's just French.<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/hihotelNice.jpg" class="imgborder"/>While a stay on the Cote d'Azur normally makes you think of luxury and elegance, you can always get something different by hitting the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Hi/local/452">Hotel Hi</a>

French Riviera Style: Villa La Tour Hotel in Nice

amandak — 2007-03-30T08:50:14-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/villa_la_tour.jpg" class="imgborder"/>Another handy tip's just come out of the <a href="http://travel.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/travel/where_to_stay/article443693.ece">UK Times</a> for those of you seeking a cosy and not-too-pricey place to stay on the Cote d'Azur. The <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Villa+la+Tour/ian/217231">Villa La Tour Hotel</a> in Nice is a small 16-room place located a 10-minute walk from the sea and near the Cours Saleya flower markets. The building was originally a convent dating from the eighteenth century, but fortunately most of the rooms have been renovated recently (and certainly more than once since the convent days). Recent guest feedback has the usual mix of "good value" and "too small"--but for the price, ranging from just $60 to $160 a night, you can't expect too much. A quick tip: Room 101