http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T08:14:28Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/ http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/12/14/19034/569 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/hallormirrorsversailles.jpg" class="top"><p> Cheesy Dream Confession: It has long been our dream to twirl in front of the mirrors in the Hall of Mirrors at The Palace of Versailles just outside of Paris. And now with a luxury hotel set to open inside the palace at the end of 2011, our dream might just come true. <p><a href="http://www.france24.com/en/20101215-part-versailles-palace-become-luxury-hotel-grand-controle-ivy-heritage">France24</a> reports: <blockquote><p>The project is expected to transform the Hotel du Grand Controle into a 23-bedroom hotel scheduled to open in late 2011. Some of those rooms will overlook the &#147;Orangerie&#148;, an elaborate greenhouse featuring lemon trees and orange trees. </blockquote></p><p><p>The Hotel du Grand Controle, despite its name was not an actual working hotel, but rather a place for the palace treasurers to juliana 2010-12-16T11:25:53-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/3/16/9268/21366 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/ramsay_trianon.jpg" class="top"><p> On the heels of the news that the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/gordon%20ramsay"><b>Gordon Ramsay</b></a> restaurant inside the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/3/9/154122/3852/hotels/Gordon_Ramsay_at_the_London_LA_In_Name_Only">London West Hollywood</a> hotel will exist in name only, comes <a href="http://www.nypost.com/seven/03162009/tv/ramsay__au_revoir__gay_paris_159785.htm">this report</a> that Ramsay's restaurant inside the Waldorf-Astoria Collection hotel in Versailles, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/3/24/34420/2450/hotels/Guillotine_for_Gordon_Ramsay_at_Trianon_Palace"><b>The Trianon Palace</b></a>, has also been sold. But while the restaurant under his bleeping eye will have closed (just under a year of operation), his name will live to see another day. <blockquote><p> As before, the establishment will retain his name and the hard-nosed chef will continue as a consultant. Ramsay's empire of over 30 restaurants in a dozen countries has been under increasing financial stress since last fall. <p> While the private company refuses to discuss its juliana 2009-03-16T09:29:05-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/