HotelChatter - Stories about Hotel Du Cap Eden Roc

Antibes: This Will Make You Think Twice Before Paying Cash For Your Next Hotel Stay

ASchechter — 2011-12-21T10:44:05-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/61268/100_0757.JPG" class="top">Ah, the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Du+Cap+Eden+Roc/local/519">Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc</a>. Its very name conjures images of sailboats on the French Riviera, pristine terry cloth robes, and <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/5/17/115839/274/hotels/Leonardo_DiCaprio_Rebounds_with_Blake_Lively_at_the_Hotel_du_Cap_Eden_Roc">Leonardo DiCaprio</a> sunning himself by the infinity pool. One thing the idyllic hotel does not usually get associated with is fraud. According to the <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2076572/Riviera-hotel-boss-Jean-Claude-Irondelle-defrauding-taxman.html">Daily Mail</a>, Jean-Claude Irondelle is being accused of "misappropriating" over EUR 740,000 eurosand that's just between 2003-2006. In total, it is unknown how much Irondelle may or may not have slipped into a separate account for himself during his 50-year run. But a big piece of the puzzle lies in the fact that Irondelle frequently accepted payments in cash directly from the big A-listers that stayed the hotel, seeking VIP

BP 29: Leonardo DiCaprio Rebounds with Blake Lively at the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc

Jennifer Kester — 2011-05-17T12:08:00-05:00

While a number of stars are hanging around Hotel Martinez for the Cannes Film Festival, it looks like Leonardo DiCaprio is at Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in the Cap d'Antibes nursing his broken heart.

Luckily, Gossip Girl Blake Lively was there to help DiCaprio, who recently split with longtime model gf Bar Refaeli. The two were spotted walking the hotel's gorgeous grounds together, and they "looked like a couple," the New York Post reported.

Antibes: Karl Lagerfeld Booked the Entire Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in the Name of Chanel

JetSetCD — 2011-05-11T08:57:52-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/HotelduChanel1.jpg" class="top"> If there's one hotel in the world which best encapsulates the Chanel brand, it's the Cote d'Azur's <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Du+Cap+Eden+Roc/local/519">Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc</a>. Fittingly then, Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld booked up the entire historical property for the last several days or more to get his Chanel Resort 2012 collection finalized and presentedusing most of the world's top models of the momentto fashion editors, celebrities and starlets. The hotel itself, which ranks among the most expensive and elite hotels in the world, just emerged from a complete two-year renovation in April, just in time for Karl to properly turn the promenade into a runway and re-introduce the Hotel du Cap to the world. The collection, meanwhile, was all society and

Where Anna Wintour Thinks You Should Be Staying

MsRebecca — 2010-04-16T12:30:40-05:00

Behind on your Vogue reading? We were, too, but after a binge-read session of the fashion bible we now know about all sorts of thousand-dollar purses and platform wedges.

We also have a better idea of where Anna Wintour and her acolytes like to vacation. Forget your standard five-star hotel chains—they simply won't do. Here are three of the latest hotels that got the Vogue stamp of approval. Got your Hermes luggage ready to go?

Antibes: Robert Pattinson Shacks Up at Hotel du Cap Eden Roc

Jenna — 2009-05-21T09:16:58-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/pattinsonducap.jpg" class="top"> Remember when <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/2/13/155942/741/hotels/Hotel_du_Cap_Eden_Roc_We_Want_to_Go_to_There">we saw a photo</a> of <A href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Du+Cap+Eden+Roc/local/519">Hotel du Cap Eden Roc </a>in Antibes, France during the dead of winter where we were a photo of a buff man cleaning the gorgeous pool, that is and we couldn't help but utter a Liz Lemon-esque "we want to go to there" as soon as it came up on our screen? Yes, well: we're certainly glad it didn't close (once upon a time, the place was <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/4/23/12565/9360/hotels/Hotel_Du_Cap_Eden_Roc_To_Close_">in danger of being sold</a> and made into a private spot and everyone was <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/5/16/204558/977/hotels/Cannes_Film_Festival_Opens_Hotel_Du_Cap_Existence_Still_Thought_to_be_Threatened">pretty worried</a> for a while) because, if it had, we would have never gotten the chance to see Robert Pattinson staying there. We're