HotelChatter - Tag: Hotel Reopenings

Paris: The Hotel Ferrandi Is Dead, Long Live The, Um, 'BJ 2010'

juliab — 2009-11-06T12:38:33-05:00

Well here’s a way of getting our attention. The Hotel Ferrandi in Paris has closed for a rebuild, but lest you forget about it and fall for one of the establishments offering crazy deals all over the place, it’s making a bid for your attention by renaming the new hotel, BJ 2010.

Ok, it’s a codename for the rebuild project rather than a permanent moniker (at least, we sincerely hope), but still. The hotel’s blog says:

It’s our way of hiding the identity of the character who will be giving the hotel its new theme.

Er, whatever. We say it’s their way of getting our attention – and it’s worked.

London: The Savoy Will Finally Reopen In April Or May Next Year

juliab — 2009-11-04T14:19:22-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/savoyFD.jpg" class="top"> If it seems like years since <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Savoy%2C+A+Fairmont+Hotel/ian/172847">The Savoy</a> closed its doors for its £100m restoration, thats because it, um, is. It closed in December 2007, and was supposed to reopen <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/12/17/14155/151/hotels/The_Savoy_London_Closes_Its_Doors_For_a_Facelift">16 months later</a>, but of course, 16 months in hotel speak is double the length of normal human time. But, hallelujah, it looks like were coming to the end of the process - <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Fairmont%20Hotels">Fairmont</a> just announced that they expect it to reopen in Spring 2010. And when we quizzed them what counts as spring, they said April or May. Heres hoping! Were not sure whats taken all the time up, but theyre adding a new two-bedroom Royal Suite, "remodeling" the River Restaurant, "relaunching" the

Anse Marcel: Domain de Lonvilliers to Reopen December 1

amandak — 2009-10-30T09:09:19-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/View_Near_Domaine_de_Lonvilliers.jpg" class="top"> The <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Le+Domaine+De+Lonvilliers/ian/241394">Domaine de Lonvilliers</a> is getting a flash re-opening with a seriously flash restaurant. This 145-room resort is on the French side of St Martin and boasts of having both European stylishness and a laidback Caribbean nature we're not sure if it's possible, but it sure sounds like a beautiful combination.The new Domaine de Lonvilliers will include a restaurant from chef Christophe Leroy, who has already set up his famed "La Table du Marche" restaurants in other resorts in the Caribbean and beyond. That means the food should be pretty darn good.The reopening is scheduled for December 1 and they've got some special rates from then until March 31, 2010, starting from $250 per night

Cannes: Back to Hollywood Basics at Palais Stephanie in Cannes

juliab — 2009-10-09T09:28:34-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/21888/stephanie.jpg" class="top">If your hotels in Cannes, you have to spend a lot of moolah to keep up with the crowd. Which is why the Palais Stephanie has just shelled out 38 million renovating and reinventing itself and now its ready for its close up. The hotel sits on the fancy Croisette boulevard, on the original site of the Palais des Congres AKA where the first Cannes film festivals took place. Thanks to the refurb, its looking pretty sleek modern design in the 261 rooms, lots of butter, greige and chocolate colours, hand stitched leather accents and glam black and white pictures of classic film stars. The room photos also shows that the hotel's into technology too

Durban: Durban's Oyster Box Hotel Opens Again, Better Than Ever

amandak — 2009-10-08T15:33:56-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Oyster_Box_Suite.jpg" class="top"> We've been waiting for the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/9/30/211647/179/hotels/Raw_or_Rockefeller_Durban_s_Oyster_Box_Will_Pair_Well_with_Champagne">big renovation</a> of Durban's iconic <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Oyster+Box/local/1353">Oyster Box Hotel</a> to get finished up in South Africa and now the wait is over. Last week the new Oyster Box was unveiled with an 800-guest party including all the local celebrities, with at least one prince and one king along for the fun.The Oyster Box is often described as an "architectural treasure" of Durban, so the new owners (the Red Carnation group) have been careful to leave all the good historic bits of the place intact. That includes murals, paintings and antique furnishings, and to complement all that they use natural timber and stone features in a lot of the décor