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. ]]> JetSetCD 2009-08-19T10:13:46-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/8/7/3728/49810 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/nice_hotel.jpg"><p>As we've been saying, all the world is in Southern France right now. Well, ok, so at least all the Parisians that is and the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/06/travel/06check.html?_r=1&amp;ref=travel&amp;oref=slogin">New York Times</a>. The Times recently went to Nice to check out the <a href="http://www.lepalaisdelamediterranee.com/#"><b>Palais de la Mediterran&#233;e</b></a>, an historic hotel who has seen Josephine Baker and other jazz stars, representing an era of retro class. If that weren't enough the Tattingers took over the hotel in recent years--maybe you've heard of their other enterprise, only one of the world's best Champagnes.<p> Nice location in more ways than one, according to the Times reviewer, "this is your top bet in Nice". So what do you get for the best of Nice? For starters, Courtney 2006-08-07T10:18:32-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/