HotelChatter - Tag: Paris Hotel Scene

Paris: Blazing Hot Deal on Le Meridien's Flagship Paris Hotel

pbb — 2011-02-04T15:00:59-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/4912/meridienetoile.jpg" class="top"> Enough with <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/2/3/82826/66159/hotels/Get_Intimate_In_Montmartre_at_the_Hotel_Particulier">the twee Paris boutique hotels</a> we've been going on about <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Paris%20Hotel%20Scene">all week</a>! The monumental <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Le+Meridien+Etoile/local/2198">Le Meridien Etoile</a>, which at 1,025 rooms is a shade bigger than <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/2/4/9629/76329/hotels/World_s_Largest_J_W_Marriott_Opens_in_Indianapolis_But_It_s_Already_Sold_Out_for_Super_Bowl_">the world's largest J.W. Marriott</a>, has just <a href="http://www.travelzoo.com/hotels/international/969240/">popped up on Travelzoo</a> with a remarkably low rate for a four-star Parisian property: 102 ($139) a night. That's more than 50 percent off the usual 299 rates. You also get a 10 percent discount at famed department store Galeries Lafayette. But don't let the low, low rate make you think this is a fusty old convention center bore. <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/5/4/9171/95245/hotels/Le_M_ridien_Etoile_Is_An_Excellent_Value_Unless_You_Need_WiFi_">These rooms are straight out of Blade Runner</a>, with hard angles, gleaming surfaces and a lobby that

Paris: Get Intimate In Montmartre at the Hotel Particulier

pbb — 2011-02-03T11:00:42-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/4912/ParticulierSuite.jpg" class="top"> What is it about tiny Parisian boutique hotels? Oh, right, the privacy, charm, comfort, and living-like-a-local vibe. (Not to mention that you often get good rates, free breakfast and free wifi, too.) But now yet another property is on our radar, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/2/1/73346/83882/hotels/Looking_For_a_Cheap_Room_in_Paris_This_Might_Do_The_Trick">after Tuesday's round up</a>, thanks to GQ which <a href="http://www.gq.com/style/blogs/the-gq-eye/2011/02/a-particular-hotel.html">calls out</a> the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Particulier+Montmarte/local/681">Hotel Particulier Montmartre</a>, just a couple blocks from ever-so-wonderful rue des Abbesses and a short walk from Sacré-Coeur basilicain other words, off the beaten tourist trail but a short walk to the tourist sights. The theme runs through the hotel, too, owner Morgane Rousseau tells GQ:<blockquote>I had a French star recently who stayed here for two months. He lived in Paris, but

Paris: Looking For a Cheap Room in Paris? This Might Do The Trick

pbb — 2011-02-01T11:36:25-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/4912/ARoominParis.jpg" class="top"> Seems the literary-minded <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Le+Pavillon+Des+Lettres/local/4756">Le Pavillon de Lettres</a> isn't the only small hotel <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/1/31/5126/10241/hotels/Inside_Paris_Le_Pavillon_des_Lettres">making a splash</a> on the Paris hotel scene. In this month's issue of <a href="http://budgettravel.com/feature/secret-hotels-of-paris,4286/">Budget Travel magazine</a>, there's a roundup of six stays that actually deserve the boutique title. And they mean boutique - the biggest is the 39-room <a href="http://www.hotelparispaix.com/">Hotel de la Paix</a>, a renovated 19th-century guest house in the 14th arrondissement. But having just spent a long weekend in the 9th, we're most fired up about BT's recommendation of <a href='http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel/local/4806'>A Room In Paris</a>, a five-chambre spot near the Gare du Nord, and thus conveniently located for guests parachuting in from London or the train from Charles de Gaulle for short

Paris: Inside Paris' Le Pavillon des Lettres

pbb — 2011-01-31T12:01:16-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/4912/PavillonSalon.jpg" class="top"> We knew <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/11/23/798/14656/hotels/Finish_That_Book_You_ve_Been_Meaning_to_Write_at_Le_Pavillon_Des_Lettres_in_Paris">the doors are open</a> and les iPads were on offer at <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Le+Pavillon+Des+Lettres/local/4756">Le Pavillon des Lettres</a>, but it took a trip to Paris to finally check out the 26 rooms at this literary-themed boutique a short skip from the Champs Élysées. First impressions? C'est bon! <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/6/22/11315/1937/hotels/The_Pavillon_des_Lettres_Opens_in_Paris_This_September_With_Le_iPads_">As we've reported</a>, designer Didier Benderli, who did <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/6/17/8136/38114/hotels/The_Pavillion_De_La_Reine_is_Like_Your_Rich_Parisian_Auntie_s_House">Pavillon de la Reine</a> in the Third, masterminded the upgrade here, with custom furniture, '50s-inspired accents and sumptuous materials throughout. And the most obvious design feature: Each of the rooms is named for an author, with quotations hand-painted on the walls and a copy of the text from which they're drawn on the bedside table. (Fear not, digerati: these

Paris: The Plaza Athénée's Eiffel Suite Goes Pink

Jenna — 2009-03-27T13:41:45-05:00

When you stay in Paris, you'd best do Paris up right. If you're going to go, you should go all the way — live out all your Carrie Bradshaw-esque fantasies and just treat yourself to all the luxuries that a princess (or prince) such as yourself deserves.

And now you've got a new option for royal digs: the Eiffel Suite at Hotel Plaza Ath�n�e. The property (yes, where the final two eppies of the Sex and the City series were filmed) just put the final touches on a newly revamped suite (complete with a connecting Superior Guestroom), and the space comes in around 300 square-meters, "dripping with costly fabrics, luscious colors and magnificent floor-to-ceiling views."