OK, if it weren’t already obvious that we should be taking a winter jaunt to Paris, here we have yet another Paris hotel package deal that sounds, well, délicieuse. And that's not because of its sexy hotel name.

This time the package revolves around something we find it very hard to resist: French wine. This month is all about Beaujolais Nouveau. And even though it’s the time when your local wine store starts accepting its shipments of Beaujolais, surely a glass or three of the stuff would taste better in the mother land. That’s what Hilton is banking on with its new Wine Lovers package.

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. ]]> juliab 2009-11-06T12:38:33-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/4/12356/1698 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/ritzparisdeal.jpg" class="top"><p> It used to be something of a tradition for Londoners to hop on the Eurostar for a quicky weekend in Paris &#150; especially when it came to winter romance. But it obviously isn&#146;t going so well at the moment, thanks to the insanely strong euro: Eurostar is currently bombarding London with ads, and Parisian hotels seeing to be flinging out special offers by the day. <p>Anyway, if you can bear the dreadful exchange rate, there are deals to be had. This week the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Leading%20Hotels%20of%20the%20World"><b>Leading Hotels of the World</b></a> group have jumped on the bandwagon, offering up to 30% off &#150; which, when you&#146;re talking hotels like the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Ritz+Paris/ian/109294"><b>Ritz</b></a> or the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+De+Crillon/ian/112507"><b>Crillon</b></a>, is a pretty juliab 2009-11-04T12:19:14-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/10/28/22183/644 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/atheneesuitetterrace.jpg" class="top"><p> <i><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/10/1/125844/812/hotels/Soak_and_Stare_at_The_Eiffel_Tower_from_Plaza_Athenee">The Terrace Eiffel Suites</a> at The Plaza Athenée.</i><p>Nothing <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/lindsay lohan"><b>Lindsay Lohan</b></a> ever tweets about really makes sense, except when she's trying to promote her 6126 leggings line, her Sevin Nyne spray tan lotion and her work for the fashion house of Emanuel Ungaro and even those tweets aren't all that well-crafted. The same goes for her tweets about hotels too. The other day she <a href="http://twitter.com/lindsaylohan/status/5218850962">tweeted</a>:<blockquote><p>I love Emanuel Ungaro and I miss Paris and <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Plaza+Athenee/ian/108765"><b>the Plaza Athenée</b></a></blockquote></p><p>This was followed by a <a href="http://pic.gd/203d40">picture link</a> which we eagerly clicked because we thought it would be a pic of her room at the luxury hotel but alas, it was just a pic of her attempting to juliana 2009-10-30T16:08:58-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/10/28/91033/971 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/21888/jules.jpg" class="top"><p> Oh look, something&#146;s trying to tell us to go to Paris. <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/10/27/122136/06/hotels/French_Hotels_Claim_They_ll_Cure_Your_Winter_Blahs_">Yesterday</a> we had the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Bel+Ami/ian/109085"><b>Hotel Bel Ami</b></a> and the <b>Edouard 7</b> offering us money off and fixed dollar rates to come on over; today it&#146;s the turn of the recently renovated, nifty-looking <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+Jules/ian/256628"><b>Hotel Jules</b></a>. <p>Stay one or two nights from now until December 29, and they&#146;ll not only knock 20% off the price &#150; making rooms start from &#128;160 ($237/£145) weekends and &#128;172 ($254/£156) on weekdays - but throw in a buffet breakfast for free. Want to stay an extra night? They&#146;ll give it you for &#128;130 ($192/£118) on a weekend, or &#128;144 ($213/£130) on a weekday. Just look for the <b>SMART rate</b> juliab 2009-10-28T12:29:25-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/