You know the scene: wandering down the Champs Elysées looking aimlessly for some Christmas presents. Will it be some macarons from Ladurée? Some sparkle from Cartier? A €3 saucisson from the Christmas market? And as you’re mulling them over, you walk past the Hotel de Crillon and spy the perfect present for your hotel-loving friend.

Ladies and gents, may we present, Crillon keyrings. They come in eight charming shades, are shaped like the Eiffel Tower, and have the hotel’s C logo stamped into their supple leather bods. ]]> juliab 2011-12-15T14:30:01-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/9/30/125035/942 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/snootycrillon.JPG" class="imgborder"><p>We've been in Paris for a few days now, mostly meandering about the 7th Arrondissement but the other day, we did all things touristy and headed over to the Louvre. <p>The monstrous Louvre will take you about a week to go through and see everything. Or you can just do the three ladies--the Mona Lisa, the Venus de Milo and the &nbsp;Winged Victory of Samothrace--and you'll be out in less than an hour and a half.<p>If you do that, then you've got some free time so you might be thinking, why not head over to the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+De+Crillon/ian/112507"><b>Hotel de Crillon</b></a> at the Place de la Concorde (just a few blocks walk) and pop in for some tea or juliana 2008-09-30T13:20:54-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/6/16/10334/5185

1 Hotel on the Left, Baccarat on the Right

Atlanta's Buckhead community has had a lot of development lately. It's quickly becoming the Beverly Hills of Atlanta, with luxury developments springing up left and right.

One of the biggest developments is the Streets of Buckhead, which is a mixed-use development made up of luxury apartments, high-end retailers, an office building and three hotels. Two of these hotels are confirmed to be a 1 Hotel & Residences and Baccarat Hotel & Residences, both of which are from Starwood Capital. ]]> AndrewC 2008-06-16T11:30:01-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/6/5/10357/69152 <![CDATA[<p> <p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/8580/crillon_night.jpg" class="imgborder"> <p> So you want free WiFi when you stay in a luxury hotel huh? Good luck! Send us a post card via FedEx overnight instead, it's sooo much cheaper than paying to send an email from your room. Unless you're staying at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hotel+De+Crillon/ian/112507"><b>Hotel de Crillon</b></a> in Paris that is.<p> If you've been following our <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Hotel%20WiFi%20Week%202008">Best &amp; Worst Wi-Fi Hotel Stories</a> from the past few weeks, the overwhelming consensus is any hotel that costs more than $150 a night charges for WiFi, whereas any hotel UNDER $150 usually throws it in for nothing. <p> Hey, those luxury hotels do give you <i>Premium</i> internet access for the $24.95 you pay - it lets you feel AndrewC 2008-06-05T12:02:32-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/2/1/115654/1107 <![CDATA[<p><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/baccarat_hotel.jpg" class="imgborder"/><p>As if we didn't have enough announcements this week with Edition and XP Hotels <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Barry%20Sternlicht">Barry Sternlicht</a>, the former Starwood Hotels exec, has announced that the first of planned <b>Baccarat Hotel Chain</b> will debut in Atlanta, Georgia. <p>Keep in mind Sternlicht is already hard at work on his <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/1%20Hotels">1 Hotels</a> brand and the Crillon brand.<p>Yup, this is about the time when our heads start spinning.<p>Starwood Stalker Andrew Calvo at Passions of Zealot as usual has all the details.<blockquote><p>This Baccarat project will be the first location within the Continental United States and will also include a Baccarat Crystal Boutique - Georgia's first Baccarat location, and America's 12th Baccarat Boutique location. It will contain 100 hotel rooms and 42 juliana 2008-02-01T12:02:36-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/