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Paris Hotel Scene:: A New Starck Hotel Arrives in the Form of Mama Shelter

Go To The Hotel's Web Site Where: 109, rue Bagnolet [map], Paris, United States, 75020

October 8, 2008 at 4:40 PM | 0 Comments

The other day, we got a tip from a reader who let us know that there was a new hotel on the scene in Paris called Mama Shelter and it's from Philippe Starck! Here's what this covert tipster wrote us:

designed by philippe Starck and run by the Trigano family (founders of Club Med). just opened a couple of weeks ago

Screeeech. Club Med and Philippe Starck together? Cannot be. But it is!

The hotel is located in the Saint Blaise quartier which is the 20th arrondissement and on the edge of Paris.

The place looks perfect for the young and the edgy and Starck's presence is felt all over, especially in the public spaces. The hotel has a small restaurant, a chic bar and lounge and the requisite Parisien brasserie. With a location near artist studios, the hotel promises guests will feel the spirits of well-known artists like Edith Piaf, Oscar Wilde and Jim Morrison, who was buried in the nearby Pere Lachaise cemetary as was Wilde and Marcel Proust.

The rooms are equally young and edgy, from what we can tell. Think downtown NYC. The good parts, not the tourists bits. Perhaps the best thing about the rooms? All are equipped with iMacs. Much like those at CityInns in the UK, the iMacs function as the televisions as well.

We're not sure what else is in the rooms as the website is not fully fleshed out yet. Still, we'd be willing to take a chance on Mama Shelter. The bestest part so far might be the fact that the hotel rooms start at 79 Euros. Mama, we love you.

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