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The Royal Monceau Hotel:: A Hot Potato Passed Around Luxury Hotels

Where: 37 Avenue Hoche, Paris, France, 75008

Thanks to a tipster who wants to remain anonymous, thus we are calling him E.T., there is some drama going down at the Royal Monceau Hotel in Paris that involves a game of hot potato with a bunch of luxury chains. Last we heard of the hotel, they were booting out guests. Here in E.T.'s very own words is a description of what else is going down.

Seems the Royal Monceau saga is not finished yet - I had heard the rumor before, but now it is official: from 2008 onwards, it will be Raffles Royal Monceau. A press release is on the Raffles website. It also talks at length about the 'rebirth' of the Royal Monceau and how it is scheduled for renovation in 2008. Wait, didn't it renovate already at the time that Mandarin Oriental was planning on integrating this property in their portfolio?

MORE drama after the jump.

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