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Blazing Hot Deal on Le Meridien's Flagship Paris Hotel

Where: 81 Boulevard Gouvion Saint-cyr, Paris, France, 75848

Enough with the twee Paris boutique hotels we've been going on about all week! The monumental Le Meridien Etoile, which at 1,025 rooms is a shade bigger than the world's largest J.W. Marriott, has just popped up on Travelzoo 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. These rooms are straight out of Blade Runner, with hard angles, gleaming surfaces and a lobby that reminds us of the space station in 2001.

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Le Méridien Etoile Is 'An Excellent Value' (Unless You Need WiFi)

Where: 81 Boulevard Gouvion Saint-cyr, Paris, France, 75848

Every so often we feature a hotel review from one of our readers that we feel should be shared with the rest of you dear hotel guests. These reviews are highlighted because they are timely, about cool hotels in cool places and are relatively level-headed. Think you can submit one just like this? Send it in.

Reader M. hit up the massive Le Méridien Etoile in Paris for a two-night stay last week — here's his take.

Le Méridien Etoile is one of those rare anomalies in a city of quaint, intimate boutique-style hotels: a giant (1,025 room), 4-star commercial property just steps away from the Palais de Congres, Paris' main convention centre. The hotel itself is over 30 years old, but has recently undergone an extensive interior make-over which is still in progress (but out of view). All of the public areas, meeting space, lobby and restaurants have been completely redone, and about 40% of the guestroom renovations are now complete.

Location
Literally 10 steps across a side street from the Palais de Congres, the street is a wide boulevard (with separate, paved bike lanes!) which never seems very crowded or even noisy. The location is at the centre of Port Maillot, smack in the middle of the 17th arrondisement, with lots of fairly large restaurants very close by. The Air France bus from the airport (€15) stops directly across the street from the hotel, making airport access super convenient.

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