Re: 6 top Paris hotels fined on price fixing

On 30/11/05 3:42, in article 854qo1tfhm0326r07lpslgs8k7enafucsq@xxxxxxx,
"irwell" <hook@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 21:42:50 +0100, Earl Evleth <evleth@xxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> On 29/11/05 21:06, in article 6058d$438cb4b6$c3a2da3b$6927@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
>> "Michael" <nswritie@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Can't help wondering what the situation in Cannes, Nice and Deauville is.
>>
>>
>> Paris is unique in having 6 very high level hotels. In Nice the best
>> known one is the Negresco. In Cannes there are three but I could
>> not name them. Monte Carlo has the Hotel de Paris. There are others
>> but the one's that come to mind are a bit special, like the Ritz
>> in Paris.
>>
>> I have never stayed in any of these. My wife had a client once
>> staying at the Ritz, in fact, the fees she charged that client
>> for considerable research work did not exceed a night's stay in the hotel!
>> They have people in the lobby who somehow know who does and does not
>> belong there. They will stop and ask you want, politely, when you come
>> in a look out of place. It is another world.
>
> You can get away with ordering an omelette in the restaurants
> of most of the Grand Hotels. They still give the same high class
> service with all the incidentals, the bill is higher than you would
> see at the local bar, but the experience maybe worth it.
> Tried at the Grande Bretagne in Athens, The Savoy in London,
> The Carlton in Cannes. Next time in Paris may try the Ritz or
> The Lutetia.

`
Curiously, we have lived in the neighbor close to the Lutetia.
I have been inside once, over 20 years ago when my niece stayed
there. At that time I did not think her room particularly nice
and a bit small. The "a bit small" is not unusual with
Parisian hotel rooms but for a highly rated hotel it does
not appear correct. The Ritz is a bit higher on the scale
of hotels than the Lutetia. The latter`s restaurant and
brasserie are easily accessible to clients coming from
the exterior. The client I mentioned above was in
one of the Ritz' suites, which are considerable more
expensive than a mere room. It was her husband who had
the money, ran a specialty shop chain in American malls.
And definitely "new rich".

.

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