Royal Monceau
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The Royal Monceau Hotel is a luxury hotel located at 37 avenue Hoche, 8th arrondissement, Paris
, France
. The hotel has 203 rooms and 45 suites that have been recently refurbished. Two of its restaurants have a Michelin star: "Le Jardin" serves international and Provencale cuisine and "Il Carpaccio" serves Italian cuisine.
Notable guests have included Dwight David Eisenhower, Winston Churchill
, Robert de Niro
, Charles Aznavour
, Michel Polnareff
, Madonna
, and Michael Jackson
.
From 2008 it has been managed by the Raffles Group.
The hotel was originally designed by architect Louis Duhayon, and opened in 1928. From its opening it became the meeting point of many artists and celebrities, such as Maurice Chevalier, Walt Disney, Coco Chanel, Hemingway, Joséphine Baker, Joseph Kessel and also contemporary “stars” such as Michel Polnareff et Robert de Niro.
In 1947, Ho Chi Minh
stayed there for seven weeks during the Fontainebleau conference that established the new relationship between France and Vietnam
. In May 1948 the negotiations that led to the signature of the Israeli Declaration of Independence by David Ben Gourion and Golda Meir took place in its lounges.
Le Royal Monceau was founded by Pierre Bermond and André Junot who at the time owned 30% of French luxury hotels like the Miramar in Cannes and Biarritz, the Carlton in Paris, the hotels in Evian and the California in Paris.
In 1978, Doctor Osmane Aïdi, then owner of the building, created Le Royal Monceau Group that comprised Le Royal Monceau, the Hôtel Vernet in Paris, The Elysée Palace in Nice, the Hôtel Miramar Crouesty in Brittany and L’Ours Blanc in l’Alpe d’Huez.
In 2007 French businessman Alexandre Allard put an end to the litigation between the shareholders of Le Royal Monceau and Qatari Diar became the new owner of the place after buying it out for the price of 250 million euros.
In June 2008, the entire furniture of the hotel was put up for auction. This auction sale, carried out by Cornette de Saint-Cyr, yielded 3,3 million euros. On June 26, 2008, A “Demolition Party” was organized in order to celebrate the beginning of the construction work ; 1500 people turned up and, led all along by construction workers, watched live performances by various artists (fluorescent wood installation in the lobby, screening of a movie directed by Jean-Baptiste Mondino, live production of a short movie directed by Olivier Dahan, gigs…)
The significant renovation works started the very next day under the leadership of the renowned French designer, Philippe Starck
. The extensive works were finished in the autumn of 2010, and the hotel re-opened on October 18, 2010. The luxury hotel now includes 149 bedrooms - instead of 260 - of which 61 suites and 3 prestige apartments (located in the attached building, 41 avenue Hoche, now part of the luxury hotel), a 1500 square meters spa with a 26 meters long pool. There will also be an exhibition hall, an art library and a movie theater.
Asian resort company Raffles is handling the management of the hotel and Sylvain Ercoli, who has been previously in charge of several luxury hotels such as the Ritz, the George V, the Saint-Géran (in Mauritius), the Byblos in Saint-Tropez and the Crillon for two years, is the managing director.
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. The hotel has 203 rooms and 45 suites that have been recently refurbished. Two of its restaurants have a Michelin star: "Le Jardin" serves international and Provencale cuisine and "Il Carpaccio" serves Italian cuisine.
Notable guests have included Dwight David Eisenhower, Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, was a predominantly Conservative British politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the century and served as Prime Minister twice...
, Robert de Niro
Robert De Niro
Robert De Niro, Jr. is an American actor, director and producer. His first major film roles were in Bang the Drum Slowly and Mean Streets, both in 1973...
, Charles Aznavour
Charles Aznavour
Charles Aznavour, OC is an Armenian-French singer, songwriter, actor, public activist and diplomat. Besides being one of France's most popular and enduring singers, he is also one of the best-known singers in the world...
, Michel Polnareff
Michel Polnareff
Michel Polnareff, born in Nérac on 3 July 1944, is a French singer-songwriter who was very popular from the mid-1960s until the early 1980s...
, Madonna
Madonna (entertainer)
Madonna is an American singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan, she moved to New York City in 1977 to pursue a career in modern dance. After performing in the music groups Breakfast Club and Emmy, she released her debut album in 1983...
, and Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records...
.
From 2008 it has been managed by the Raffles Group.
The hotel was originally designed by architect Louis Duhayon, and opened in 1928. From its opening it became the meeting point of many artists and celebrities, such as Maurice Chevalier, Walt Disney, Coco Chanel, Hemingway, Joséphine Baker, Joseph Kessel and also contemporary “stars” such as Michel Polnareff et Robert de Niro.
In 1947, Ho Chi Minh
Ho Chi Minh
Hồ Chí Minh , born Nguyễn Sinh Cung and also known as Nguyễn Ái Quốc, was a Vietnamese Marxist-Leninist revolutionary leader who was prime minister and president of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam...
stayed there for seven weeks during the Fontainebleau conference that established the new relationship between France and Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
. In May 1948 the negotiations that led to the signature of the Israeli Declaration of Independence by David Ben Gourion and Golda Meir took place in its lounges.
Le Royal Monceau was founded by Pierre Bermond and André Junot who at the time owned 30% of French luxury hotels like the Miramar in Cannes and Biarritz, the Carlton in Paris, the hotels in Evian and the California in Paris.
In 1978, Doctor Osmane Aïdi, then owner of the building, created Le Royal Monceau Group that comprised Le Royal Monceau, the Hôtel Vernet in Paris, The Elysée Palace in Nice, the Hôtel Miramar Crouesty in Brittany and L’Ours Blanc in l’Alpe d’Huez.
In 2007 French businessman Alexandre Allard put an end to the litigation between the shareholders of Le Royal Monceau and Qatari Diar became the new owner of the place after buying it out for the price of 250 million euros.
In June 2008, the entire furniture of the hotel was put up for auction. This auction sale, carried out by Cornette de Saint-Cyr, yielded 3,3 million euros. On June 26, 2008, A “Demolition Party” was organized in order to celebrate the beginning of the construction work ; 1500 people turned up and, led all along by construction workers, watched live performances by various artists (fluorescent wood installation in the lobby, screening of a movie directed by Jean-Baptiste Mondino, live production of a short movie directed by Olivier Dahan, gigs…)
The significant renovation works started the very next day under the leadership of the renowned French designer, Philippe Starck
Philippe Starck
Philippe Patrick Starck is a French product designer and probably the best known designer in the New Design style...
. The extensive works were finished in the autumn of 2010, and the hotel re-opened on October 18, 2010. The luxury hotel now includes 149 bedrooms - instead of 260 - of which 61 suites and 3 prestige apartments (located in the attached building, 41 avenue Hoche, now part of the luxury hotel), a 1500 square meters spa with a 26 meters long pool. There will also be an exhibition hall, an art library and a movie theater.
Asian resort company Raffles is handling the management of the hotel and Sylvain Ercoli, who has been previously in charge of several luxury hotels such as the Ritz, the George V, the Saint-Géran (in Mauritius), the Byblos in Saint-Tropez and the Crillon for two years, is the managing director.