2015: Hennessy celebrated its 250th anniversary. Hennessy’s sublimeness resides in a heritage of eight generations that have succeeded one another at the head of this Cognac-based manufacturer through two families: the Hennessys and the Filliouxs, present on five continents. The brand has never ceased to pass down the best of itself. Symbol of the height...
The Beverly Hills Hotel has been illuminating, housing, and enflaming all of Hollywood for over a century. It was imagined like a palace; an oversized architecture of 5,000 m² initiated by Elmer Grey in 1911, with surroundings of tropical gardens and exotic flowers – creations from landscaper Wilbur David Cook… The hotel would soon attract...
Willed by Louis XIV, designed by Mansart and Boffrand, the place Vendôme would soon see an explosion in fashion and luxury houses setting up shop there. At 5 rue de la Paix, there once existed the couture house of Monsieur and Madame Paquin, founded by Jeanne Beckers and Isidore Jacobs who’s immense renown made the...
After a first luxury hotel opened in Dubai in 2010, the Italian couturier is lending his style to the Milanese hospitality industry; 16,500 square meters where luxury, minimalism, and hedonism come together. It’s in Milan’s Golden Triangle, just a hop skip and a jump away from Via della Spiga and Via Montenapoleone that the Armani...
On Friday April 13, 1865, Jean-Jacques Mayer finally inaugurated the Grand Hôtel Beau-Rivage et d’Angleterre, a shining example of the Baroque aesthetics of the day. Perched in the heart of Geneva, with a breathtaking view of the famed water jet, the city’s legendary attraction, the Hôtel Beau-Rivage promises “soft, marvelous” nights in the words of...
Inaugurated in 1929, the Hôtel Martinez de Cannes still resonates with the sounds of jazz and the merriment of the Roaring 20s. Built in an Art Deco style, the imposing building was inducted into the general inventory of cultural patrimony in 2001. The hotel has participated in the fairytale of the Cannes Film Festival right...
Numerous are the names given to this duck-based recipe presented in two parts. This specialty of Normandy is whipped up according to strict rules that must be respected in order to earn its name, a process followed to a T at Quai de la Tournelle. The duck must first be suffocated, cooked bloody, with the...
It’s considered a gem. The exterior is thought up like an “ocean liner” on stilts. An hommage to the five points of modern architecture put forth by Le Corbusier, the view is omnipresent. A flat roof, white and blue chromatic variations, awnings made of tarpaulin, shaped out of reenforced concrete… Eileen Gray reinvented the seaside...
The hotel was originally located at 223 rue du Saint Honoré. Initially excelling in responding to the practical needs of travelers from the British coastal regions, Le Meurice soon began to attract princes, princesses, sovereigns, artists, and writers that primarily enjoyed its environment that brought to mind all the splendor of Versailles, Fontainebleau, or Le...
August 1, 2012, was the day that the sumptuous Ritz Hotel closed its doors. With a desire to earn the pedigree of a true luxury hotel, Mohammed al-Fayed decided to organize a large overhaul all while conserving the Parisian refinement and art de vivre that César Ritz debuted in 1898. Despite a fire having destroyed an...
