Palaces for Paris

Four of The Luxury Travel Bible's favourite Parisian hotels - Hotel Le Bristol, Le Meurice, the Park Hyatt Paris-Vendome and the Plaza Athenee have been named in a select list of just eight official palace hotels in France by the French Government.The moniker of 'palace hotel' is one that many Paris hotels adopted over the years as a self-appointed and unofficial title but last year the government of France decided to make it an official category and laid out specific criteria for five-star properties who wanted the title of 'palace', and called it the "tourism version of the Pulitzer Prize' ". Outside of paris the distinction was also given to the Palais in Biarritz, the Airelles and Cheval Blanc in Courchevel and the Grand Hotel Cap Ferrat. General Manager of the Park Hyatt Paris-Vendome Michel Jauslin said ."We are delighted that Park Hyatt Paris-Vendome.. has been honored as a founding recipient of France's official Distinction Palace rating" .Hotels were judged by a 10-strong panel of personalities from hospitality, architecture and design, literature, film and television, science and business.
 The Luxury Travel Bible is always fond of a palace so we look forward to checking into every one of them. www.hyatt.com