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Hotels
Alpine palace Le Cheval Blanc gets 8 new luxury suites
The luxurious hotel Le Cheval Blanc at ski resort Courchevel is adding eight new suites this winter, all decorated by interior designer Sybille de Margerie.
Hotels
Ritz Paris to close doors for two years
Paris's Hotel Ritz, famed for generations as the city's highest-profile luxury hotel will close for two years for an "unprecedented" renovation.
Luxury Properties
Colosseum palace up for sale in Rome
A Renaissance palace grafted onto the top of an ancient Roman theatre is up for sale in Rome for €32 million ($42 million).
Its asking price is thought to make it the most expensive property currently...
Luxury Properties
Queen to rent out palace during London Olympics
Queen Elizabeth II has given her approval to rent out state apartments at St. James’s Palace as party venues during the 2012 London Olympics.
Companies with long-standing ties to the royal family that hold royal...
Hotels
Mandarin Oriental opens in Paris
The Mandarin Oriental opened its doors in Paris on Tuesday, becoming the third top-end Asian hotel brand in less than a year to put out its shingle and woo rich visitors to the French...
Hotels
Paris’s ‘palace’ hotels – the winners and losers
The French government announced the eight recipients of its new 'palace' hotel rating May 5, dealing a blow to some of Paris's most famous hotels.
The 'palace' rating is an official designation above five stars...
Luxury Properties
Vladimir Putin’s 1 billion dollar Palace
RuLeaks, a Russian WikiLeaks type site has posted photos of a lavish mansion alleged to be Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's estate on the Black Sea.
The existence of the "Putin palace" on the Black Sea...
Hotels
France’s Versailles palace to host luxury hotel
The Palace of Versailles is to transform one of its satellite buildings into a luxury hotel, paving the way for a series of French projects aimed at exploiting the economic potential of listed buildings...
