Entrance to Le Meurice in Paris, an official Palace hotel

In the French hotel industry, the term palace is particularly reserved for certain establishments, in a strict sense, specifically being used to describe a luxury hotel. Since 2010, the title has been officially designated by Atout France as a grade classification of certain French hotels, around half of which are located in Paris.[1] It is exclusively awarded to five-star hotels offering the highest level of service to their customers. At the end of August 2017, only 31 hotels out of 343 have been admitted to this category.

The term is used sometimes by other French hotels (at least in their commercial name; for example, the former Élysée Palace hotel in Paris) that do not yet meet the criteria defined by law.

List of French official Palace hotels

Classification in 2018
Name Labelization Location Inauguration Michelin star restaurant[notes 1]
Le MeuriceMay 2011Paris (1st)1835
Hôtel du PalaisMay 2011Biarritz1893
Grand Hôtel du Cap-FerratMay 2011Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat1908
Plaza AthénéeMay 2011Paris (8th)1913
Le BristolMay 2011Paris (8th)1925 +
Les AirellesMay 2011Courchevel1992
Park Hyatt Paris-VendômeMay 2011Paris (2nd)2002
Cheval Blanc CourchevelMay 2011Courchevel2006
Four Seasons Hotel George VSeptember 2011Paris (8th)1928 + +
Hôtel ByblosJune 2012[2]Saint-Tropez1967
Hôtel Château de la MessardièreJune 2012[2]Saint-Tropez1992
Hôtel La RéserveJune 2012[2]Ramatuelle2003[notes 2]
Royal MonceauJune 2013[3]Paris (8th)1928 +
Shangri-La ParisJuly 2014Paris (16th)2010 +
Le K2July 2014Courchevel2011
Mandarin Oriental, ParisJuly 2014Paris (1st)2011
Hôtel du Cap-Eden-RocJuly 2016Antibes1870
Cheval Blanc St-BarthJuly 2016Saint-Barthélemy1991
The Peninsula ParisJuly 2016Paris (16th)2014
La Réserve Paris Hotel and SpaNovember 2016Paris (8th)2015
Hôtel Royal EvianNovember 2016Evian-les-Bains1909
La Bastide de GordesNovember 2016Gordes2008
Les Sources de CaudalieNovember 2016Martillac1961
Les Prés d'EugénieJuly 2017Eugénie-les-Bains1961
Hôtel de CrillonSeptember 2018[4]Paris (8th)1909
Hôtel LutetiaOctober 2019[5]Paris (6th)1910
Cheval Blanc St-TropezOctober 2019[5]St-Tropez1936

Notes

  1. ↑ Some hotels have two or more restaurants, each having their own Michelin star(s).
  2. ↑ Although the buildings were first constructed in the 1970s, the establishment had been abandoned before Michel Reybier acquired it in 1997. Reybier reopened in 2003 as 12 villas with 51 rooms. Finally, under the leadership of the architect Jean-Michel Wilmotte, now a member of the juries, the establishment was transformed in 2009 into a luxury hotel, with only 7 rooms and 16 suites. Therefore, there is no continuity between the two managements.

References

  1. ↑ "La Distinction Palace". Atout France. 24 October 2014. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
  2. 1 2 3 Challenges, ed. (28 June 2012). "La France compte trois nouveaux palaces, tous en Côte d'Azur". challenges.fr. Luxe. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
  3. ↑ "Le Royal Monceau – Raffles Paris reçoit la distinction "Palace" | ATOUT FRANCE". www.atout-france.fr. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  4. ↑ "L'Hôtel de Crillon estampillé Palace". Capital.fr. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
  5. 1 2 "Atout France Awards Palace Distinction to Six New Hotels". 4 November 2019.
  • Sous la direction d'Alain Rey, Dictionnaire historique de la langue française deuxième édition, tome II F-PR, Dictionnaires le Robert, Paris 1998, 4.302 p. ISBN 978-2-84902-249-8 ainsi que Centre National de Ressources Textuelles et Lexicales, Dictionnaire le Trésor
  • Le guide Michelin rouge France, Monaco et Andorre 2012, Michelin, Clermont-Ferrand 2012. ISBN 978-2-06-716973-9
  • Léon-Paul Fargue, Le Piéton de Paris, Gallimard, Paris 1938
  • Rapport sur la création d'une catégorie « Palaces » parmi les établissements cinq étoiles du nouveau classement hôtelier, de François Delahaye et Pierre Ferchaud, avec la participation d'Alain Simon, septembre 2010
  • Marc Boyer, Histoire générale du tourisme du XVIe au XXIe siècle, Éditions l'Harmattan, Paris 2005. ISBN 978-2-7475-8432-6 extrait

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