Hôtel Barrière Le Fouquet's
Hôtel Barrière Le Fouquet's Paris | |
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Former names | Hôtel Fouquet's Barrière |
General information | |
Type | Hotel |
Architectural style | Haussmannian |
Address | 46 Avenue George V |
Town or city | Paris |
Country | France |
Coordinates | 48°52′17″N 2°18′5″E / 48.87139°N 2.30139°ECoordinates: 48°52′17″N 2°18′5″E / 48.87139°N 2.30139°E |
Opened | 6 November 2006 |
Inaugurated | 25 October 2006 |
Renovated | 2017 |
Owner | Groupe Lucien Barrière |
Design and construction | |
Architect | Édouard François |
Other designers | Jacques Garcia |
Website | |
Official website |
Hôtel Barrière Le Fouquet's Paris is a 5-star hotel located at 46 Avenue George V in Paris, France. The hotel, owned by the French hospitality and casino group Barrière,[1][2] opened on 6 November 2006 and is a member of The Leading Hotels of the World.[3]
The restaurant Fouquet's, known for its red awnings on the Champs-Élysées, is part of the venue. The hotel received its fifth star on 11 June 2009, and it won the category of "Europe's Leading City Hotel" at the in 2013.[4]
History[]
In the 1990s, the Barrière family purchases the restaurant Fouquet's, along with seven buildings surrounding it, to open the first hotel of the group in the French capital city a few years later, in 2006. The hotel was developed with the collaboration of the architect Édouard François and designer Jacques Garcia.
In 2017, the hotel closed for a few months for a renovation programme. It reopened on 1 July 2017.
Restaurants and bars[]
The venue includes 2 restaurants and 3 bars:
- Fouquet's restaurant, the legendary brasserie since 1899, located at 99 Avenue des Champs-Élysées
- Le Joy restaurant, located at 46 Avenue George V, opening onto the inner garden of the hotel
- L'Escadrille bar
- Le Marta bar, which also extends on a rooftop during summertime
- Le Joy bar
Literature[]
The first restaurant of the establishment, which was called "The Diana" in tribute to , with Jean-Yves Leuranguer and Christophe Schmitt as chefs and Claude Ducruzet as pastry chef, is mentioned in Hallier, L'Edernel jeune homme (Hallier, the Edernel young man) published in 2016.[5]
References[]
- ^ Kapferer, Jean-Noël; Bastien, Vincent (3 December 2008). The Luxury Strategy: Break the Rules of Marketing to Build Luxury Brand. Kogan Page Publishers. p. 168. ISBN 978-0-7494-5601-6. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
- ^ Rodwell, Edward (2009). Quintessentially Pure. Quintessentially Publishing. p. 35. ISBN 978-0-9558270-4-4. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
- ^ "Hôtel Barrière Le Fouquet's Paris - Paris, France : The Leading Hotels of the World". www.lhw.com. Retrieved 2019-07-26.
- ^ Winners 2013 — World Travel Awards
- ^ Hallier, L'Edernel jeune homme, Jean-Pierre Thiollet, Neva Editions, 2016, p. 45-52. ISBN 978 2 35055 217 0
- The Leading Hotels of the World
- Hotels in Paris
- Buildings and structures in the 8th arrondissement of Paris
- Hotels established in 2006