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03/06/2012 - France - Canada

Witnesses report seeing Canadian psycho in Paris and Clichy

French police swooped on a hotel in Bagnolet, just outside Paris, on Saturday after a report that Canadian alleged murderer, Luka Rocco Magnotta, had been spotted there. They are now certain ...

19/10/2011 - France

Paris's Ritz hotel to fire 450+ during renovation

Paris’s world-famous Ritz hotel is set to fire over 450 employees and close for more than two years for renovation.

17/09/2011 - US - France

US Judge allows Strauss-Kahn more time for civil case

A New York judge has given lawyers for Dominique Strauss-Kahn more time to prepare their defence in a civil suit brought by Nafissatou Diallo, the hotel maid who accused the former IMF chief of ...

29/06/2011 - Afghanistan

Twenty killed in Taliban Kabul hotel attack

Twenty people are reported to have been killed after an overnight Taliban attack on a top Kabul hotel.

22/06/2011 - Côte d'Ivoire - France

Kidnapped foreigners killed in Côte d'Ivoire presidential palace

Four foreigners, including two French men, kidnapped during post-electoral violence in Côte d’Ivoire were killed by a police commissioner loyal to outgoing president Laurent Gbagbo in ...

21/01/2011 - France

Paris tourism recovers, despite strikes, ash cloud and crisis

Tourists are flocking back to Paris after two lean years, according to a report by the French capital’s main tourism body.

Paris luxury hotels face threat from newcomers
18/11/2010 - Rendezvous

Paris luxury hotels face threat from newcomers

Paris's established luxury hotels are locked in discreet combat to stave off opposition from four new high-class establishments due to open their doors in the French capital between now and 2012.

05/11/2010 - France

Saudi royals buy Paris's Crillon Hotel

Paris's world-famous Crillon Hotel has been sold to Saudi investors close to the royal family for around 250 million euros, sources close to the sale told the AFP wire service on Friday.

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