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Where to stay in Paris – Authentic, Original and unique hotels!
Thursday, March 17th, 2011 | Hotel industry, How to ..., Uncategorized, What about our hotels | No Comments
Beside its official Book Inn France Website, Paris Inn is also the editor of the hotel reservation portal Hotels Grand Paris. This destination Website gathers quality independent hotels located in Paris. Thanks to the involvements of several independent hotel owners, people get the opportunity to discover and explore an exclusive selection of authentic, original and unique accommodations on Hotels Grand Paris.
For more than a year now, Hotels Grand Paris meets the expectations of thousand people willing to get the best of their Parisian stay and looking for hotels with personality. A new version of Hotels Grand Paris was released beginning 2011 to provide a more comprehensive overview of the various accommodation and location options in Paris. The website features now a nice “where to stay in Paris?” page with informations about the different districts of Paris. 6 district Web pages were also added with contextual content and hotel list: Hotel Opera Paris, Hotel Champs Elysees Paris, Hotel Saint-Germain Montparnasse, Hotel Louvre Marais, Hotel Gare de Lyon and Hotel Wagram Batignolles.
New authentic, original and unique hotels and evolutions are scheduled for 2011, so do not hesitate to visit Hotels Grand Paris and send us your feed-back!
The Best Western Aux Ducs De Bourgogne certified with “Ecolabel”!
Friday, April 30th, 2010 | Uncategorized, What about our hotels | No Comments
The Best Western hotel Aux Ducs de Bourgogne ***, has always been mindful of the well-fare of its customers, and of the environment. Today, all its team is proud to display the symbol of the Eco-label on its walls, from April 2010.
The “Ducs the Bourgogne” is the first of the 18 hotels of INN Paris Group to obtain the label.
What is that the Eco-label?
Created in 1992, the European Eco-label is the only European eco-label official usable in all EU memr countries. It is awarded in France by the AFNOR an independent certifying body, on the base of a voluntary certification process of products and services.
The Community eco-label is based on the principle of a “comprehensive approach” which takes into account the entire lifecycle of the product, from the extraction of raw materials, manufacturing, distribution, and use up to its recycling or disposal after use”. The quality and use are also taken into account.
What is it?
It distinguishes products or services that are particularly friendly to the environnement. Its criteria ensure suitability for the use of products and a reduction of their environmental impacts during their life cycle. It concerns both the product and its packaging in case of a certification of products.
Born Wild the crocodile at Hotel Opera Diamond
Friday, April 16th, 2010 | What about our hotels | 1 Comment
“Born Wild the crocodile” by Richard ORLINSKI
Could you tell that the Opera Diamond is in the wild? Did you see the crocodiles?
Famous French artist Richard Orlinski made our two crocodiles. Symbols of the savage wild, these crocodiles are not only representations of aggression but also perfection and of course, the accomplishment of a real master piece.
After traveling the world, these crocodiles attracted many people, curious to approach the beast.
The peculiarity of this art is that these crocodiles do not look the same; each onlooker at every angle has a completely different view. For some, they seemed dangerous whereas others can’t wait to pet them.
And you, would you dare to meet them? Would you dare to come to the Hotel Opera Diamond?
The history of the Grand Palais in Paris
Thursday, December 10th, 2009 | About the hotel industry, Paris monuments | No Comments
Located in the 8th district along the Seine, the imposing edifice of the great palace was built for the Universal Exhibition in Paris in 1900. Contrary to popular belief, it is not the work of Gustave Eiffel, but the result of the synthesis of several projects of French architects, all winners of a competition to choose the best design for future building.
Originally, the monument was intended for major arts events in the capital. The rooms devoted to fine arts flourished steadily, reaching their peak in 1936 with the Popular Front. Rather for a middle class, from fashion, this type of assembly was replaced by lounges with technical and technological issues. The grand palace finally lost its original function in 1947. At the dawn of the 60s, the great palace was gradually abandoned in favor of the defense CNIT or exhibition of the Porte de Versailles, more spacious and modern. › Continue reading
Paris Hotel Gare de Lyon is WiFi ready…. For free!
Wednesday, April 1st, 2009 | What about our hotels | No Comments
It is now the turn of the ”Paris Hôtel Gare de Lyon“, two-star establishment run by the group PARIS INN, to be equiped with free secured WiFi access for their guests.
Nowadays, WiFi became totally essential, not only for business customers which move for their work, but also for people who are on hollidays ; Indeed, the hardware required to connect the internet is more and more affordable, and available on a lot of devices : Phones (like iphones or HTCs), portable gaming device (Nintendo DS, Sony PSP), and “Netbooks”, thoses tiny computers which are making a lot of noise this year, because of their attractive price.
