Four Seasons Hotel George V

Four Seasons Hotel George V
General information
Location 31, avenue George V, Paris, France.
Opening 1928
Owner Kingdom Holding Company
Management Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts
Other information
Number of rooms 244 from USD $1,272 per night.
Number of suites 59 from USD $2,382 per night.
Website
www.fourseasons.com/paris/

Four Seasons Hotel George V is a luxury hotel on avenue George V in the 8th arrondissement of Paris.

History

The hotel was commissioned by American businessman and architect Joel Hillman in the late twenties. It was built in 1928 by André Terrail and Georges Wybo for a budget of 31 million dollars, or 60 million Francs. The latter are well known, the first being a restaurant owner of La Tour d'Argent, the newly built hotel at 31 Avenue George V facing his mansion. The second is the architect of the Casino de Deauville and the reconstruction of the Printemps Haussmann following the fire of 1921. Its exterior appearance is the style of the 1930s, nine floors of great sobriety.

The startup of the hotel saw a large proportion of American customers (more than two thirds1), descended from Transatlantic steamers. Offices are located in Cherbourg to receive customers as soon as their arrival.

Joel Hillman was forced to yield the George V after the Black Thursday of October 24, 1929 to a banking group. It was bought in 1931 by the banker François Dupré and a new wing was built by the original architects, for apartments rented year-round or season, enjoying the services of the hotel. The latter brought to the hotel many objects of art such as tapestries from Flanders, Boulle furniture, a Renoir and a Dufy.

It is considered one of the most prestigious hotels in Paris and even one of the most luxurious in the world. It has won several awards given by Condé Nast Traveler magazine .

Four Seasons Hotel George V is now part of the Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts chain of the Kingdom Holding Company (Prince Al-Walid Ben Talal's investment company ben Abdelaziz Al Saoud of Saudi Arabia to 45%, Bill Gates at 45% and the founder Isador Sharp at 10%). Since 13 September 2011, Four Seasons Hotel George V has joined the other eight palaces of France3.

In 2017, the Saudi billionaire prince Al-Walid Ben Talal, owner of the hotel, is detained in Saudi Arabia in a gilded prison (five-star Saudi hotel) for corruption.

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    Coordinates: 48°52′8.10″N 2°18′2.11″E / 48.8689167°N 2.3005861°E / 48.8689167; 2.3005861

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