The Westin Paris – Vendôme

The Westin Paris – Vendôme, at 3 rue de Castiglione on the corner of the rue de Rivoli, facing the Tuileries Garden opened in April 1878 as the Hôtel Continental,[1] It was designed by Charles Garnier's son-in-law Henri Blondel[2] and was intended to be the most luxurious hotel in Paris at the time. It occupied a full block, the former premises of the Ministry of Finance, (burned in 1871) which had been designed by François-Hippolyte Destailleur in 1817, following the Bourbon Restoration.[3] During the first World War the hotel was used as a military hospital by the French.[4] The Hôtel Continental remained the largest hotel in Paris for decades; the Russian Grand Dukes habitually stayed there;[5] at the Liberation of Paris, bedsheets were hung from its windows as cheerful flags of surrender.[6] The hotel was renamed the Inter-Continental Paris in 1969, and then became The Westin Paris in 2005, adding the suffix Vendôme to its name in 2010. The hotel was sold by Singapore-based sovereign wealth fund GIC to London-based Henderson Park Capital in 2017[7] for €550 million.[8] It is set to be renovated at a cost of $350 million by designer Tristan Auer and will become part of Jumeirah Hotels & Resorts in 2022.[9]

Hôtel Continental, on the left, in 1900

A ballroom in The Westin

Share of the L'Hôtel Continental S. A., issued 31. October 1925

The Westin Paris - Vendôme
The hotel in 2005, before it was renamed The Westin
Location within Paris
General information
Location	3, Rue de Castiglione, Paris, France
Coordinates	48°52′15″N 2°19′51″E
Opening	April 1878
Owner	Henderson Park Capital
Management	Westin Hotels
Technical details
Floor count	5
Other information
Number of rooms	440
Number of restaurants	2