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Brilliant young woman and passionate interior architect, Valérie Manoïl designed the décor of the Elysées Mermoz Hotel. Meeting with the decorator for a visit behind the scenes of this Parisian artistic hotel.

The origins of a passion
“I’ve never known why I chose this activity” immediately claims Valérie Manoïl. “I never had a true predilection for [...]

The hotel business and new technologies
Design decoration, blog at the cutting-edge of fashion, Facebook and QR code, the 20 Prieuré Hotel is without a doubt a trendy hotel. “Impossible to succeed without the Internet nowadays” claims Benoit Breton, manager of the hotel. “You might as well use it properly!” And he does. The 20 [...]

After working with Jean-Philippe Nuel and designing clubs such as the Privilège in Paris and the Gold & Platinum in Geneva, Laurent Maugoust appears as a rising figure of current interior architecture in Paris. After designing the First Hotel, he is currently working on three independent hotel projects in Paris. Interview.

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Interview with Anne-Sophie Robert, interior decorator
By Cécile Filippi
The Eiffel Trocadéro Hotel is starting a new life. The renovation work scheduled from June to December 2011 has been entrusted to interior decorator Anne-Sophie Robert, previously in charge of giving the Gavarni Hotel a makeover, other establishment of Green Hotels Paris.
Anne-Sophie Robert is quick-witted and [...]

The highly expected renovation work on two hotels of the Temmos group, the Aigle des Neiges and the Hotel Le Golf, has just come to an end. This small hotel group, wishing to reinvent the codes of the hotel business in the mountains seems to have reached its goal. Thanks to architect Gilles Leborgne, [...]

Following the steps of the Paris Opera, Parisian hotels seem to have succumbed to the madness of beekeeping! Among them, the Westin and the Scribe, two chic hotels in the French capital, have installed beehives on their roofs. The honey harvested has been turned into divine dishes or voluptuous beauty products. A chance to [...]

Whereas boutique hotels have grown to be a safe bet for hotels in the 90’s, a new type of hotel seems to be spreading among our urban landscapes. Based on boutique hotel standards (few rooms, personalization, emotion, urban location, upscale positioning and contribution of famous architects and designers), lifestyle hotels especially gamble on feeling [...]

The architect of the Hotel du Parc, Fabrice Antore, is an architecture enthusiast. What could be more natural for an architect? But before becoming an architect, he wanted to be an actor. Here is the meeting with a jovial and nice man.

Hoosta magazine – Tell us about your career. Have you always wanted to be [...]

Decorated by Nathalie de Bordas, the Hotel Baudon de Mauny in Montpellier offers a precious and quiet atmosphere, ideal for the travelers looking for authenticity and design. To stay in the hotel, you must respect two rules : being curious and cultivated.

Hoosta magazine – Can you describe in a few words the Hotel Baudon [...]

Hoosta magazine met the interior designer of the Hotel Gavarni, Anne-Sophie Robert, who offers a new face to the hotel with the new contemporary decoration of 4 rooms.

Hoosta magazine – Tell us about the new contemporary aspect of the Hotel Gavarni.
Anne-Sophie Robert : The Hotel Gavarni now has a contemporary style in 4 of its [...]

Hoosta magazine : Tell us about your meeting with Shahé Kalaidjian.
Francis Kurkdjian : Shahé discovered the universe of the Maison Francis Kurkdjian last year, when we opened our shop rue d’Alger in the first arrondissement. He directly became a follower. Last Christmas, to thank some customers, he ordered several interior candles and perfumes. The Maison [...]