Wednesday 30 May 2012
Yann Casparini I am a hotel manager. With a hundred of contemporary hotel managers we created this travel magazine to share our selection of addresses and tips.
Yann Casparini

The Platine Hotel: Made for Mad Men

• 20 Feb, 2012 • Catégorie: France, Getaway, One hotel a day, Paris, Romantic, Top stories

Vintage is in! Indeed, TV series, fashion designers and now hotels take inspiration from the 50s. Recently opened the Platine Hotel brings us in the retro and playful America, during the Golden Age of Hollywood, when pin-ups used to make men dreaming, and people drank delicious milk-shakes in diners.



Le Pradey: A Haute Couture Hotel

• 1 Feb, 2012 • Catégorie: France, One hotel a day, Paris, Top stories

Nestled between the Eglise Saint-Roch and the Tuileries, the 4 star hotel Le Pradey is clearly the best surprise of this new year. Since it’s close to luxury shops, that fashion victims adore, especially during Fashion Weeks, the establishment has naturally entrusted a mission to two major Haute Couture fashion designers: decorate 6 rooms.

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Observatoire Luxembourg Hotel : Paris, Capital of Arts !

• 11 Oct, 2011 • Catégorie: France, One hotel a day, Paris, Top stories

One of the most Parisian hotel has settled in the heart of the Latin Quarter, in the historic Paris. Behind its ebony black walls, the Observatoire Luxembourg, owns 41 rooms mixing modern and old and playing on art themes related to the area. Indeed, this boutique hotel is in front of the Luxembourg gardens, [...]



Focus on Art Ensuite with Olivier Breuil

• 10 Oct, 2011 • Catégorie: France, Paris

This past May, we met Olivier Breuil, manager of the Elysées Mermoz Hotel, in the 8th arrondissement. He told us about his job, hotelkeeper. Today, Hoosta magazine meets him once again for an interview dedicated to his new project: Art Ensuite. Art Ensuite is a real support for emerging contemporary artists. It aims at [...]



The Hi Matic breaks hotel standards!

• 1 Aug, 2011 • Catégorie: France, Green hotels, One hotel a day, Paris, Top stories, Unusual hotels, What else

After the Hi Hotel in Nice and the Dar Hi in Tunisia, Patrick Elouarghi and Philippe Chapelet once again decided to break all current hotel standards. With their new hotel gem, the Hi Matic, and the participation of designer and architect Matali Crasset, they redefined the modern hotel business between design and ecology, low [...]



Les Pléiades Hotel: arty stop in Barbizon

• 27 Jul, 2011 • Catégorie: France, Getaway, Gourmet, One hotel a day, Paris, Romantic, Top stories, Unusual hotels, What else

On a lovely sunny Sunday in the summer, you decide to go for a walk in the wild Forest of Fontainebleau in Seine-et-Marne. Leaving your car and city life aside, you choose to ride your bike on the steep tracks, in the freshness of the undergrowth when you suddenly come across a concrete road [...]



Valadon Colors Hotel: family stay in Paris

• 4 Jul, 2011 • Catégorie: Family, France, Getaway, One hotel a day, Paris, Top stories

You will be ready to admit that traveling away to the other side of the world with small children may sometimes be difficult. Here at Hoosta, we have a solution and it is called Valadon Colors. This 12-room charming hotel has just finished its decoration remodeling for a more contemporary and actual universe.

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Portrait of a hotel like no other

• 30 Jun, 2011 • Catégorie: France, Paris

A few steps away from the Place des Vosges, in the historical heart of the Marais stands an old building with a facade made of natural stones: the Jeanne d’Arc Hotel. Hoosta Magazine met with the manager, Gaële Mésenge, who agreed to take us behind the scenes. Interview.

Paris of the Jeanne d’Arc Hotel
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Hotel de Buci: the boudoir of Saint-Germain-des-Prés

• 27 Jun, 2011 • Catégorie: France, Getaway, One hotel a day, Paris, Romantic, Top stories

On a lovely sunny day, you’ve arrived on place Saint-Germain-des-Prés, heading towards the hotel you booked… the Buci. Open since March 15th, this 24-room boutique hotel is an ode to 18th century romanticism and poetry. When entering, you will find the soft scent of orange flower and a quiet atmosphere, perfect to relax.

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Actuel Dogs: the fury-certified Parisian palace!

• 5 Apr, 2011 • Catégorie: France, Paris, Unusual hotels

Who invented the expression “a dog’s life”? Because when looking at the life of Coco and other Roxies in the new canine palace Actuel Dogs, we would almost like to have paws to let ourselves be as spoiled! If you’re used to traveling all over the world or if it looks like you’re in [...]



First Hotel: made in England

• 17 Mar, 2011 • Catégorie: France, One hotel a day, Paris

As strange as it might seem, the First Hotel really is a Parisian boutique hotel. However, with a frontage as black as the rooms, we could almost think that we were entering the den of John Steed and Emma Peel, ready to enjoy a cup of tea in their company in a remake of [...]