Four Seasons Hotel George V
hotel in Paris, France
Four Seasons Hotel George V (French, historically: Hôtel-George V, [otɛl ʒɔʁʒ(ə) sɛ̃k] ) is a luxury hotel on Avenue George V in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. It has some of the most expensive hotel suites in France.
History
The Hotel George V, named for King George V of the United Kingdom, opened in 1928. It was financed, at a cost of $31 million (60 million Francs), by American businessman Joel Hillman. It was managed by restaurateur André Terrail, owner of La Tour d'Argent. Its architect was Georges Wybo, who had designed the Casino de Deauville and the reconstruction of the Printemps Haussmann following the fire of 1921.
The hotel was popular with Americans arriving in France on Transatlantic ocean liners, as it operated offices in the port of Cherbourg to receive customers on their arrival.
Joel Hillman was forced to relinquish the George V to his lenders after the Wall Street crash of 1929. The George V was bought in 1931 by the banker François Dupré and a new wing was built by the original architects, containing apartments that could be rented year-round or seasonally, with the residents enjoying the services of the hotel. Dupré brought many objets d'art to the hotel, including tapestries from Flanders, Boulle furniture, a Renoir and a Dufy.
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