In the French hotel industry, the term palace is particularly reserved for certain establishments, in a strict sense, specifically being used to describe a luxury hotel. Since 2010, the title has been officially designated by Atout France as a grade classification of certain French hotels, around half of which are located in Paris. It is exclusively awarded to five-star hotels offering the highest level of service to their customers. At the end of August 2017, only 31 hotels out of 343 have been admitted to this category.
The term is used sometimes by other French hotels (at least in their commercial name; for example, the former in Paris) that do not yet meet the criteria defined by law.
List of French official Palace hotels
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References
- Sous la direction d'Alain Rey, Dictionnaire historique de la langue française deuxième édition, tome II F-P<small>R</small>, Dictionnaires le Robert, Paris 1998, 4.302 p. ainsi que Centre National de Ressources Textuelles et Lexicales, Dictionnaire le Trésor
- Le guide Michelin rouge France, Monaco et Andorre 2012, Michelin, Clermont-Ferrand 2012.
- Léon-Paul Fargue, Le Piéton de Paris, Gallimard, Paris 1938
- Rapport sur la création d'une catégorie ë Palaces û parmi les établissements cinq étoiles du nouveau classement hôtelier, de François Delahaye et Pierre Ferchaud, avec la participation d'Alain Simon, septembre 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20121021005855/http://www.ladocumentationfrancaise.fr/var/storage/rapports-publics/104000478/0000.pdf
- Marc Boyer, Histoire générale du tourisme du XVIe au XXIe siècle, ÃÂditions l'Harmattan, Paris 2005. extrait
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