Type Palatial hotel Town or city Paris Opened 6 November 2006 | Address 46, Avenue George V Country France Inaugurated 25 October 2006 | |
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Hotel Barrière Le Fouquet's is a 5-star hotel located on the corner of Avenue George V and Avenue des Champs-Elysees in Paris, France, and one of the 7 palatial hotels of the city. The hotel, opened on 6 November 2006, is owned by the Groupe Lucien Barrière and managed by Fabrice Moizan and Christian Rossi. Fouquet's Barrière has been developed with the collaboration of the architect Édouard François and renowned designer Jacques Garcia. It is served by the restaurant Fouquet's, headed by chef Jean-Yves Leuranguer, Meilleur Ouvrier de France. The bar, named Le Lucien, was decorated by Garcia, and its head barman is Oliver Meurice.
Frommer's regards it as having "some of the most luxurious and spacious bedrooms in Paris." The rooms are decorated in mahogany, silk, and velvet. The hotel received its fifth star on June 11, 2009 and has been considered as the Europe's Leading City Hotel (World Travel Awards 2013). The hotels is a memebr of the Leading Hotels of the World.
Prestigious events are sometimes organized in this 5-star hotel. In April 2012, the book Piano ma non solo by Jean-Pierre Thiollet was shown for the first time, with French soprano Caroline Dumas among the audience.