Stepping inside the Viceroy in Snowmass, Colorado, feels exactly like what you'd expect from a luxury hotel.
21.01.2025 - 15:05 / thepointsguy.com / Naomi Campbell / princess Diana / Charlie Chaplin / Chanel
The Ritz Paris — one of TPG's favorite hotels — isn't just a famous name ... even if many famous faces have passed through its revolving front door, especially during fashion week, which is currently underway in Paris.
From Princess Diana to Madonna and many a fashion editor during Paris Fashion Week, the Ritz Paris team knows a thing or two about hosting high-profile guests. But the iconic Paris hotel — which includes the Versailles-comes-to-Paris Suite Imperiale, listed as a national monument by the French government (it can be yours for the night starting at 40,000 euros or $41,227) — is more than flashing cameras and fashionistas at check-in (though it does rival Naomi Campbell and Linda Evangelista in terms of Vogue appearances).
Before its heyday as a Fashion Week mainstay, the 142-room, storied property at 15 Place Vendome opened in 1898 and quickly won over the likes of Coco Chanel, Ernest Hemmingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Charlie Chaplin (many of whom have suites named after them). But luxury these days is a lot like fashion: One day, you're in, and the next day, you can be out. Further, there's always a new high-end hotel opening up in the City of Light that's trying to capture soaring interest in one of the most visited cities in the world. After all, it's not just Americans flocking to Paris these days because of a love for "Emily in Paris."
So — how do they keep up?
The Ritz Paris team goes to great lengths to make sure this hotel is always in style ... like the Hermes bag many people are on the waitlist for at the boutique around the corner.
Oh, but guests of the Ritz Paris aren't meant to mingle with the hoi polloi in a line at Chanel or Hermes (an unfortunate reality these days for luxury shopping in Paris).
Let the hotel take care of that for you.
"When you're sitting at the Ritz, what other door can we open for you, because now, in front of each [luxury] brand, you have queues," Laurent Herschbach, general manager of the Ritz Paris, said during an interview with TPG at the International Luxury Travel Market conference in Cannes, France. "You need to have contact with the right person to open these doors for these guests because they don't want to wait anymore. They want to spend money. The service we provide is to anticipate the needs of our guests."
Time can be the ultimate luxury, and why waste any of it just to get your foot in the door of a luxury goods store in Paris? Further, no time is wasted on arrival when you stay at the Ritz Paris. Team members can meet guests on the jetway of an arriving flight and whisk them through a priority lane at customs. Further, guests of the Ritz Paris won't be waiting around for a room to free up at check-in.
The hotel team caps occupancy at
Stepping inside the Viceroy in Snowmass, Colorado, feels exactly like what you'd expect from a luxury hotel.
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