France has introduced a new “Palace” hotel rating above 5 star. 8 hotels in France have been awarded the rating, including two in Courchevel (I should probably say “chic” Courchvel in true journalistic style . The two establishments are les Airelles and the Cheval Blanc, that won’t come as much of a surprise to anyone who skis in Swanky 1850.

http://www.airelles.fr/
http://chevalblanc.com/

A nice junket for the 10 judges I should think.

Okay so who else looked at the hotel websites, and was shocked to find that “Russian” was not a language option

Strange, I could’nt find the “special offers” page or “book on line”. I wonder if they accept “air miles”

adie - 06 May 2011 04:14 PM

Okay so who else looked at the hotel websites, and was shocked to find that “Russian” was not a language option

good spot!

Nice. I cut my teeth skiing in Courchevel and was not aware of it’s status until we decided on an apres ski beverage at somewhere other than Kalico.

If I was staying in those hotels, I’d be tempted not to ski to get full value for my already measly Euro…