World’s Most Iconic Hotel, The Ritz Paris, Reopens

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By Larry Olmsted

The world is full of iconic hotels, from London’s Savoy to Venice’s Cipriani to Hong Kong’s Peninsula, but it is fair to say that the Ritz Paris is the most iconic of them all. It was the first namesake launch by the most revered main in hospitality history, Cesar Ritz, “The King of Hoteliers and the Hoteliers of Kings,” in partnership with one of the most famous culinary figures ever, Auguste Escoffier.

Award-winning travel journalist Larry Olmsted is a Contributing Editor to US Airways Magazine and Cigar Aficionado Magazine and “The Great Life” columnist for Forbes.com.

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