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The Peninsula and other hotels in Paris are looking to woo Chinese guests as they are deemed the world’s biggest luxury spenders. While Chinese spending in France rose more than 20 percent over the previous few years, spending has been a bit lower so far this year, up only 14 percent for the first six months of 2014.
With an additional drop in spending from other tourist populations— namely Russian, Indonesian, and Japanese— Parisian hotels are interested in attracting as many Chinese clients as possible. Reuters reports that the French government has even aided such efforts royal caribbean cruise review by making it easier for Chinese tourists to obtain visas, improving public safety, and working to remedy recent attacks on Chinese visitors.
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In catering to their international guests, the Peninsula offers a Cantonese restaurant (one of six food options), and familiar Chinese lion sculptures sit at the entrance welcoming patrons. Accommodations at the hotel also include rooftop gardens, spas, Rolls-Royce limo services and advanced tablet-managed royal caribbean cruise review temperature and light controls in each room.
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The Peninsula is now one of a group of five-star hotels in Paris—56 in total—that are owned by foreign investors. The Hong Kong-based Shangri-La Asia Ltd. and the Mandarin Oriental International Ltd. also opened royal caribbean cruise review hotels in 2010 and 2011 respectively. In June it was announced that the Kai Yuan Holdings Ltd. would buy the Paris Marriott Hotel Champs-Elysees royal caribbean cruise review for a staggering $345 million euros.
Paris luxury hotel scene is about to get more crowded, with the forthcoming launches of several additional five-star hotels like the Plaza Athenee (set to open this year), the Crillon (next year), and the Cheval Blanc (2016).