Reading 02/18/2011 : Summary

Paris Fabulous: Le Shangri-La Hôtel

1. Website adress : 

http://www.time.com/time/travel/article/0,31542,2045946,00.html

2. Summary : 

This reading is about a new hotel/restaurant in Paris. This hotel belong to asian group precisely Hong Kong based group. Usually, it's difficult to emulate parisian hotel. This hotel is in the ancient residence of Napoleon Bonaparte and now we can find 81 rooms and suites. Lot ofs rooms are decorated with the european and chinese color. It means blue,white and red. The restaurant serves tow kind of food French and Southeast Asian. Today, it is the first asian hotel/restaurant with this success but maybe not the last if others asian group try their chances.

3. Vocabulary :

Landmark : (noun) a prominent or conspicuous object on land that serves as a guide.

Feature : (noun) something offered as a special attraction

Cupola : (noun) Italian Architecture

Frescoes : (noun) a picture or design so painted

4. Interresting sentence:

"Most rooms are decorated in blue, white and ecru, evoking at once European empire and classic Chinese color palettes."

It's the french color too ! I think it's good they find a similar things between France/europe and China/Asian !

"It will be Paris' first gourmet Cantonese establishment but presumably not, if the Asian invasion gains momentum, its last."

-> There are maybe an opportunity for others Asian group !

5. Questions : 

An Asian hotel in Paris, is it really a parisian hotel ?

Others Asian group can find a success in Paris ?