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Hyatt Regency Paris Étoile

Paris

Hyatt Regency Paris Étoile is a skyscraper hotel in Paris, France, near Porte Maillot. With a roof antenna reaching 190 metres, it is among the tallest French hotels and the fourth tallest building in Paris, after the Eiffel Tower, Montparnasse Tower, and Tribunal de Paris. The building has thirty-eight floors and 995 rooms and suites. Together with the adjacent Palais des congrès, it forms one of Paris’s congress centers.

The hotel site was previously a vacant amusement park area that included Luna Park during summer, and temporary buildings were later erected there to house ministries after World War II. In 1960, the chamber of commerce and tourism committee decided to build a convention center in response to increasing tourism and congresses. The selected architects were Henri Guibout, Serge Maloletenkov, and Yves Betin, who decided during planning to add a large luxury hotel near the convention center. The hotel opened as Hôtel Concorde La Fayette as part of the Paris International Center creation. It was designed by Guillaume Gillet, and its name honored General La Fayette, symbolizing Franco-American friendship and hotel technology from America. The property later became Hyatt Regency Paris Étoile under Constellation Hotels Holdings, with operations assigned to Hyatt.

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Height and Role in Paris

Hyatt Regency Paris Etoile is a skyscraper hotel in Paris, France, near porte Maillot. It is owned by Constellation Hotels Holdings. With a roof antenna reaching 190 meters, it is one of the tallest hotels in France after the Tour Part-Dieu hotel in Lyon. It is also the fourth tallest building in Paris, after the Eiffel Tower, Montparnasse Tower and Tribunal de Paris. The hotel has thirty-eight floors and 995 rooms and suites. Together with the adjacent Palais des congres, it forms one of Paris's congress centers.

From Convention Planning to Tower Hotel

The site of the hotel had several earlier uses before the present tower hotel was built. It was formerly a vacant amusement park area that included Luna Park during the summer, and after World War II temporary buildings were erected there to house ministries. In 1960, the chamber of commerce and tourism committee decided to build a convention center in response to increasing tourism and congresses. The selected architects for that project were Henri Guibout, Serge Maloletenkov, and Yves Betin. During the planning process, they decided to construct a large luxury hotel near the convention center.

The hotel opened as the Hotel Concorde La Fayette as part of the creation of the Paris International Center. It was designed by architect Guillaume Gillet and became one of Paris's largest tower hotels, alongside the Hotel Pullman Paris Montparnasse, built in 1974. Its name honored General La Fayette and was intended to symbolize Franco-American friendship and hotel technology from America.

Later, Concorde Hotels & Resorts planned to sell the hotel along with Martinez, Palais de la Mediterranee, and Hotel du Louvre to Qatari investors. The sale was finalized and ownership transferred to Constellation Hotels Holdings, based in Luxembourg and controlled by Qatari capital. Hotel operation was then assigned to the American hotel chain Hyatt, and the property changed its name to Hyatt Regency Paris Etoile.