Are there any of these in the USA anymore? I remember a long time ago, they opened one in my home town of Toledo, OH. Boy, THAT was a disaster; don't know if the good people of Toledo weren't ready for the Sofitel, or vice versa. The property has since been a Marriott, Crowne Plaza, and is now a Wyndham, I believe. I remember very beautiful rooms, but in a very undeveloped, and ultimatly unsuccessful, downtown revitalization project that is now a Science Museum.

Having said that, I know that there are (or were) others in the USA. What happened? Are they still around, and if so, why are there so few of them?