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Old Jul 24, 2018, 4:45 am
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Surgee
 
Join Date: Jun 2009
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CP Lyon France Cite International

Crowne Plaza Lyon France Cite International

What is your Priority Club status?
Plat

Were you (or for multi-stayers are you generally) happy with the hotel/stay?
Yes

Which room did you book and which upgrade did you receive?
Standard, received executive room on 1st floor w/ lounge access.

How are the rooms?
Nicely appointed, newly condition, with robes, espresso machine, separate shower and bath, and 2 chairs in addition to desk. The yellow color scheme a bit weird but everything was comfortably.

How is the exec. lounge?
Poor. Only open in evening 630p-1030p. When I went there were 3 wines (white, red, rose) on offer, all very poor quality. A shame for France! There is a nice coffee and tea selection and a fridge of soft drinks. Food very limited: pretty gross looking plate of bacon wrapped melon that had been out for hours and 1 place of small cakes. Certainly not enough for a meal of any sort.

What was good and what was bad?
The hotel is in very nice shape but inconsistently tries to treat Plats well. For example, I was upgraded to an executive room, but on the 1st floor (1 floor up from ground), with a direct view from the courtyard where many were into my room (no privacy) and with the bars outdoor part right outside my window). When I asked to move they said there were no other exec rooms available and only 1 non exec room. The hotel didn't seem full at all so this surprised me. Apparently the 7th floor with most of the exec rooms are under construction.

Welcome is 600 points or a drink, and I went for the drink because there was nothing else around the hotel. Only to learn at the bar the voucher is only good for beer and a few base wines (probably same as the poor offerings in the club). No cocktails or choice from their broader wine selection (again... this is France!)

They are unapologetic about the club lounge not being open for breakfast. Only when I asked did they offer me breakfast in the restaurant, but they did so without hesitating. Breakfast was a nice spread.

Value for $ or Priority Club Points? Would you return?[/QUOTE]
I went out of the way for this property to meet an Accelerate requirement. At ~100 Euro, it was a good value, but its pretty far out of the city. If I needed to be at Cite International for a reason (Cite International is a big new complex that one might call a conference center. There is a Marriott, CP, a casino, conference center, and they all look exactly the same from the architecture) I would definitely book again. But without a compelling reason to stay in that location I probably would stay somewhere much more centrally in Lyon.

A bus that runs every 20 min can get you to one of the main train stations (Gare Part Dieu) in about 15 min, but its still another hop to more touristy things. Uber would have been about 15-20 euro per ride. There is nothing to do near the hotel except the casino. I did go for a bit and won enough to pay for the room
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