westin paris --- great location, ancient rooms, typical parisien staff
Starwood Gold......stayed here last week at the tail end of my honeymoon.
A few tidbits:
~arrived early saturday AM from Nice. Was told by extremely rude & uncooperative desk that there were no upgrades, no avail rooms until 2 o'clock. Had just spent time at Hotel Pulitzer, Le Meridien Monte Carlo, and Palais Mediteraneane in Nice....the other 3 had been ultra accomodating... wasn't the way I expected top hotel to perform.
~mentioned it was our honeymoon... was the only hotel out of the 4 aforementioned that gave no recognition.
~Location is super-impressive for tourists. museums, champs elysee, shopping, other hotels are all local.
~Room was dissappointing. Looked like it was from A Tale of Two Cities. Whooopppeee... it had a flat screen. It was still a dump.
~Concierge Bruno is excellent!!!!
~This is not a North American or modern hotel (similar to most Paris hotels). This hotel certainly is not encouraging you to spend very much time in the room or hotel facilities.
Will prob try a Le Meridien in Paris next time.