Contents

Luxury Hotels

Foreword - LAURENCE JEGOUZO

Tourism Law

The “palace” distinction - ALICE FUCHS-CESSOT

Ordinance of the3rd October 2014 about the "palace distinction"

Palace: there is distinction, and then there is distinction - JEAN-LUC MICHAUD

Tax System

Staying in palaces: a tax evasion tool for the wealthy? - THOMAS DUBUT

The elusive taxation of palaces - FRANCK WASERMAN

Town Planning

Town planning standards: obstacles or advantages for palace development? - FRÉDÉRIC ROLIN

Social Law

The temporary closure of hotels for renovation: employer obligations and employee rights - CHRISTINE GUILLOT-BOUHOURS

Practice of Tourism

Architecture

Example of a palace architect - JEAN-JACQUES ORY

Building regulations for palaces in Asia - JOHANN TOUCHARD

Economy

Which perspectives for Investors in the luxury Hotels? - KEITH LINDSAY

Real estate asset management applied to luxury hotels and palaces - KARL DELATTRE

Gastronomy

Palace cuisine - JEAN-CLAUDE RIBAUT

Interview with the chef of Le Meurice Hotel: hot chocolate in a gourmet restaurant, Palace taste - SOPHIE MISE LE BOULEISE

Sociology

The modern palace: a new sociology of distinction? - ALAIN BOURDIN

History

The palace: from cosmopolitan synthesis to internationalised myth. The example of the Ritz-Carlton Montreal - JULIA CSERGO

News

Jurisprudence about tourism law