Both were opened by Eugène Cornuché, the former owner of Maxim's restaurant in Paris and director of the Trouville-sur-Mer casino.

It has 226 rooms and 45 suites, decorated by interior designer Jacques Garcia and inspired by the Belle Époque style.

Nineteen lounges host conferences, receptions, cocktails, and gala evenings.

The hotel also features a piano bar offering a menu of more than one hundred varieties of whiskey, a fitness center, a spa, and a children's club.

[7] A scene in Claude Lelouch's Palme d'Or-winner A Man and a Woman was shot in the hotel, starring Anouk Aimée and Jean-Louis Trintignant.