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Métropole wins World's Best Hotel award
2010-12-16 10:10
Hotel Métropole Monte-Carlo receives highest accolade at the annual Leading Hotels of the World convention
Three years after winning the title 'Best Hotel in Europe', the Hotel Métropole has received the highest accolade awarded by
the Leading Hotels of the World, an international network of 440 prestigious
hotels and resorts providing excellence in the art of hospitality.
The Monte-Carlo-based hotel was the clear winner at the annual convention, held in Tokyo on 19
November - which also saw the hotel’s General Manager, Jean-Claude Messant, voted 'Hotelier of the Year'. Accepting his award, he spoke with typical modesty, picking out for special mention chef Joel Robuchon, and Susan Harmsworth, the English woman behind the ESPA spa concept.
'I am immensely proud, along with my team, to have brought Hotel Métropole Monte-Carlo to such
a high level of recognition just six years since opening. This award is
undoubtedly one of the greatest honours for a hotelier to receive and I
dedicate it to the crew of this fine ship, as well as the big names of
the Métropole Monte-Carlo who have offered their support since the
beginning of this wonderful adventure, in particular: Joël Robuchon, Susan Harmsworth, Jacques Garcia, Beatrice Ardisson and Didier Gomez.'
The prestigious award was the result of a rigorous inspection based on over 1,500 criteria, in which Hotel
Métropole Monte-Carlo received the highest overall score of all member
hotels, based on the consistency, quality of service and excellence of
facilities.
Hotel Métropole Monte-Carlo has been a member of Leading Hotels of the
World since January 2004. In April 2006, the Métropole ESPA Monte-Carlo
was launched, subsequently becoming part of the close-knit circle of Leading
Spas of the World.