Four Seasons, voted this year as the best luxury hotel brand in the world, will replace the Hotel Marina de Leblon. It will be the city’s first Four Seasons hotel, scheduled to open in 2029. Currently, the chain operates 133 hotels and resorts in 47 countries, and its units have been visited by celebrities, intellectuals and politicians over the years.
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The Four Seasons George V Paris hotel in the French capital opened in 1928 and has 244 accommodations, including apartments and suites. In 1950, actress Elizabeth Taylor spent her honeymoon with Conrad Hilton at the George V, in a penthouse suite with a view of the Eiffel Tower. In 1964, the Beatles also stayed there and John Lennon and Paul McCartney composed one of the group’s biggest hits, “I Feel Fine”, on the hotel’s piano.
The Grand-Hôtel du Cap-Ferrat, located on the Côte d’Azur, has hosted Charlie Chaplin, Frank Sinatra and Pablo Picasso.
At the Beverly Wilshire in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, stars such as Steve McQueen, Warren Beatty and Elvis Presley were there to shoot movies, according to a posting on the Four Seasons website.
In Italy, the San Domenico Palace on the Sicilian coast once again hosted Oscar Wilde, Truman Capote, Audrey Hapburn and Elizabeth Taylor, as well as Richard Burton, during the filming of “Cleopatra” in 1963. Russian author Vladimir Nabokov stayed there in 1956, during the city’s film festival, where the film based on his novel Lolita was screened to great success. About Taormina he said: “Discovering it was the greatest emotion of my life. »
In 1999, George and Barbara Bush hosted a luncheon for 60 friends in San Domenico while vacationing aboard a yacht. In May 2017, the hotel hosted world political leaders at the G7 summit, cementing its reputation as an international meeting place.
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