The Carlton hotels,
from Cannes to the world
There are many Hotel Carltons in France and throughout the world. Apart from the name "Carlton", they have no connection with one another ... "Carlton" is not a family name like "Hilton", a family that built a hotel empire, nor the name of a legendary hotelier such as César "Ritz".
Hotel Carlton.fr lists the most important establishments and endeavours to tell their respective stories.
All the Carlton hotels
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Those who made the Carlton
In fact, "Carlton" is a name of Scandinavian origin meaning "free man". This is what inspired Henri Ruhl and Grand Duke Michael of Russia to call the future hotel at 58 Boulevard de la Croisette the "Carlton Hotel" or "Hotel Carlton".
Grand Duke Michael of Russia
La Belle Otero
Bendor, Duke of Westminster
Coco Chanel
Thanks to the influence and originality of a few truly extraordinary personalities, such as Henri Ruhl himself, Grand Duke Michael Romanov , Carolina Otero, Bendor, the Duke of Westminster and later Princess Grace of Monaco, the hotel became so legendary that it was dubbed "the second home of Hollywood" and inspired a great many other hoteliers around the world to call their hotels "Carlton".
A century on the Croisette
From the Hôtel de la Plage to Hitchcock, the story of the palace in a few dates.
- 1911On 30 January, the Carlton Hotel opens, and Henri Ruhl lives one of the finest days of his life, giving Cannes an extraordinary monument.
- 1913The building is complete and opens the doors of its new annexes.
- 1922On 4 January, birth of the League of Nations (today the UN) in the Grand Salon of the Carlton.
- 1954The celebrated British director Alfred Hitchcock begins shooting his film "To Catch a Thief" at the prestigious Hotel Carlton in Cannes.
- 1984On 10 October, the hotel is listed as a historic monument.
The Hotel Carlton in Cannes
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