New hotel at Versailles

An annex to the Versailles Palace is set to become a luxury, 23 room hotel. The Hotel du Grand Control, formerly quarters to the King’s treasurer, has fallen into desrepair over the last 2 centuries, and as the Versailles administration cannot afford the repairs, they are choosing, in a ‘pioneering initiative’, to lease it out to Belgian hotel group Ivy International, who will renovate and transform the 17th-century building into a 5 star hotel, opening to the public in Jan 2012.