The Hotel Metropole Monte-Carlo, is a five-star hotel at 4, Avenue De La Madone,

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History

The Hotel Metropole was built in 1889, designed by Hans-Georg Tersling.

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died there in 1944. Italian-American television host

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died there in 2009. Lebanese developer Nabil Boustany bought the hotel from the British

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group in 1980. Boustany spent $140 million gutting and rebuilding the aging hotel into a modern luxury hotel. The hotel reopened in 1988 as Le Metropole Palace. The opening was attended by

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, Prince Albert and Princess Stephanie. The hotel was operated by

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, the international division of

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. In September 2003, the hotel closed for a major renovation, reopening in July 2004 with its name shortened to Hotel Metropole Monte-Carlo to match the original hotel. It has 126 guest rooms, including 64 suites. In November 2020, the hotel closed for the first phase of renovation; it took five months and the hotel reopened in April 2021.

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