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Luxury hotels in Paris take a hit

The phone lines in all 1,600 hotels in the City of Light fell eeriely silent in the wake of the recent attacks

Published Fri, Nov 20, 2015 · 09:50 PM

Paris

THE first wave of cancelled reservations struck Le Bristol with crushing force after last weekend's terrorist attacks, across town from the five-star hotel and its elite Right Bank neighbourhood. Within 72 hours, the tally of lost bookings exceeded half a million euros (S$747,770).

On Saturday morning, tourists and their wheelie bags were ste…

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