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Hotelier André Balazs has revealed more about his plan to convert the famed Hollywood haunt Chateau Marmont into a private club. Page Six reported that there has been backlash to the plan from community leaders and the hotel’s laid-off staff during the pandemic. Perhaps to quell the local ire, Balazs told Variety in a new …
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A plan to convert the historic Chateau Marmont — a haunt for movie stars, rock legends, moguls and models — into a private club is being met with opposition from the Hollywood community and campaigners who are branding it “a cynical ruse” and a “bogus club.” Hotelier André Balazs said he hopes to convert the …
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André Balazs could turn his iconic Chateau Marmont hotel in LA into a private club by the end of this year. He told the Wall Street Journal that he’d been considering the move for the past three years, but that the pandemic has accelerated his plan. He said if the idea takes off, he may …
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West Hollywood, Calif., community leaders are warning Chateau Marmont not to “retaliate” against laid-off staff who protest because the famed hotel hasn’t provided them with health care during the pandemic. We’re told that on Thursday, 300 community members — including 32 clergy members and candidates for West Hollywood city council — sent a letter to …
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One of the few guests staying at the Chateau Marmont during the pandemic says that the crisis has improved the legendary LA hotel by ridding it of “douches” and “a - - holes” “trying to make it in Hollywood.” Musician Casey Spooner has been documenting his stay at the recently reopened hotel on social media. “There’s no kitchen; …
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Axed staff at legendary Hollywood haunt Chateau Marmont are furious because they haven’t got any of the $300,000 in funds that was raised to set up to care for them amid the coronavirus pandemic. Nearly all the hotel’s 242 employees were let go in March without insurance or severance after the Los Angeles lockdown began …
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Hollywood hotspot Chateau Marmont is back. After having to lay off nearly all its 242 workers without severance and insurance amid the pandemic — and raising the wrath of the LA hospitality union Unite Here Local 11 — the West Hollywood hotel is ready to take guests again, Page Six is told. Following rumors the …
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André Balazs has donated $100,000 to his Chateau Marmont employees after being forced to lay them off amid the coronavirus pandemic. The hotelier has put the cash into a GoFundMe he has set up for the 270 staffers at the iconic West Hollywood haunt, which is now being used to house medical personnel. “The drastic …
Hotelier André Balazs has revealed more about his plan to convert the famed Hollywood haunt Chateau Marmont into a private club. Page Six reported that there has been backlash to the plan from community leaders and the hotel’s laid-off staff during the pandemic. Perhaps to quell the local ire, Balazs told Variety in a new …
