Review: Hotel Barrière Le Majestic Cannes – the grande dame of Cannes

The stars may have arrived for the Cannes Film Festival, but Hotel Barrière Le Majestic Cannes is the true star of the show

Exterior view of the sea at Hotel Barrière Le Majestic Cannes
(Image credit: Hotel Barrière Le Majestic Cannes)

It’s that time of year again. The stars of international cinema have arrived in the Côte d’Azur for the annual Cannes Film Festival. The beautiful and famous are posing on the steps of the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès, where the festival is held.

Tuxedos are worn tight and thighs are flashed for the photographers. In the evenings, the warm air resonates with the clinking of Champagne glasses and the sound of laughter and music against an elegant French Mediterranean backdrop. So, much like every year, then.

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Chris Carter spent three glorious years reading English literature on the beautiful Welsh coast at Aberystwyth University. Graduating in 2005, he left for the University of York to specialise in Renaissance literature for his MA, before returning to his native Twickenham, in southwest London. He joined a Richmond-based recruitment company, where he worked with several clients, including the Queen’s bank, Coutts, as well as the super luxury, Dorchester-owned Coworth Park country house hotel, near Ascot in Berkshire.

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