Bachelors Lounge is members-only, but open to guests of the Ritz-Carlton, and is the perfect locale for apres-ski romance. 4. The Bar at Hotel Costes; Paris Paris is arguably the most romantic ...

Someday soon, though, you may walk into a Holiday Inn or a suburban diner and be caressed by the soothing funk swoosh of the curious electronic subgenre known variously as nu-lounge, downtempo ...

With the hotel’s own compilations of lounge music you can bring the spirit of this place back home. The Costes bothers run a whole group of restaurants and hotels, which are very well known in ...

"Kevin Spacey, Rihanna, and Beyoncé have all come to eat at the hotel," says Costes (pronounced "coast"), the creative director of the brand. The hotel is fully booked during haute couture ...

Before owner Jean-Louis Costes opened the hotel, he and his brother, Gilbert, were already masters of scene-setting, having made their name supplanting Parisian checked-tablecloth bistros with ...

Lounge music pioneer Stephane Pompougnac made a name for himself in the late 1990s and early noughties as a DJ and music producer under the Parisian Hotel Costes brand. At the height of his career ...