La Samaritaine Could Become Prime Hotel Louis Vuitton

The Samaritan, this big ocean liner art deco, failed and closed in the heart of Paris since 2005, been diametrically opposed challenges that make it more hypothetical than ever its reopening, scheduled in 2011 and again in 2013.According to the world of today, the two shareholders - the group LVMH (59%) and the Cognacq-Jay (41%), legal heir of the founders opposed on strategic issues and financial matters.

The group LVMH would transform the former department store into a luxury hotel, the magnificent building could even become the first hotel scratched Louis Vuitton. By 31 December, they must in any case find common ground, otherwise the former department store could be put into liquidation.