Hey Geelong, Paris called and wants its Ritz back
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There’s great excitement about Monday’s planned opening of the Geelong Ritz Hotel, which breathless local coverage has described as transforming “Geelong’s ugly duckling … into a magnificent swan”.
Is Geelong the new Paris of the south?
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In fact, the excitement is so great it has travelled 17,000 kilometres across the globe to Paris and that city’s famed Ritz Paris Hotel – “where French art de vivre meets the elegance of Belle Époque” – is none too happy.