Cannes: a «Fouquet?s » at the Majestic

The Fouquet’s on the Champs Elysées in Paris is going to expand in Cannes. Bought up two or three years ago by the Barrière chain, it is going to duplicate to the “Majestic Barrière” in Cannes. This will be the first Fouquet’s outside Paris. The building works should begin at the end of this year for an opening scheduled for next year. This luxury restaurant (250 places) will set up in the right wing of the Majestic, a place where the palace’s restaurant, the “Villa des Lys”, is currently situated. This restaurant should be relocated in the east wing of the building.The group headed by Dominique Dessaigne will invest 25 million francs in this operation. Within five years, the “Majestic Barrière” in Cannes has already invested: more than 330 million francs for a modernisation and an extension (around forty new rooms built in the east wing, the creation of the “Villa des Lys”, remodelling of rooms, common spaces, etc.). In the meantime, the turnover has doubled, from 100 to 200 million francs.