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...stone, in almost perfect condition, created a sensation. A rumor spread through Mexico City that the workers had found the long-lost treasure of Moctezuma II, the ill-fated Aztec Emperor who was imprisoned by Cortées. But the find turned out to be even more important. Spurred by concerned archaeologists, the Mexican government authorized a systematic excavation of the old temple. During 4½ years of methodical work under the direction of Archaeologist Eduardo Matos Moctezuma (no kin), the diggers uncovered all four of the Great Temple's sides, discovering that it was a far more complex...
Parisians, who think of their city as a paradigm of enlightened hedonism, do not quite know what to make of a gaudy new encampment in their midst. It is called the Hotel Nova-Park Elysées. Its Second Empire façade is festooned with flamingo-pink awnings. Inside, which is mostly mauve, the action is known to be exotic and costly. It is said to be the most expensive hotel in the world. Located between the Champs-Elysées and the Plaza Atheéneée, the seven-story, 73-room Nova-Park has mostly Swiss...
...Nova-Park Elysées, which sits on the site of the century-old Paris-Match building and retains its façades, cost about $45 million to furbish and furnish. It is largely the inspiration of René E. Hatt, 55, a beefy Swiss developer known to the hotel's 280 employees as Le Big Boss. Hatt, whose Nova-Park chain owns Switzerland's biggest hotel, in Zurich, also has hotels in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia and Cairo. This fall the chain will open its first U.S. hotel, in New York City; it will occupy the Gotham...
...that end, the Elysées offers six restaurants and ten bars, a disco, a nightclub, a businessman's service center with stock exchange quotes and multilingual secretaries, a fitness club, a swimming pool with "beach club," even a corner for bridge players. There are no Gideon Bibles in the rooms. Instead, to "Parisianize" foreigners, Hatt plans to provide French classics. On the walls hang framed pensées...
...kind of city where visitors feel constrained to eat where they sleep. Besides, there is the Rolls and, to make outside restaurant reservations, the beautiful Margaret, who is indisputably the most attractive head receptionist in Paris. Hatt & Co. must be doing something right. The Nova-Park Elysées is sold out through August. - By Michael Demarest