This week’s broadcast of Eye on Travel is from the InterContinental Paris Le Grand in Paris, France, a true grand dame hotel celebrating 160 years. I will have all the global travel updates, from the continuing fallout from the Southwest Airlines meltdown to an amazing cruise ship rescue at sea. I talk with Hertz CEO Stephen Scherr on how he’s trying not just to change the company, but the process of renting cars as well as the kind of cars you rent, as well as an update on the multimillion-dollar civil settlement to customers who were falsely arrested for driving “stolen” cars. Then, Paris-based Elaine Sciolino, from The New York Timeswith her special tips on navigating the Louvre to e-bikes around Paris, as well as the museums where you don’t have to wait in line. Alexander Lobrano, American Expat & Author of Hungry for France and My Place at the Tabledescribes what he calls the joyous return of Americans to Paris and shares some of his favorite new chefs in the city. Christophe Laure, General Manager at the InterContinental Paris Le Grand, reports on the history of the hotel and how it has remained quintessentially Parisian. There’s all this and more on this week’s Eye on Travel.
