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The hotel was old, run-down. But to Swiss-born Hugues Martin, a young, ambitious hotelier trained in the most illustrious Western traditions, it is just a rough diamond, saved on a silent, correctly situated Manhattan avenue. After begging and borrowing every penny he can scrape mutually, Hugues purchases the building - and transforms it into one of the world's finest luxury hotels. Under Hugues's tireless, exacting guidance, the Hotel Vendôme is soon renowned for its luxury, its efficiency, its unmatched service and discretion - the ideal NY refuge for the abundant and famous, as well as a perfect home for Hugues's beautiful young partner and their girl. However when his wife runs off with a notorious rock and roll legend, Hugues is instantly a single parent to four-year-old Heloise - who'll grow up gladly regardless, amid a remarkable milieu of superstars, socialites, politicians, world travelers, and the many hotel employees who all love her. As the years go away, Hugues and the hotel are the centre of Heloise's life, a universe of unpredicted mysteries and pleasures, crises and activities that produce every day mysterious. She longs to check out in her father's footsteps and one day run the Vendôme with him. New obstacles indicate her way: an unexpected love for Hugues and her own voyage to hotel school in Switzerland. The lessons she's learned at her father's area, in their exciting upstairs-downstairs world, will bring her through everything, as they illuminate a story no listener will neglect. Welcome to the Hotel Vendôme.