I completely agree!

Exactly! I wanted to comment just this…. Heartbreaking indeed in all sense. Sealed but all files exposed 🤔

Gosh! what a beautiful hotel n what a waste. I love d way u go into details n how u respected everything. Love watching ur videos. Keep safe.

It's true that greed is not profitable. But this hotel clearly was. And in the government's haste to prosecute the owner, it seems they shot themselves in the foot,along with many other people. I can only form an opinion based on the limited information we have about the situation, but why would the French government confiscate all of his assets and throw him in prison - only to close his very profitable hotel down and put hundreds of employees out of work? Why did they not even employ the services of a reputable company to act as receivers? - IE to run the hotel at a profit on behalf of the government until such time as a buyer or a group of investors could be found to take it over? Just closing it down put hundreds of people out of work who would have otherwise paid a lot of money in income taxes and funded their retirement, plus their wages would have been of great benefit to the town (and to the whole economy!) as they'd spend their earnings in the community on food, shelter, utilities, clothing/footwear/accessories etc, and everything else would have been absorbed into other community areas by way of payment for leisure activities of their individual choice - that's just how economies in developed countries work (what goes around, comes around). And the hotel itself would have generated a lot of tax FOR the government itself, and a lot more money for local businesses - for produce and wines for the restaurant, and apart from regular hotel staff they would require the services of other locals as well, such as decorators, artisans & craftsmen to keep the furnishings in good condition, for example - and repairs and maintenance people, for horticulturalists to keep the grounds and gardens up to date, etc etc etc ... What an utter waste to the community it was for the government to simply prosecute the owner and confiscate his property - and then do absolutely nothing with it! They actually punished the whole town as a result of their efforts to punish one person..And now the government is also responsible for the environmental damage that the decaying building will cause, as well as any personal injuries it will inevitably cause to citizens who enter the property unawares of the dangers it presents...and they must also now pay for its ultimate demolition...smh. But as I said, I can only go by the information we've been given - but it seems anyone would arrive at the same conclusion. I wonder what others think about it?

You have said it complete. Was v sad seeing the condition of that beautiful hotel which even won an award from govt! Thanks for your detailed suggestions, as you said we have only limited information

that crossed my mind as well, seems that they are showing this place now as a museum. Most likely it's not official

Merry Christmas rose bud

It must be heartbreaking for those who worked there once to know about this video and witness such deterioration 🥺