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January 31, 2023

Claudius Charles Philippe, also known as Philippe of the Waldorf or The Host of the Waldorf, (10 December 1910—24 December 1978) was a British-born French-American restaurateur, catering director, hotelier and businessman, who was the hotel banquet manager of the prestigious Waldorf Astoria New York hotel in the 1940s and 1950s. From 1961 until 1963 he worked as executive vice president of Loews Hotels, and was responsible for the planning and building of six new New York hotels.

Philippe in 1970

Philippe is best remembered for founding the April in Paris Ball at the Waldorf Astoria in 1951, which he ran with Elsa Maxwell until his sacking from the hotel in 1959. The balls were major events in the US socialite calendar, and raised millions of dollars for American and French charities over the 28 years of its existence. His Lucullus Circle dinners also attracted some of the wealthiest businessmen of the day to feast on six to eight course meals. During his career at the Waldorf Astoria it has been estimated that Philippe was responsible for his clients spending $150 million alone on banquets, which led him to be referred to as "one of the truly great men this industry has ever produced" by George Lang.

The suave Philippe led a colorful life, with many lovers including Grace Kelly and Barbara Walters, and three wives. He was investigated for tax evasion in 1958 and admitted guilt one count, for which he was fined the maximum $10,000. He had numerous other business interests and investments, and was responsible for building at least three restaurants, a casino, a theater, and an eighteen-hole golf course in Guadeloupe in the 1960s.

Career

Background

Philippe was born in London in 1910,[1] the son of a chef, and was trained at the Hôtel de Crillon in Paris. By age 20, he had settled in the United States and was an assistant to the Waldorf's Oscar Tschirky. Upon Oscar's retirement in 1943, Philippe stepped into this position as Maître d'hôtel.[2] He went on to become "one of New York's cuisine kingpins".[3] In July 1948, Philippe hired Alexis Lichine to buy wines in Europe for the Waldorf Astoria; the two men would become close friends and business partners.[4][5]

Social events

 
Marilyn Monroe with organizer Elsa Maxwell at the 1957 April in Paris Ball

In 1951 Philippe founded the April in Paris Ball at the Waldorf. It was initially held annually in April 1952, but according to Ann Vaccaro, former executive director of the ball, it was changed to October because "Mr. Philippe decided that because there are so many balls in the spring he would make it in October".[6] After being changed to October, it often marked the start of the US fall social season; the balls were major events in the socialite calendar, and raised millions of dollars for American and French charities over the 28 years of its existence. It was staged in the Grand Ballroom at the Waldorf for eight years before moving to the Hotel Astor in 1960, the Seventh Regiment Armory in 1961, and other venues.[7] The ball was designed to cater for "very, very high-class people" according to Vaccaro.[8] Raffle tickets cost US$100 per person and offered opulent prizes such as a US$5000 bracelet and other jewels, expensive furs, perfumes and even cars.[8] It attracted many of the most famous people of the day, including Marilyn Monroe and Marlene Dietrich. By the mid 1970s his balls were charging $185 per person; the 1974 ball netted roughly $175,000.[9] During his career at the Waldorf Astoria it has been estimated that Philippe was responsible for his clients spending $150 million alone on banquets.[10]

Philippe was also noted for his Lucullus Circle dinners and women-only luncheons, which were both very popular.[2] The Lucullus Circle dinners, inaugurated in 1951, brought about a "new golden age of gastronomy", attracting some of the wealthiest businessmen in the world at the time to feast on some "six to eight food courses and two wines with each course".[11][12] Philippe "enjoyed acting like a cross between a benevolent dictator and a kindly father" at the dinners according to George Lang.[13] The ninth dinner featured a menu of "heroic proportions", 17 inches (430 mm) high and 12 inches (300 mm) wide, with over eight pages.[14] On 10 May 1965, Claude Philippe threw a party for Chevalier off his usual site, this time in the Oscar's Delmonico wine caves. By 1972, however the dinners had begun to lose their appeal. New York Magazine noted that the dinners were still appreciated for their "enormous stocks of wine" but that it no longer seemed to "have the appeal of the other groups".[15] They nonetheless continued. After Philippe's death, his wife, Helga, took over planning the gentlemen's dinners, as well as coordinating the wines and greeting the attendees; she was the only woman present at these events.[11]

In 2013, entertainer Harry Belafonte recalled being signed to perform at the Waldorf-Astoria in 1959 by Philippe. When it was discovered that Belafonte was an African-American, Philippe was relieved from his post of long-standing and the hotel tried, but failed, to cancel Belafonte's performances.[16]

Later work and interests

After being sacked from the Waldorf Astoria in 1959, Philippe was appointed executive vice president of the Zeckendorf Hotels Corporation for two years, which at the time owned the Commodore, the Manhattan and Drake hotels.[17] From 1961 until 1963 he worked as executive vice president of Loews Hotels, and was responsible for the planning and building of six new New York hotels, including the Summit Hotel.[18][19] After 1963 he presided his own consulting firm, taking responsibility of the April Paris Ball until his death in 1978.[20] Philippe was the head of a group of investors who bought the noted Le Pavillon in 1967. The restaurant came on the market after the sudden death of its previous owner, Henri Soulé, in 1966.[21] However, Philippe and his investment group did not own the restaurant very long; it was forced to close in October 1972 due to a lack of patronage.[22] He was taken gravely ill three days before the 1978 ball in October and died by Christmas of that year.[20]

 
The La Belle Creole resort in 2007

Philippe had numerous business interests and investments, and was responsible for building at least three restaurants, a casino, a theater, and an eighteen-hole golf course in Guadeloupe in the 1960s.[23] By 1960, Alexis Lichine and Philippe owned an extensive stretch of beach called Jacks Bay near the East End of Saint Croix in the United States Virgin Islands.[4] They bought a large parcel of undeveloped land in the French portion of Saint Martin around 1964, Philippe's dream had been to build a luxury resort called La Belle Creole which would be like a tiny portion of France in the Caribbean. Philippe's intended guests were the people he had been acquainted with through his hotel work. His plans were also for a casino, a nightclub and various luxury shops as part of the resort. The French government was interested enough in the project to assist Philippe by providing a desalination plant and a paved road leading to the potential resort. Philippe hired architects and designers who estimated that it would cost about $5.5 million to make the dream a reality. It was decided to break ground after an investment of $2.5 million, which was enough to construct buildings and begin the resort plans. However, Philippe's funds ran out by 1969 and work on La Belle Creole was suspended.[5]

Philippe was able to get an emergency loan of $250,000 from a Lebanese company, but this did not go very far to completing the work on the project. He got some help in redrawing his budget and a larger loan of $500,000 from a large Paris bank through J. Jay Frankel, a financier on Wall Street. Philippe's investors believed that the re-budgeting and additional loan would complete at least half of the resort and allow it to open for business, but Philippe continued to make expensive changes in the project such as adding more windows to all of the suites. When it was evident that the project was once again in financial trouble, one of the investors in the property offered Philippe a loan for an additional $750,000, provided that the project would now result in a more modest resort. Philippe was highly insulted and told the investor offering the additional funding, "I have created a Cadillac. You want to put into it a Chevrolet engine."

By the summer of 1970, funds to continue building were exhausted; work stopped on La Belle Creole and Philippe was forced to abandon his project.[5] The resort eventually went into the receivership of the French government, who eagerly sought a buyer.[24] Potential new investors were interested in the property, Club Med and Marriott among them, but lost their interest upon learning of the financial tangle. Aristotle Onassis also thought about La Belle Creole, but changed his mind after his representative had inspected the property. The resort began to slip into deterioration and theft was very common-resort furniture could be easily found in many local homes. Two men set up shop at the resort with the claim that they were liquidating the property's assets for its creditors, but they had no connection to the investors or the resort. Philippe refused to admit failure with La Belle Creole and until his death in 1978, continued to tell friends that his glorious resort would open soon. It was not until 1989 that the resort was completed and opened for guests for the first time. The casino and nightclub never materialized and the size of the property was reduced to 25 acres.[25] In 1995, Hurricane Luis forced the closing of La Belle Creole and the resort has remained closed since that time.[note 1]

Personal life and reception

Philippe was described as being tall, dark and lanky of frame, with an aquiline nose, long bony fingers and an acid tongue.[27] He was cited as being of a "suave" and "polished" demeanor,[28][23] and Life magazine remarked that he was "suave enough to charm the most difficult hostess".[29] He was a "strange, extremely creative, intelligent, but a somewhat warped individual"; yet one, according to George Lang, who was "an amazingly generous person" who would frequently invite guests to his country estate at Watch Hill Farm.[30][30][31] Victor Borge referred to Philippe as a "one-man atom".[27]

A workaholic,[32] and a sometimes controversial figure, in 1958 he was indicted on four counts of tax evasion, with the Federal prosecutor believing him to have collected $300,000 in gratuities in 1952-55 alone.[33] He pleaded guilty to one count of the indictment, and was fined a maximum $10,000.[34][35]

 
 
Grace Kelly and Barbara Walters

Philippe was a womanizer and was extremely popular with women; when visiting the hotel, "nearly every society lady in New York of the 1950s insisted that she either knew or was served personally by the great Claudius Charles Philippe".[27] He was married three times, first to food writer Poppy Cannon from 1941 to 1949, with whom he had a daughter, Claudia; Cannon went on to marry Walter White.[36] His second wife from 1952 to about 1961 was Comédie-Française actress Mony Dalmès,[37] who incidentally doubled for Marilyn Monroe in a number of films, and his third and last wife was Helga in the 1970s.[11] He was romantically involved with numerous women, including Grace Kelly before her marriage and Barbara Walters.[8][28][38] In 1977, Philippe was said to be writing his memoirs; it is not known if he intended them to be published.[39]

George Lang of the Waldorf believed that the hotel tried to cover up his misdemeanors, noting that he had a "kind of arrogance, an unnecessary arrogance very often, which was counterproductive". However, he referred to Philippe as "one of the truly great men this industry has ever produced".[33] Alphonse Salamone similarly remarked that "Claude Philippe brought an ingredient to this industry that I don't think has been surpassed".[40] Jorge Hansen of Hilton Hotels stated that Philippe was "probably the outstanding creative sales catering director of any hotel. He knew also when sat on the client side how to get the very best for the client".[41]

Footnotes

  1. ^ A US investor purchased the property in 2004, but was told at the time that studies indicated the construction of a hotel was not feasible. He then explored the idea of turning the property into residencies in 2009; obtaining clear titles for the lots became an issue. In 2013, it was reported that the investor decided to return to the original plan of constructing a five-star hotel on the property, which would mean clearing all existing buildings for a new structure. The developer indicated to the French government that if he did not receive the necessary permits in a timely manner, he would withdraw his support for the project.[26]

References

  1. ^ Morehouse III 1991, p. 80.
  2. ^ a b Brown, Vivian (3 October 1962). "Women Change Banquet Scene". The Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune. Chillicothe, Missouri  . p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  3. ^ Ullman & Dinhofer 1968, p. 295.
  4. ^ a b Saturday Review. Saturday Review Associates. 1960. p. 43.
  5. ^ a b c Ritz, Stacy L. (15 October 1989). "Luxurious Resort Brought To Life After Developer's Dreams Dashed". Sun-Sentinel.
  6. ^ Morehouse III 1991, p. 225.
  7. ^ Morehouse III 1991, p. 235.
  8. ^ a b c Morehouse III 1991, p. 227.
  9. ^ "New York Charity Ball Brings Frolic by Jet Set". The Logan Daily News. Logan, Pennsylvania. 25 October 1975. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.  
  10. ^ Morehouse III 1991, p. 91.
  11. ^ a b c Avery 2004, p. 45.
  12. ^ Jacobson 2008, p. 159.
  13. ^ Lang 2005, p. 153.
  14. ^ Hines, Duncan (1955). Duncan Hines' Food Odyssey. Crowell.
  15. ^ "New York Magazine". Newyorkmetro.com. New York Media, LLC: 71. 23 October 1972. ISSN 0028-7369.
  16. ^ "Harry Belafonte Recalls Hotel Racism". New York Post. New York City. 25 March 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  17. ^ "PHILIPPE TO HEAD NEW HOTEL HERE; With Waldorf Since 1931, He leaves to Plan and Run the Zeckendorf". New York Times. New York City. 9 June 1959.
  18. ^ Morehouse III 1991, p. 89.
  19. ^ "Philippe' Is Leaving Zeckendorf To Direct Summit Hotel Here; Released From His Contract at Commodore -- Loew's Unit Will Open July 1". New York Times. New York City. 10 January 1961.
  20. ^ a b Morehouse III 1991, p. 90.
  21. ^ Claiborne, Craig (17 January 1967). "Now It's Philippe of Le Pavillon". New York Times. New York City.
  22. ^ "Le Pavillion Closes". The Index-Journal. Greenwood, South Carolina. 2 October 1972. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com  .
  23. ^ a b Hannau 1967, p. 47.
  24. ^ "Happy Little Island". Sunday Gazette-Mail. Charleston, West Virginia. 14 July 1974. p. 94 – via Newspapers.com  .
  25. ^ Ritz, Stacy L. (15 October 1989). "Luxurious Resort Brought To Life After Developer's Dreams Dashed". Sun-Sentinel.
  26. ^ "5-Star Hotel Project In The Offing For La Belle Creole". The Daily Herald. 3 August 2013.
  27. ^ a b c Morehouse III 1991, p. 72.
  28. ^ a b Oppenheimer, Jerry (1 February 1991). Barbara Walters: An Unauthorized Biography. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 978-0-312-92387-7.
  29. ^ LIFE. Time Inc. 23 May 1960. p. 90. ISSN 0024-3019.
  30. ^ a b Morehouse III 1991, p. 79.
  31. ^ "91-99 Watch Hill Rd, Cortlandt Manor NY branded". YouTube. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  32. ^ Morehouse III 1991, p. 82.
  33. ^ a b Morehouse III 1991, p. 84.
  34. ^ Morehouse III 1991, p. 85.
  35. ^ "EX-WALDORF AIDE FINED IN TAX CASE; Phillippe, Former Banquet Head, Admits Evasion -- Gets $10,000 Penalty". New York Times. New York City. 20 September 1960.
  36. ^ "Claudia Philippe Wed to H. Donald Rosen". New York Times. New York City. 24 June 1985.
  37. ^ Morehouse III 1991, p. 77.
  38. ^ Walters, Barbara (2009). Audition. Vintage Books. pp. 98–99. ISBN 978-0-307-27996-5. claude philippe barbara walters.
  39. ^ Wilson, Earl (9 August 1977). "It Happened One Night". The Daily Intelligencer. Doylestown, Pennsylvania – via Newspapers.com  .
  40. ^ Morehouse III 1991, p. 81.
  41. ^ Morehouse III 1991, p. 86.

Bibliography

  • Avery, Jeanne (1 December 2004). Astrological Aspects. American Federation of Astr. ISBN 978-0-86690-553-4.
  • Hannau, Hans W. (1967). Guadeloupe. W. Andermann; Garden City, N. Y., Doubleday.
  • Jacobson, Julius H. (2008). The Classical Music Experience. Sourcebooks, Inc. ISBN 978-1-4022-4809-2.
  • Lang, George (December 2005). Nobody Knows the Truffles I've Seen. iUniverse[self-published source]. ISBN 978-0-595-37743-5.
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Claudius Charles Philippe also known as Philippe of the Waldorf or The Host of the Waldorf 10 December 1910 24 December 1978 was a British born French American restaurateur catering director hotelier and businessman who was the hotel banquet manager of the prestigious Waldorf Astoria New York hotel in the 1940s and 1950s From 1961 until 1963 he worked as executive vice president of Loews Hotels and was responsible for the planning and building of six new New York hotels Philippe in 1970 Philippe is best remembered for founding the April in Paris Ball at the Waldorf Astoria in 1951 which he ran with Elsa Maxwell until his sacking from the hotel in 1959 The balls were major events in the US socialite calendar and raised millions of dollars for American and French charities over the 28 years of its existence His Lucullus Circle dinners also attracted some of the wealthiest businessmen of the day to feast on six to eight course meals During his career at the Waldorf Astoria it has been estimated that Philippe was responsible for his clients spending 150 million alone on banquets which led him to be referred to as one of the truly great men this industry has ever produced by George Lang The suave Philippe led a colorful life with many lovers including Grace Kelly and Barbara Walters and three wives He was investigated for tax evasion in 1958 and admitted guilt one count for which he was fined the maximum 10 000 He had numerous other business interests and investments and was responsible for building at least three restaurants a casino a theater and an eighteen hole golf course in Guadeloupe in the 1960s Contents 1 Career 1 1 Background 1 2 Social events 1 3 Later work and interests 2 Personal life and reception 3 Footnotes 4 References 5 BibliographyCareer EditBackground Edit The Waldorf Astoria New York Hotel Philippe was born in London in 1910 1 the son of a chef and was trained at the Hotel de Crillon in Paris By age 20 he had settled in the United States and was an assistant to the Waldorf s Oscar Tschirky Upon Oscar s retirement in 1943 Philippe stepped into this position as Maitre d hotel 2 He went on to become one of New York s cuisine kingpins 3 In July 1948 Philippe hired Alexis Lichine to buy wines in Europe for the Waldorf Astoria the two men would become close friends and business partners 4 5 Social events Edit Marilyn Monroe with organizer Elsa Maxwell at the 1957 April in Paris Ball In 1951 Philippe founded the April in Paris Ball at the Waldorf It was initially held annually in April 1952 but according to Ann Vaccaro former executive director of the ball it was changed to October because Mr Philippe decided that because there are so many balls in the spring he would make it in October 6 After being changed to October it often marked the start of the US fall social season the balls were major events in the socialite calendar and raised millions of dollars for American and French charities over the 28 years of its existence It was staged in the Grand Ballroom at the Waldorf for eight years before moving to the Hotel Astor in 1960 the Seventh Regiment Armory in 1961 and other venues 7 The ball was designed to cater for very very high class people according to Vaccaro 8 Raffle tickets cost US 100 per person and offered opulent prizes such as a US 5000 bracelet and other jewels expensive furs perfumes and even cars 8 It attracted many of the most famous people of the day including Marilyn Monroe and Marlene Dietrich By the mid 1970s his balls were charging 185 per person the 1974 ball netted roughly 175 000 9 During his career at the Waldorf Astoria it has been estimated that Philippe was responsible for his clients spending 150 million alone on banquets 10 Philippe was also noted for his Lucullus Circle dinners and women only luncheons which were both very popular 2 The Lucullus Circle dinners inaugurated in 1951 brought about a new golden age of gastronomy attracting some of the wealthiest businessmen in the world at the time to feast on some six to eight food courses and two wines with each course 11 12 Philippe enjoyed acting like a cross between a benevolent dictator and a kindly father at the dinners according to George Lang 13 The ninth dinner featured a menu of heroic proportions 17 inches 430 mm high and 12 inches 300 mm wide with over eight pages 14 On 10 May 1965 Claude Philippe threw a party for Chevalier off his usual site this time in the Oscar s Delmonico wine caves By 1972 however the dinners had begun to lose their appeal New York Magazine noted that the dinners were still appreciated for their enormous stocks of wine but that it no longer seemed to have the appeal of the other groups 15 They nonetheless continued After Philippe s death his wife Helga took over planning the gentlemen s dinners as well as coordinating the wines and greeting the attendees she was the only woman present at these events 11 In 2013 entertainer Harry Belafonte recalled being signed to perform at the Waldorf Astoria in 1959 by Philippe When it was discovered that Belafonte was an African American Philippe was relieved from his post of long standing and the hotel tried but failed to cancel Belafonte s performances 16 Later work and interests Edit After being sacked from the Waldorf Astoria in 1959 Philippe was appointed executive vice president of the Zeckendorf Hotels Corporation for two years which at the time owned the Commodore the Manhattan and Drake hotels 17 From 1961 until 1963 he worked as executive vice president of Loews Hotels and was responsible for the planning and building of six new New York hotels including the Summit Hotel 18 19 After 1963 he presided his own consulting firm taking responsibility of the April Paris Ball until his death in 1978 20 Philippe was the head of a group of investors who bought the noted Le Pavillon in 1967 The restaurant came on the market after the sudden death of its previous owner Henri Soule in 1966 21 However Philippe and his investment group did not own the restaurant very long it was forced to close in October 1972 due to a lack of patronage 22 He was taken gravely ill three days before the 1978 ball in October and died by Christmas of that year 20 The La Belle Creole resort in 2007 Philippe had numerous business interests and investments and was responsible for building at least three restaurants a casino a theater and an eighteen hole golf course in Guadeloupe in the 1960s 23 By 1960 Alexis Lichine and Philippe owned an extensive stretch of beach called Jacks Bay near the East End of Saint Croix in the United States Virgin Islands 4 They bought a large parcel of undeveloped land in the French portion of Saint Martin around 1964 Philippe s dream had been to build a luxury resort called La Belle Creole which would be like a tiny portion of France in the Caribbean Philippe s intended guests were the people he had been acquainted with through his hotel work His plans were also for a casino a nightclub and various luxury shops as part of the resort The French government was interested enough in the project to assist Philippe by providing a desalination plant and a paved road leading to the potential resort Philippe hired architects and designers who estimated that it would cost about 5 5 million to make the dream a reality It was decided to break ground after an investment of 2 5 million which was enough to construct buildings and begin the resort plans However Philippe s funds ran out by 1969 and work on La Belle Creole was suspended 5 Philippe was able to get an emergency loan of 250 000 from a Lebanese company but this did not go very far to completing the work on the project He got some help in redrawing his budget and a larger loan of 500 000 from a large Paris bank through J Jay Frankel a financier on Wall Street Philippe s investors believed that the re budgeting and additional loan would complete at least half of the resort and allow it to open for business but Philippe continued to make expensive changes in the project such as adding more windows to all of the suites When it was evident that the project was once again in financial trouble one of the investors in the property offered Philippe a loan for an additional 750 000 provided that the project would now result in a more modest resort Philippe was highly insulted and told the investor offering the additional funding I have created a Cadillac You want to put into it a Chevrolet engine By the summer of 1970 funds to continue building were exhausted work stopped on La Belle Creole and Philippe was forced to abandon his project 5 The resort eventually went into the receivership of the French government who eagerly sought a buyer 24 Potential new investors were interested in the property Club Med and Marriott among them but lost their interest upon learning of the financial tangle Aristotle Onassis also thought about La Belle Creole but changed his mind after his representative had inspected the property The resort began to slip into deterioration and theft was very common resort furniture could be easily found in many local homes Two men set up shop at the resort with the claim that they were liquidating the property s assets for its creditors but they had no connection to the investors or the resort Philippe refused to admit failure with La Belle Creole and until his death in 1978 continued to tell friends that his glorious resort would open soon It was not until 1989 that the resort was completed and opened for guests for the first time The casino and nightclub never materialized and the size of the property was reduced to 25 acres 25 In 1995 Hurricane Luis forced the closing of La Belle Creole and the resort has remained closed since that time note 1 Personal life and reception EditPhilippe was described as being tall dark and lanky of frame with an aquiline nose long bony fingers and an acid tongue 27 He was cited as being of a suave and polished demeanor 28 23 and Life magazine remarked that he was suave enough to charm the most difficult hostess 29 He was a strange extremely creative intelligent but a somewhat warped individual yet one according to George Lang who was an amazingly generous person who would frequently invite guests to his country estate at Watch Hill Farm 30 30 31 Victor Borge referred to Philippe as a one man atom 27 A workaholic 32 and a sometimes controversial figure in 1958 he was indicted on four counts of tax evasion with the Federal prosecutor believing him to have collected 300 000 in gratuities in 1952 55 alone 33 He pleaded guilty to one count of the indictment and was fined a maximum 10 000 34 35 Grace Kelly and Barbara Walters Philippe was a womanizer and was extremely popular with women when visiting the hotel nearly every society lady in New York of the 1950s insisted that she either knew or was served personally by the great Claudius Charles Philippe 27 He was married three times first to food writer Poppy Cannon from 1941 to 1949 with whom he had a daughter Claudia Cannon went on to marry Walter White 36 His second wife from 1952 to about 1961 was Comedie Francaise actress Mony Dalmes 37 who incidentally doubled for Marilyn Monroe in a number of films and his third and last wife was Helga in the 1970s 11 He was romantically involved with numerous women including Grace Kelly before her marriage and Barbara Walters 8 28 38 In 1977 Philippe was said to be writing his memoirs it is not known if he intended them to be published 39 George Lang of the Waldorf believed that the hotel tried to cover up his misdemeanors noting that he had a kind of arrogance an unnecessary arrogance very often which was counterproductive However he referred to Philippe as one of the truly great men this industry has ever produced 33 Alphonse Salamone similarly remarked that Claude Philippe brought an ingredient to this industry that I don t think has been surpassed 40 Jorge Hansen of Hilton Hotels stated that Philippe was probably the outstanding creative sales catering director of any hotel He knew also when sat on the client side how to get the very best for the client 41 Footnotes Edit A US investor purchased the property in 2004 but was told at the time that studies indicated the construction of a hotel was not feasible He then explored the idea of turning the property into residencies in 2009 obtaining clear titles for the lots became an issue In 2013 it was reported that the investor decided to return to the original plan of constructing a five star hotel on the property which would mean clearing all existing buildings for a new structure The developer indicated to the French government that if he did not receive the necessary permits in a timely manner he would withdraw his support for the project 26 References Edit Morehouse III 1991 p 80 a b Brown Vivian 3 October 1962 Women Change Banquet Scene The Chillicothe Constitution Tribune Chillicothe Missouri p 4 via Newspapers com a href Template Cite news 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