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Club Med in unlikely Starck team-up for new hotel

Mama Shelter hotel in ParisForget the January blues for a minute - here's a re-creation of that world we once knew back in the days of rising profits, high room uptake and smiles all around.

Yes the luxury consumption era, so dated for just being three months old, is back with a brief flicker in the form of a new Paris hotel, Mama Shelter.

As you can see from the pic next door, Philippe Starck has recreated his very own wacky minimalism, this time for the centre of Paris Saint Blaise area. And, bizarrely, he has the backing of resort company Club Med  too.

There are 172 rooms with iMacs, TV, Internet, DVD players, Skype and free wireless Internet access. Remember them?

If people out there are willing to pay €189 a night then that's just great, but Kitchen Rat wonders whether the hordes will be descending on this new place over the course of the coming 12 months.

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