Recent press report have suggested that the Dubai-based Jumeirah and Saudi tycoon Prince Al Waleed Bin Talal Bin Abdul Aziz are interested in buying the Hotel de Crillon near Paris' Champs Elysees. Starwood Capital gained control of the hotel's owner, Societe du Louvre, when it bought out Taittinger, owner of the champagne house, for nearly 1.2 billion euros ($1.42 billion) in July. Generally speaking, Paris is one of the favorite ...