Ben Croll To a recent arrival, strolling down the Croisette for the first time since May 2019, it could seem like nothing ever happened.Save for the Carlton, which is under renovation until 2023, all the hotels will be up and running, as will the restaurants and bars.
The beaches will be busy, the sun at full strength and the nightlife in full swing. One might daydream about what it was like for the past 16 months.“It was a catastrophe,” says Max Rothman, an American transplant who has run the Cannes Concierge rental service for two decades. “Economically speaking, I think Cannes was the hardest hit city in the country.”The numbers indeed are staggering.
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