Work starts on McKillen's boutique hotel

Luxury development begins to take shape

Paddy McKillen.

Work has begun on a five-star boutique hotel at developer and businessman Paddy McKillen’s Chateau La Coste vineyard retreat in the South of France.

The first test suite of the hotel, which is specially designed to be embedded in the hillside in a way that doesn’t disrupt the scenic local landscape, has been constructed.

The planned development will be “extremely luxurious”, McKillen’s spokeswoman said, with private swimming pools attached to some suites. It ...