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Michelin’s new Key ranking system is out in full force with 189 French hotels receiving an honor.

Michelin on Monday awarded 24 French hotels with “Three Keys” – its highest rating in a new hotel rating system that will be rolling out globally this year.   

The "key" system mirrors Michelin's restaurant star system, with one key denoting a "special" hotel, two keys for "exceptional," and the coveted three keys awarded to "extraordinary" establishments.

Michelin named 38 Two Key hotels, and 127 One Key hotels. Several palace hotels received three keys, including the Four Seasons George V. Chate