travel.usatoday.com — The New York Times tells us today about the charming-but-dated Hôtel Carlton in Lille, France, which is grappling with unwanted notoriety thanks to its involvement in a sex scandal that involves the country's elites. The most famous VIP swept up in the scandal, of course, is Dominique Strauss-Kahn - the former former International Monetary Fund chief who was once considered a favorite for the French presidency.