Good holiday in this Mark Warner chalet hotel. Comfortable rooms. We didn't notice any problem with paper-thin walls. Good food, willing and helpful staff. The lift was out of action much of the week, much to the frustration of the maintainence man, who did his best.
I would go there again

A Mark Warner chalethotel. Good staff and food. Rooms o.k. The sat/cable tv doesn't have any english-speaking channels ... Mark Warner won't pay for the subscriptions.

Paper thin bedroom walls; I was lucky that as a one-off, the hotel was mostly occupied by of one like-minded group all week. Some unlucky fellow skiers were woken by the same selfish three people returning at 3 a.m., twice. Most weeks would be noisier, as mixed guests of varying social habits.

Resort has non-existent nightlife. Relaxed, classy Bar Roma for 3 p.m. onwards, and another up the street apparenty. Very posh shops. Traffic free main street. Clean resort.

Resort village itself dead in the week. Locals said been like this for a few years. Wealthy Italians arrive on Sat & Sun.

Good ski-ing. Only lift queues on sunny weekends. Holds snow well and much better than Chamonix the other side of Mont Blanc. Don't bother with daytrips on crowded slow buses to Pila or La Thuile/La Rosiere ... why waste huge chunks of day on a bus, for average skiing elsewhere?

Just spent a week here with a group of friends on a skiing holiday. Hotel is a bit scruffy, but warm with comfortable beds and lots of hot water even when everyone is showering/bathing at the end of the day. Lots of food, excellent tea when you come in off the slopes. Skiing is great for intermediates, not so good for beginners; difficult to find a mountain bar that a nervous beginner can reach as all the blue runs have steep bits at their starts.

Our only complaint - and it's a big one - dinner took on average more than 2 hours to serve 3 courses. Start times are staggered, so some nights we began our dinner at 8.30 and didn't finish until nearly 11 pm. Usually waited 40 minutes until the ( very simple ) starters arrived, another half hour until main course and we'd lost the will to live after waiting another half hour for pudding. The food is good, but not as special as the somewhat pretentious chef would have you believe; he'd be better getting his kitchen moving rather than wandering around chatting to guests.

I admit, I was worried. No recent reviews, and quite a few negative old ones.
Courmayeur the village - quaint and beautiful, not at all purpose built. Just gorgeous. Although only a handful of bars and restaurants the quality is great. Shopping is very good - upscale and classy.
Access to ski - the gondola is a very short walk from the hotel, not a problem at all. You can leave your gear in a locker by the gondola (€10 for the week) or easily carry snowboards back to the Cristallo.
The mountain - small but very nice. Lot's of trees, a bit like Copper Mountain Colorado. Great on mountian restaurants. Fun for ski and snowboard (the reds are easy, the blacks are more like tough reds - great for building confindence)
Ok, now the hotel:
This hotel is operated by Mark Warner, with mainly British guests and staff. I booked with a singles group (each had solo rooms, so instead of 70+ guests there were 34 of us for the week) It was just great. The staff went out of thier way to make us comfortable, they were proactive in asking if there were any food allergies, or other special needs, and were always on hand to answer questions.
It's true the rooms are a bit old fashioned, but the wooden walls and stone floors add to the charm. I was on the 4th floor and the view was amazing. Like most chalet hotels, you can hear noise in the corridor but it was never that bad.
Perhaps my expectations were just really low, but I dont think so. The staff make this a great place, and it's really a nicely located cozy hotel.