Balancing novelty and understated luxury is key to what les vacances mean now.
Elle Decor US|Summer 2022
Designer Luc Berger is a soft-spoken 30-something with an unassuming demeanor that belies his accomplishments: We are, after all, taking coffee at Le Meurice, a hotel that is at least partly his own design.
Balancing novelty and understated luxury is key to what les vacances mean now.

Berger, along with his partner in business and life, Margaux Lally, is in the midst of a pandemic-spanning project to update guest rooms and suites at the famed Parisian hotel.

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