The interior designer hired by Four Seasons,
Pierre Rochon, noted: "My main objective was to
marry functionality with guest comfort, to merge
21st-century technology with the hotel's 'French
classique' heritage. I would like guests rediscovering
the hotel to think that I had not changed a
thing—and, at the same time, to notice how much
better they feel within its walls."^ The fact that the
designer was French, Talbott pointed out, "signaled
to the French that we understood what they
meant by luxury