Found this virtual tour of one of the apartments in the hotel, and unfortunately, the design is as I suspected: this hotel was initially designed as a Grand Murwab and was supposed to open back in 2016, and sat partially unfurnished and incomplete for the past few years. It seems the owners stuck with the original design scheme, and just stuck in some new light fixtures and bits and pieces to make the property a Le Méridien, so it'll be a bit of lipstick on an older pig rather than an all-new product. If one is looking for a properly designed Le Méridien that conforms to the brand image, the new Le Royal Méridien at the Place Vendôme mall in Lusail will be it.

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