Holiday Inn takes a crack at coworking

[Alex Hillman]

The temporary nature of hanging out in hotels is always interesting to me - I love the interactions in the lounge, the bar, the lobby. I'm pretty interested to see how this new twist on a "work friendly" bar and lounge concept takes off. Strikes me as something that'll do really well, considering the popularity of the Ace Hotel lobby in New York as the home for a mostly (but not entirely) ad-hoc coworking community.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2391900,00.asp

If you shorten the lifespan of an interaction with somebody to the temporary-ness imposed by hotel living, coworking actually makes a bunch of sense to help enrich the little bit of time you do have to share with strangers. Your common context might not be that you're freelancers, or that you work for yourself - but instead that you're travelers. I know I tend to stay in "favorite" hotels when i visit certain cities. I'd return to a hotel if I knew that there was a good chance of running into cool, savvy people in the lobby.

Neat thought exercise.

/ah
indyhall.org
coworking in philadelphia

[Sabahat Ashraf ("iFaqeer")]

Most US hotels could take a giant leap in the right direction by not charging a few for WiFi.

Or, wait; will they charging a fee for the privilege of being a coworker at the hotel, besides just a "guest"? And maybe then we call that a "guest worker"? [Sorry; couldn't resist that last bit of silliness.]

Sabahat.

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[manuduv]

In France, Novotel (Accor Group) offers in the bars of its hotels,
business lounge areas with free WiFi. Commercial, businessman and
consultants work there. but I dont think there have many interactions
between them. Especially at risk of privacy because there are also
hotel guests who pass through there.
If hotels and other places of passage for mobile workers, offered
coworking spaces in partnership with the coworking space of the city,
such as hotels gain in attendance and mobile workers as quality work.
One more development for coworking!

Emmanuel
coworkinglille.com
Lille - France

On 27 août, 06:08, "Sabahat Ashraf (\"iFaqeer\")"

<ashr...@alum.rpi.edu> wrote:
> Most US hotels could take a giant leap in the right direction by not
> charging a few for WiFi.
>
> Or, wait; will they charging a fee for the privilege of being a coworker at
> the hotel, besides just a "guest"? And maybe then we call that a "guest
> worker"? [Sorry; couldn't resist that last bit of silliness.]
>
> Sabahat.
>
> On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 8:57 PM, Alex Hillman

> <dangerouslyawes...@gmail.com>wrote:

[f...@coworklisboa.pt]

I think this is really the next level for coworking. In Portugal, ALL–
DESK is launching right now – www.all-desk.com. Work everywhere, all
over, ALL–DESK claims. Can you imagine working at a gas station? Maybe
not that stupid if you think about the promotional boost one could
experience. I am a designer. I'd love to stay a few days in a place
full of people coming in and out. so, maybe not a place for a steady
workplace but it could work in terms of self promotion for a new
service, product, etc. Or just because you live two floors above...

Fernando Mendes
www.coworklisboa.pt
Lisboa, Portugal