Eureka! Novotel's Meeting Spaces

Novotel in Europe has been working with InnovationLabs to redesign its service offering for meetings. These tend to be smaller meetings - the space appears to max out around 20 people.

The tool they've developed for their website is a terrific example, though, of how a space can be reconfigured to support different functions. (Click on the four "plans" on the right side of the screen to see the space reconfigure!) The space can support a variety of different work styles, and this is the first demonstration I've seen of a hotel actually thinking through the process of a meeting beyond when a meal will be served.

They even post sample agendas for how your meeting can be more productive using this kind of space!

(Oh, the whole site is in French, so let me know if you have more questions about the content.)