Here in Grand Rapids, MI hotel lobbies <http://www.mlive.com/living/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2012/04/is_the_hotel_lobby_the_new_sta.html> have become a spot for business meetings and working away from the home or office. Restaurants feel much closer to coworking than lobbies since the appeal of the latter is they are nearly always empty and quiet.
-Laura workthefactory.com On Friday, March 6, 2015 at 3:16:11 PM UTC-5, Steve King wrote: > > The article In First, American Spent More in Restaurants Than Grocery > Stores > <https://www.yahoo.com/food/for-the-first-time-ever-americans-spent-more-in-112803758886.html> > > is interesting on several levels. But this quote really caught my eye: > > Weinberg also noted that nearby companies have begun using her restaurants > as meeting places, which she believes is part of a larger trend. “We never > used to open our restaurants between lunch and dinner, because it didn’t > seem worthwhile,” she explained. “But we do now because people use them for > business meetings. They’d rather do it at our communal table, drinking a > cocktail, than their offices.” > > > Interesting trend - anyone else seeing this? > > Steve > -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
