Walk into a hotel lobby and you may notice something unexpected: People. Not people checking in, or waiting for someone to arrive or hustling to the elevator. In the past handful of years, hotels have started to create lobbies and common spaces that are a destination in themselves for both guests and locals. In part, the trend is in response to the rise of co-working spaces like WeWork and remote work programs like Remote Year, which encourage collaboration in shared work spaces around the world. Mr. Litwin points to Ace Hotel in New York, which opened in 2009, as the property that pushed the phenomenon into high gear.

Source: New York Times December 12, 2018 10:00 UTC