Business playground: the "work hard, play hard" spirit of the new Pullman lounge

On 14 November, Pullman revealed its new concept for meetings in London: the Pullman St Pancras hotel is the first to be equipped with the "business playground" room, dedicated to boards of directors, before it is rolled out across the network in 2014.
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"Great ideas need inspiration to get ahead", says Xavier Louyot, the company's Global Marketing Director. Imagined by designer Matthieu Lehanneur with the aim of stimulating participants' creativity, this new-generation meeting room breaks with well-established codes. The central table, with its leather edge, makes you want to sit down, reminiscent of poker tables and the world of gambling, while discreetly integrating state-of-the-art connectivity. For moments of relaxation, the designer has created a "canopy breaks" area within the room itself, a sort of green bubble in which to hold less formal discussions and enjoy moments of relaxation. The "business playground" room also contains "curiosity boxes", small cabinets of curiosity containing books and unusual objects, like windows opening onto other worlds. For Mathieu Lehanneur, "being curious is the surest way to stay inspired!".