Flexible Meeting Spaces Become Common as Small Events Evolve
Photo Credit: A meeting room at the Fairmont Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal. Flexible meeting spaces are on the rise, although many still prefer a traditional meeting setup. Skift / Andrew Sheivachman
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Venues are getting smarter about designing space in a more flexible way to enable more creative events. This is a welcome change as companies and groups gravitate away from the tired old meeting concepts and toward more memorable, experiential events.
Small events are often able to offer creative experiences for groups in ways that don't scale well for larger events or conferences.
A big part of this is the availability of meeting spaces that can be tweaked and adjusted to enable a specific type of group setting, along with leveraging the diverse characteristics of hotels and other venues geared towards small events and simple meetings.
The IACC Meeting Room of the Future: A Survey of Meeting Venue Operators and Suppliers report shows small venues are embracing more varied ways for their customers to hold meetings. The group surveyed more than 50 venues on four continents with average group sizes of less than 100 attendees per event.
Now, more than a third of the venue
