The hotel’s lobby or common area is a “third place” that is often overlooked. Personally, I crave an environment where other people are working; it produces a kind of social white noise ...

A missed connection in the hotel lobby? With the new Six Degrees app, it could be easier to rendezvous with nearby strangers when you travel. Business trips can be such lonely adventures. Away ...

That’s where the hotel lobby–and The Standard’s new Lobby app–comes into play. The idea behind the app is simple: Hotel lobbies used to be a place for spontaneous conversations, to meet ...

AFTER: The updated Living Room, a seating area off the lobby, at the Clift Hotel. Blair Heagerty / SFGate. San Francisco’s historic Clift Hotel underwent a massive renovation.

In 1986, then-owner Stouffer Hotel Company oversaw a $37 million restoration program. At that time, the original decor of the hotel's lobby - velvet drapes, Oriental rugs and all - was replicated ...