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Hilton London Bankside
Flagship Design Hotel, Hilton London Bankside
Unveils‘The Agora’ – The Best Meeting Room In
The World, In A Partnership With Bompas & Parr
Hotels
Flagship design hotel, Hilton London Bankside, has
partnered with Bompas & Parr - experts in multi-
sensory design – to launch The Agora, the world’s
best meeting room packed with features specifically
designed to stimulate creativity.
From flooding the room with scented air at the push
of a button to specially curated objects designed
to increase productivity, mood-improving lighting
installations and refreshments designed to recharge
physiologically, every detail is based on the science
and psychology of fruitful human interactions and
innovation.
Taking inspiration from its eclectic location, the
creativity-enhancing room can be found within the
design-hotel, Hilton London Bankside, located in
the cultural and vibrant neighbourhood of Bankside,
nestled between London Bridge and Blackfriars.
Taking pride of place in the middle of the room
is a custom-built table – the Crux of Creativity –
featuring inlaid ley lines which point to important
sites of creativity around the Bankside community
including The Globe, The Tate, British Film Institute
and Royal Festival Hall.
The Agora name was inspired by its translation to
‘gathering place’ in Ancient Greece and was also
known to be the centre of artistic and creative
trading in Athens.
Other key features include:
Press for Creativity
Silent moments in brainstorms could be no more in
The Agora - an emergency creativity button has been
installed and once pressed, a jet will push out cool air
to wake the individual up and stimulate imagination.
The cool air will also be scented with flavours
such as lemon oil (stimulating signals in the brain),
peppermint (invigorating the mind) and cinnamon
(research shows this enhances creativity). [i]
Interactive Screen
The latest in interactive screen technology will be
available to guests that book the Agora – a 75-inch
screen allows seamless, wireless connection and
communication with guests’ own devices, ending the
misery of connection difficulties often experienced in
meeting rooms.