The maker of portable “phone booth” private rooms for offices now has a line of wheelchair accessible conference rooms.

The old conference room tended to be formal, even sterile, but new ones are loosening up, often acquiring a coziness that some company leaders say they hope will help employees transition back to ...

BOSTON — Conference rooms in a Massachusetts government building in Boston are being converted into short-term emergency shelters starting Monday, according to a notice sent to state employees.

Standing meeting “rooms” often take place on the fringes of open office floor plans, using bar-height meeting tables, optional stools, and integrated tech for remote conferencing. This layout ...