ROOM BOOKING

Room Booking System for Hybrid Workplaces

Book a meeting room in seconds from Outlook, Teams or the app. For the meetings that matter, Managed Rooms hand catering, AV, logistics and vendors to your concierge team, all in one platform.

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TWO WAYS TO BOOK

Rooms for everyday meetings. Managed Rooms for the ones that matter.

Most meetings need a room, a screen and a Teams link. Employees find and book them in a few clicks from Outlook, Teams, the web app, the mobile app or the room panel at the door, with live floor plans and filters for capacity and equipment.

Board meetings, client presentations and training days need more. Managed Rooms send each request to your concierge team, who confirm the room and coordinate catering, AV, logistics and vendors. Whether a room is standard or managed is simply a setting on the room.

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BENEFITS

Everything people need to book a room

Room booking that works inside the tools people already use, with the data facilities teams need to plan.

Live floor plan

Users can view an interactive floor plan to search and book meeting rooms, with capacity and live availability status.

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Quick bookings

Make a quick booking or cancellation via mobile app or room panel. Book now or schedule for later in under three clicks.

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Synchronised calendar

Bookings sync with Microsoft Outlook and Teams, so you can invite colleagues and add a Teams link in one step.

Managed Rooms

Set any room as managed and requests go to your concierge team, with catering, AV and logistics coordinated in one place.

Flexible and scalable

Add, block or update meeting rooms, set permissions and privacy controls from within the admin portal.

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Monitor resources

Users can view room capacity and AV/equipment availability and facilities can analyse booking data for future planning.

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Planning

As the world moves to more remote and hybrid ways of working, information is critical to making informed decisions about building occupancy. 

With access to real time and historical data, decision makers can understand how their meeting rooms are actually being used to better manage and reduce real estate costs. 

MANAGED ROOMS

Managed Rooms: concierge-run meetings, from request to recharge

A Managed Room is a meeting room or space that your concierge or front-of-house team runs on behalf of the person booking it. Instead of an instant booking, the employee submits a request with attendees, catering, AV, logistics and attachments. The concierge team confirms the room, vendors fulfil each service, and the cost is charged back to the right cost centre.

Any room or space can be set up as managed when it is created, from boardrooms and client suites to training rooms and event spaces. Employees still request them where they already work: Microsoft Teams, Outlook, the Nura Space web app or the mobile app.

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RequestThe employee requests the room with attendees, catering, AV, logistics and attachments.
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ReviewThe concierge team reviews the request, assigns an owner and confirms the right room.
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ConfirmThe host and requester are kept up to date as the booking moves from request to confirmed.
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FulfilVendors receive orders on their own dashboard or by email, and update progress as they deliver.
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ReserveEquipment is reserved against the booking, with its condition and any notes recorded.
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RechargeCosts are split across cost centres, and run sheets and invoices are approved in workflow.

A concierge queue built for front-of-house teams

Every request lands in one queue, in a list or a calendar view by room. Each booking shows its status, from new request and under review through to confirmed and concluded, along with the host, the person who requested it and the team member it is assigned to. Requests still waiting on a room sit in a waitlist, so nothing gets lost between emails.

Vendors see exactly what to deliver, and when

Caterers, AV providers and logistics teams can log in to their own dashboard or receive orders by email. Each order carries delivery and clean-up times, the room and the meeting details, and vendors update its status as they go. Equipment such as clickers, whiteboards and flipcharts is reserved against the booking, with its condition and any notes recorded.

Workflows and cost centres, set up your way

Each organisation configures its own booking types, categories and workflows, including service flows for catering, AV and logistics, room status tracking, and approvals for documents such as run sheets and invoices. Costs can be split across several cost centres by percentage, and cost centre lists can be imported in bulk.

Built for every office, in every time zone

Managed Rooms work across countries, buildings and floors, with every booking shown in local time. Reporting on managed bookings and services is included, so facilities and front-of-house leaders can see demand for rooms and services across the portfolio.

Room booking runs on the same platform as visitor management, desk booking, Block & Stack space planning and workplace analytics, and standard rooms can be booked at the door on the Room panel.

Rooms, Managed Rooms and typical room booking tools

CapabilityTypical room booking toolsNura Space RoomsNura Space Managed Rooms
Book from Outlook, Teams, web and mobileTypical toolsUsuallyRoomsYesManaged RoomsYes, as a request
Catering, AV and equipmentTypical toolsAdded to the booking as extrasRoomsNot included, bookings are room onlyManaged RoomsCoordinated with vendors from request to delivery
Concierge review and confirmationTypical toolsRarelyRoomsNot needed, bookings are instantManaged RoomsYes, with an assignee and a waitlist
Vendor dashboard and email ordersTypical toolsSometimes, often a separate moduleRoomsNot neededManaged RoomsYes
Equipment reserved against the bookingTypical toolsRarelyRoomsNot neededManaged RoomsYes, with condition and notes
Cost centre rechargingTypical toolsRarelyRoomsNot neededManaged RoomsYes, split across cost centres by percentage
Configurable workflowsTypical toolsLimitedRoomsBooking rules and permissionsManaged RoomsService, approval and document workflows
Same platform as desks, visitors and space planningTypical toolsOften separate productsRoomsYesManaged RoomsYes

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Buyer's guide

Choosing a room booking system

A meeting room booking system lets people find and reserve a room from their phone, their calendar or a panel at the door, and keeps all three in sync so a room is never double booked or left empty under a forgotten booking. Calendar-only booking handles the first part; it is the room panel, the no-show release and the utilisation data that separate a booking system from a shared calendar.

The questions that matter: does it work inside Microsoft 365 and Teams, can people see availability at the door, what happens when a meeting does not show up, and what does the data tell you about how many rooms you really need.

What to look for

What to look for
Why it matters
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Microsoft 365 and Teams integration
Why it matters
People book meetings in Outlook; a system that fights the calendar will not be used
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Rooms sync with Microsoft 365; Teams links added to bookings
Booking from phone, web and panel
Why it matters
Planned meetings from the desk, impromptu ones from the corridor
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App, web portal and the Room panel at the door
Live availability at the door
Why it matters
Stops people interrupting a meeting to ask if the room is free
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Room panel shows status with a colour halo visible down the corridor
No-show release
Why it matters
Ghost bookings are the main reason rooms look full and sit empty
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Rooms can be released when a meeting does not check in
Search by capacity and equipment
Why it matters
A 12-person room for a 2-person call wastes the room
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Filter rooms by size, floor and equipment
Invite and notify attendees
Why it matters
One step, not a booking and then a separate invitation
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Invite team members from the booking
Utilisation reporting
Why it matters
The real question is how many rooms, of what size, on which floors
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Workplace analytics on room bookings, occupancy and no-shows
Part of a workplace platform
Why it matters
One platform for rooms, desks, visitors and lockers
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Same platform and app as desk booking and visitor management

How it works in practice

A planned meeting is booked in Outlook or the Nura Space app with the room, attendees and a Teams link. An impromptu meeting is booked at the Room panel outside the door. Both show on the panel, both are released if no one checks in, and both feed the analytics that tell facilities teams which rooms are oversubscribed and which are rarely used.

Pricing

Nura Space Meeting Room Booking is priced as part of the platform, from $54 per user or resource per year. Room panels are quoted separately. Get a quote or book a demo.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

How do employees book a meeting room?

Rooms can be found and booked from the live floor plan or by filtering on room type and capacity, in Microsoft Teams, Outlook, the Nura Space web app, the mobile app or directly on the room panel outside the door. A standard booking takes under three clicks.

Does room booking sync with Outlook and Microsoft 365 calendars?

Yes. Bookings synchronise with Microsoft 365 calendars, so a room booked in Nura Space appears in the organiser's calendar and invitees stay in the loop.

Can we order catering or equipment with a room booking?

Catering, AV and logistics are requested through Managed Rooms. Any room can be set up as managed, and the request goes to your concierge team, who coordinate each service with vendors and confirm the booking. Standard room bookings stay instant, without services attached.

What happens to rooms that are booked but not used?

Rooms that are not checked in to can be released automatically after a set time, and utilisation data shows which rooms are over or under used so space can be reconfigured. Integration with in-room sensors to release unused rooms is also possible.

What is a Managed Room?

A Managed Room is a meeting room or space that a concierge or front-of-house team runs for the person booking it. Employees request the room with catering, AV and logistics, the concierge team confirms it, vendors fulfil each service and the cost is charged to the right cost centre. Any room can be set as managed when it is created.

How do caterers and AV vendors receive orders?

Vendors can log in to their own dashboard in Nura Space or receive orders by email. Each order includes delivery and clean-up times, the room and the meeting details, and vendors update its status as they go.

Can meeting costs be charged back to cost centres?

Yes. When requesting a Managed Room, costs can be split across one or more cost centres by percentage. Cost centre lists can be imported in bulk, so they stay in line with your finance system.

Can we set up our own booking types and approval workflows?

Yes. Each organisation configures its own booking types, categories and workflows, including service flows for catering, AV and logistics, room status tracking and approvals for documents such as run sheets and invoices.

See room booking and Managed Rooms in action

Book a demo and see how Nura Space handles everyday meetings and the ones that matter, from a quick room booking to a fully managed board meeting.