Companies want flexibility but are reluctant to commit. Workers crave autonomy without being tied down. Traditional office leases are rigid, more expensive than ever, and increasingly out of step with what people need.
Coworking spaces promised an answer, but rising costs and unstable demand make sustainability challenging. As a result, the gap between the need for flexible, affordable workspace and the realities of today’s market is growing wider.
According to Colliers, demand for office space across Asia Pacific’s top markets surged by 15.9% annually, reaching 8.8 million square metres by 2025—highlighting a growing need for scalable, adaptive solutions.
Enter Staytion, an online platform solving this problem with Airbnb-like ease across Southeast Asia.
The future of coworking is asset-light
Before it expanded to a digital platform of coworking spaces, Staytion lived on real platforms: born in Singapore’s MRT network, it transformed transit retail spaces into convenient co-working hubs for commuters at Dhoby Ghaut, Marsiling, and Paya Lebar. Today, Staytion connects users to workspaces across nine countries, including Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, and more.
What’s interesting is that Staytion is growing not by building spaces but by rethinking access—evolving into a scalable, tech-driven marketplace that partners with, rather than competes against, commercial space owners.
By partnering with coworking space brands and lifestyle venues, Staytion sidesteps the need to build or lease spaces and redirects resources toward platform development, user acquisition, and regional growth.
This approach also allows Staytion to curate a range of spaces—hot desks, meeting rooms, private studios and even niche lifestyle spaces like dance and photography studios—tailored to users’ evolving needs. This flexibility reflects how people work today: they are mobile, mixed, and on demand.
As Staytion’s network expands, users gain more choices—and partners benefit from higher visibility and stronger demand.
But for flexible work to truly evolve, it’s not enough to offer more spaces—it’s about rethinking what a workspace should be.
Redefining coworking for the new era
Staytion goes beyond traditional coworking—it’s a tech-driven, lifestyle-first platform built around how work is changing.
Unlike models locked into fixed leases, Staytion combines its MRT-based venues—placing workspaces within easy reach of commuter networks—with a growing marketplace of partner spaces across Southeast Asia.
With Staytion’s flexible passes, which includes pay-per-use or membership plans, users can unlock workspaces across the region—from hot desks to meeting rooms and studios—all discoverable and bookable in just a few taps.
At a time when rising costs and rigid commitments weigh down traditional coworking models, Staytion’s asset-light approach enables it to scale quickly while delivering the flexibility users demand.
Building depth over borders
Staytion isn’t racing to stamp flags on a map—it’s focused on quality over quantity. Instead, it’s focused on building deeper, better networks within the nine countries it already serves: Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, South Korea, China, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Japan.
Not only does it offer regional businesses a flexible alternative to fixed leases, but it also helps regional teams work seamlessly across Southeast Asia. Staytion continually enhances the user experience—making maps more interactive, bookings faster, and discovery more intuitive—while also onboarding more premium coworking and lifestyle venues to enhance workspace options for users.
But scaling alone is not enough—it’s about staying ahead of how people want to work.
Milestones that shaped a regional challenger
The numbers speak for themselves; in just two years, Staytion has evolved from MRT stations to the region’s smartphone screens:
- Three owned MRT venues at Dhoby Ghaut, Marsiling, and Paya Lebar
- 600+ partner locations across nine countries
- 1,500+ workspace listings live on the platform
- 292 workspace brands onboarded
- More than 8,000 registered users and 17,000+ bookings
- Multiple industry awards, including Flexible Workspace Initiative of the Year (Real Estate Asia, 2023-2025) and Technology Innovation of the Year (Real Estate Asia, 2024 and 2025)
As Staytion continues to grow, it accelerates the shift in how and where flexible work takes shape across the region.
The future of work is already here
From day-pass freelancers to regional enterprise teams, Staytion is redefining what flexible work looks like across Southeast Asia.
By shedding real estate and embracing a platform-first model, it’s building a lifestyle-centric network that lets people work wherever opportunity leads them.
Staytion’s vision is simple: As hybrid work becomes the norm, the future of work won’t be tied to an address—it’ll be mobile, flexible, and powered by platforms that move with you.
One way Staytion brings that future to life is through its Global Unlimited Membership—a single, flexible plan that unlocks access to over 90 premium workspaces across six countries, including The Executive Centre, Staytion Spaces, N9 Offices and more.
Members enjoy unlimited usage, no lock-in contracts, and exclusive perks from F&B, wellness, and lifestyle partners—plus five complimentary hours of meeting room access at Staytion Spaces. New users can enjoy a one-week free trial from 15 May 2025 onwards.
The next generation of workspaces will belong to those who turn flexibility into opportunity.
