diff --git a/apps/workplace/src/app/landing-new/landing-colleagues-new.component.ts b/apps/workplace/src/app/landing-new/landing-colleagues-new.component.ts
index ba79b15dcaf..5ec37c75df7 100644
--- a/apps/workplace/src/app/landing-new/landing-colleagues-new.component.ts
+++ b/apps/workplace/src/app/landing-new/landing-colleagues-new.component.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import { Router } from '@angular/router';
 import { BookingFormService } from '@placeos/bookings';
 import {
     Booking,
-    CalendarEvent,
     i18n,
     notifySuccess,
     settingSignal,
@@ -291,25 +290,23 @@ export class LandingColleaguesNewComponent {
         this.selected_users.set([]);
     }
 
-    public async bookMeeting(user: User) {
+    /**
+     * Open the meeting form with the colleague invited. The attendees are
+     * saved with the form at once, so the form page restores them at any
+     * load time.
+     */
+    public bookMeeting(user: User) {
+        this._event_form.newFormWith({ attendees: [user] });
         this._router.navigate(['/book', 'meeting', 'form']);
-        const event = new CalendarEvent({
-            attendees: [user],
-        });
-        setTimeout(() => this._event_form.newForm(event), 300);
     }
 
-    public async bookMeetingWithSelected() {
+    /** Open the meeting form with the selected colleagues invited */
+    public bookMeetingWithSelected() {
         const attendees = this.selected_users();
         if (attendees.length === 0) return;
+        this._event_form.newFormWith({ attendees });
+        this.clearSelection();
         this._router.navigate(['/book', 'meeting', 'form']);
-        const event = new CalendarEvent({
-            attendees: attendees,
-        });
-        setTimeout(() => {
-            this._event_form.newForm(event);
-            this.clearSelection();
-        }, 300);
     }
 
     public async bookDeskWithSelected() {
diff --git a/apps/workplace/src/app/landing-new/landing-favourites-new.component.ts b/apps/workplace/src/app/landing-new/landing-favourites-new.component.ts
index 4e6dd3cbfb4..cc5ade74002 100644
--- a/apps/workplace/src/app/landing-new/landing-favourites-new.component.ts
+++ b/apps/workplace/src/app/landing-new/landing-favourites-new.component.ts
@@ -346,18 +346,14 @@ export class LandingFavouritesNewComponent {
                 const space = this.all_spaces().find((s) => s.id === item.id);
                 if (!space) return;
 
-                this._event_form.newForm();
+                // Saved with the form at once, so the form page restores
+                // the room at any load time.
+                this._event_form.newFormWith({ resources: [space] });
                 if (use_new_features) {
                     this._router.navigate(['/book', 'meeting']);
                 } else {
                     this._router.navigate(['/book', 'spaces']);
                 }
-                setTimeout(() => {
-                    this._event_form.model.update((m) => ({
-                        ...m,
-                        resources: [space],
-                    }));
-                }, 300);
                 break;
 
             case 'desk':
diff --git a/apps/workplace/src/tests/landing/landing-colleagues-new.component.spec.ts b/apps/workplace/src/tests/landing/landing-colleagues-new.component.spec.ts
index 8ff9418cac3..4173e273dd3 100644
--- a/apps/workplace/src/tests/landing/landing-colleagues-new.component.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/workplace/src/tests/landing/landing-colleagues-new.component.spec.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ describe('LandingColleaguesNewComponent', () => {
             }),
             MockProvider(EventFormService, {
                 newForm: vi.fn(),
+                newFormWith: vi.fn(),
             }),
             MockProvider(BookingFormService, booking_form_service),
             MockProvider(Router, { navigate: vi.fn() }),
@@ -130,6 +131,42 @@ describe('LandingColleaguesNewComponent', () => {
         ).not.toContain('COLLEAGUES_BOOK_MEETING');
     });
 
+    // No wait before the checks: a prefill on a timer is lost when the form
+    // page loads after the timer.
+    it('should save the colleague with the meeting form before it opens the form', () => {
+        const user = { name: 'Test User', email: 'test@example.com' };
+        spectator = createComponent();
+        const event_form = spectator.inject(EventFormService);
+
+        spectator.component.bookMeeting(user as any);
+
+        expect(event_form.newFormWith).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+            attendees: [user],
+        });
+        expect(spectator.inject(Router).navigate).toHaveBeenCalledWith([
+            '/book',
+            'meeting',
+            'form',
+        ]);
+    });
+
+    it('should save the selected colleagues with the meeting form and clear the selection', () => {
+        const attendees = [{ name: 'Test User', email: 'test@example.com' }];
+        spectator = createComponent();
+        const event_form = spectator.inject(EventFormService);
+        spectator.component.selected_users.set(attendees as any);
+
+        spectator.component.bookMeetingWithSelected();
+
+        expect(event_form.newFormWith).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ attendees });
+        expect(spectator.component.selected_users()).toEqual([]);
+        expect(spectator.inject(Router).navigate).toHaveBeenCalledWith([
+            '/book',
+            'meeting',
+            'form',
+        ]);
+    });
+
     it('should initialise colleague desk bookings with desk booking type', async () => {
         const members = [{ name: 'Test User', email: 'test@example.com' }];
         spectator = createComponent();
diff --git a/apps/workplace/src/tests/landing/landing-favourites-new.component.spec.ts b/apps/workplace/src/tests/landing/landing-favourites-new.component.spec.ts
index f2264977512..75d4d477728 100644
--- a/apps/workplace/src/tests/landing/landing-favourites-new.component.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/workplace/src/tests/landing/landing-favourites-new.component.spec.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ describe('LandingFavouritesNewComponent', () => {
             }),
             MockProvider(EventFormService, {
                 newForm: vi.fn(),
+                newFormWith: vi.fn(),
                 model: signal<any>({}),
             } as any),
             MockProvider(BookingFormService, {
@@ -112,6 +113,27 @@ describe('LandingFavouritesNewComponent', () => {
         expect(booking_model()).toEqual({});
     });
 
+    // No wait before the checks: a prefill on a timer is lost when the form
+    // page loads after the timer.
+    it('should save a favourite room with the meeting form before it opens the form', () => {
+        const router = spectator.inject(Router);
+        const settings = spectator.inject(SettingsService);
+        const event_form = spectator.inject(EventFormService);
+        (settings.get as any).mockReturnValue(true);
+        spectator.detectChanges();
+
+        spectator.component.bookResource({
+            id: 'space-1',
+            name: 'Room 1',
+            type: 'room',
+        } as any);
+
+        expect(event_form.newFormWith).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+            resources: [expect.objectContaining({ id: 'space-1' })],
+        });
+        expect(router.navigate).toHaveBeenCalledWith(['/book', 'meeting']);
+    });
+
     it('should still preload non-desk favourites into the booking form', async () => {
         const router = spectator.inject(Router);
         const settings = spectator.inject(SettingsService);