Lounging in Luxury
Ii-lounges ze-Airport zihlala zizisa ukuphuphuma emasangweni kunye neenkundla zokutya zeenqwelo-moya ezinqabileyo kwihlabathi. Kodwa njani enye indawo yokuphumula idityaniswe nxamnye nelandelayo? Saxoxisana nabantu abahamba ngeendlela ezilisithoba kwaye sababuza ukuba yintoni eyenza indawo enkulu yokuhlala kunye neyiphi i-airline lounges ithatha isihloko sintandokazi. Funda ukuze ufumene ukuba yiyiphi i-lounges ye-aƩroport okufanele ibe kwiluhlu lwamabhakethi.
01 ka 09
Cathay Pacific
UChris McGinnis, umsunguli weKhenketho yeZakhono zoKhenketho, Inc., enika imali yokulondoloza imali, ukucebisa ukhenketho, ukuhamba kanye okanye kabini ngenyanga. Into ayithandayo yiCathay Pacific Pier Lounge eHong Kong International Airport . "Kude kube yindawo yokuphumla ehle kakhulu kwihlabathi, kwaye igcinelwe abagibeli bokuqala beklasi kwiCathay Pacific kunye nabalingani bayo base-Oneworld ," watsho. "I-lounge ifana nokuhlala komhlobo onobuqilima, ngokugqibeleleyo, iimpahla zokuqulunqa kunye nokukhanyisa." Kukho iinqwelo ezikhethiweyo ze-naps phakathi kweenqwelo zeenqwelo kunye neeyure ezisibhozo zeeyites zokuhamba kwexesha elide. Kukho kwakhona indawo yokudlela yeenkwenkwezi ezintlanu kunye nebar ekhonza nabani na abagibeli bewayini.
02 we-09
British Airways
U-Petri Tuohimaa ngumyili wegraphic / umdwebi wezithombe owenza iindwendwe ezintathu zokuhamba ngokude kunye nohambo olu-4 okanye ezintlanu kwiYurophu ngonyaka, kwaye i-lounge yakhe eyintandokazi yi-BA's Galleries kuqala e-London Heathrow Terminal 5.
"Nangona iComporde igumbi leyona ndawo yodwa yokuhlala e- British Airways eHeathrow kuba igcinelwe abagibeli beklasi kuphela, i-Galleries First ivulelekile kwi-Oneworld Emeralds kungakhathaliseki ukuhamba kwabo kwiklasi, kwaye ngoko ke iluncedo kakhulu njengendawo yokuphumula," watsho. A
Ukongeza kwi-self-serving food hot, kukho imenyu yokuyalela ukutya, yathi iTohimaa. "I-lounge ivakalelwa kwaye ikhululekile nangona ixakekile. Iiglasi ze-Champagne zikhulu kwaye i-champagne ayinasiphelo. Amayeza kunye neyeza zonyango ziyafumaneka kulabo abazifunayo. "
UJohnny Jet, ingcali ye-travel based e-United States edla ngokuphindaphindiweyo ngama-75 ngamawaka kumazwe angama-20, nayo ingumdlali omkhulu we-British Airways First Class Lounge eLondon. "Ndinokungena mahhala kunye ne-American Air executive executive platinum, ngoko ke andinayo indiza yokuhamba ngeklasi yokuqala," watsho. "Banamanzi, amanzi okuhlambela ngasese kunye ne-buffet eqinile, kodwa ukuba izinto zingenzi nto kuwe, kukho imenyu onokuyilahla."
03 ka 09
Emirates
UNate Vallier, umongameli kunye ne-CEO ye-Airline Doctors, Inc., i-HR kunye ne-IT yokuqhagamshelana iqumrhu, uhamba phakathi kwamacandelo amabini anesibhozo ngeveki kwiinkalo ezininzi zeenqwelo zasekhaya. "Kodwa xa ndihamba ngamazwe ngamazwe, ndizama ukubetha amazwe ambalwa ngangoko, kwaye i-lounge yam intandokazi yi-Emirates First Class Lounge Terminal 3 e-Dubai International Airport. "Isixa semali e-Emirates esabelwe i-lounge sinengqiqo nje yokuvutha - sisayizi esifanayo neseshishini lokuhlala kwiklasi; nangona kunjalo i-Emirates iyalinqanda ukungena, "watsho. "Ngokungafani namaqela asekhaya asekhaya ase-US, akufuneki ukuzingela i-port port, isfafa, indawo yomsebenzi okanye isihlalo esinobukhulu. Kuyinto inqabile ukuba ufanele uhlale eduze komnye umntu, ekubeni i-Emirates ineendawo ezininzi zokuhlala kwaye zenzelwe ngendlela ummandla ngamnye uvakalelwa ngayo. "
Indawo yokutyela ilungile kakhulu, kunye ne-buffet okanye unako ukulandela kwimenyu, utshilo uVallier. "Kukho ezininzi izikhululo zokusasaza phakathi kwendawo yokuphumula, kubandakanywa nesitolo esithe xaxa apho unakho ukunambitha iwayini kwihlabathi lonke," watsho. "Usuku lwe-spa luseyiphatha kakuhle - ngokungafani nendawo yokuhlala kwiklasi yeBusiness, ufumana ukhetho lwakho lweentlobo ezahlukeneyo zonyango. Ndine-reflexology kunye neenwele; Zonke zenziwa kwinqanaba okulindela kwi-spa ye-Hyatt Resort. "
04 we-09
United Airlines
Kevin Schorr ngumcebisi wenkonzo yomoya osekelwe ngaphandle kweWashington, DC, ohamba ngeenxa zonke kathathu ngenyanga. Ukuhambela kwakhe kwinqwelo-moya eyintandokazi yi-United Airlines Global First lounge eLondon Heathrow. "Amanye ama-lounges anezixhobo ezinjengeendawo zonke ze-All Nippon Airways kwi-Airport yaseTokyo Narita, kodwa banokuthi baninzi kwaye banomsindo kangangokuba kuphazamisa amava onke," watsho.
"I-United Airlines yase-United States yokuqala yokuphumula isilungelelwano esipheleleyo sezinto eziphathekayo, inkonzo kunye ne-ambience-kunye neembono ezinkulu zeenqwelo zendiza," esho. "Ukutya nokusela kusasazeka kwaye bayakuvuyela ukupheka izinto ezilungeleyo kwimenyu yokudla kwasekuseni okanye kwimini yasemini / imenyu yokutya naluphi ixesha losuku. Amaseva azalisela iziphuzo rhoqo kwaye enobungane kakhulu kodwa engabonakali. Nangona igumbi lokuphumla lixakekile, lalihlala lizolile kwaye liphumle, lihlaziye kakuhle phambi kwendiza ye-transoceanic. "
05 ka 09
Iqela le-SEA
Izithuba ze-Harriet Baskas kwi-blog yaseStuck kwi-Airport kwaye ibhala malunga nokuhamba kwe- USA Today . "Andikho rhoqo kwii-lounges. Ngokuqhelekileyo ndifumana izibonelelo kunye namathuba okubukela abantu kwiindawo ezininzi zeenqwelo-moya zanamuhla. Kodwa xa ndiphuma kwinqwelo elide kwaye ndikhangela ukuba ndiphele umsebenzi, ndivuyayo ukuhlawula i-$ 35 ye-Club kwi-SEA kwisixeko sasekhaya sasekhaya sase-Seattle-Tacoma, "watsho. "Ndiza kusasa kakhulu ukuba ndihambe kwaye ndiyenze usuku lwalo kwisikhululo. Ukuhamba kungama-$ 35 kuphela kwaye banethungelwano olwandayo kwezinye iiforathi. "
06 ka 09
Virgin Atlantic
Umbhali ohamba phambili ohamba phambili u-Alyssa Haak wayenethuba lokuzama iClubbhouse ye-Clubhouse kwisikhululo se- London Heathrow . Indlu yokulala yaseVirgin Atlantic yayimangalisa, i-salon yeenwele, igumbi lesitampu, ukutya kunye neziphuzo ezininzi, imidlalo yokudlala kunye namanye amaphephandaba namaphephancwadi amnandi, "watsho. "Yenze ukuba ndifake i-layover ende. Indlu yokulala yaseVilgin yayinokukhululeka kwaye iyamkela. Kwakuvulekile, ngoko ke awuzange uhlale phezulu kwindwendwe, kwaye zonke iinkonzo zazo zivulekile kwaye zifikeleleke. "
07 ka 09
I-American Express Centurion Lounge
ULarry Leung nguye umlawuli kwiqumrhu lokubonisana naye eliqhuba uphando lwama-airline, kwaye uhamba ubuncinane kanye ngenyanga. Into ayithandayo yi-American Express Centurion Lounge eDallas / Fort Worth International Airport . "Unamalungiselelo afana ne-spa, ukutya okunzulu okusezantsi, ukukhethwa okufanelekileyo kwezikhewu, izikhala ezivulekileyo kunye neendawo ezininzi zokuhlamba. Xa kuncinci kakhulu, ndivakalelwa ngathi ndise-oasis yam kwelinye lezihlalo ezifakwe, "watsho. "Inkonzo iphezulu kwaye i-WiFi inomqondiso onamandla kwi-lounge. Ekugqibeleni, indawo ikulungele ukudibanisa neenqwelo-moya zamazwe ngamazwe kwi-Concours D. Ngeli xesha, le yindawo yokuphumla e-DFW. "
08 ka 09
Qantas
UGary Low ngumsunguli kunye noMhleli-kwiNtloko weDossierLuxus, iblogi yase-Australia ehlola ii-lounges ze-moya. Into ayithandayo yi-Qantas First Class Lounge, ebonisa indawo yokudlela edlalwa yi-Chef Neil Perry, ibha egcweleyo kunye ne-spa enkulu eneemveliso zonyango. Uyakuthanda i-Australian-inspired inspirational interiors ye-Qantas Creative Director uMarc Newson.
09 we 09
Lufthansa
UBolner Mixner ngumsekeli we-teknoloji yokuqalisa eyayihamba ngeekhilomitha ezili-100 000 ngonyaka kunye nokuxuba kwezoshishino kunye neenqwelo-moya ezinqabileyo eMntla Melika, eYurophu nase-Asia. "Ukuba ndiza kukhetha ikhefu elinye lendiza elaliyintandokazi, kwaye baninzi abaphikisanayo, ndiza kuthatha i-Lufthansa First Class Terminal e-Frankfurt Airport," watsho. "Ndiye ndazicima ngenjongo yokungena kwelinye ilizwe kwaye ndihamba ngaphaya kweSigxina esiPhambili nje kuba ndicinga ukuba amava angcono kakhulu kunama-Lounges okuQala okuQinisekisa ngokuqhelekileyo ukuxhuma abagibeli."
Ukungabikho kwinqanaba eliphambili linikeza inqanaba lokuzibandakanya kwi-chaos, wathi uMxubeli. "Ukubanjiswa kwale ndlela kunika ubungqina obukhethekileyo bodwa obunokufumaneka kwiphina indawo yokuphumla, kwaye yinto ephantsi yokunyamezela, ngaba kukukhuseleko okanye ukufuduka," watsho. Amava okutya abonakala enkonzo egcweleyo kwaye engaphantsi, kunye nebhasi enika ukhetho oluthe xaxa kwaye alubonakali lukhuni, yenye yezikhalazo zam ezinkulu malunga neengxoxo ezininzi. "