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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 2072" data-attributes="member: 1"><a href="https://runwaygirlnetwork.com/2020/04/08/the-surprising-importance-of-a-lounge-for-an-independent-traveler/" target="_blank">The surprising importance of a lounge for an independent traveler - Runway Girl Network</a>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Outside the realms of frequent travelers, an airline lounge is of a refined, elegant, upmarket space filled with objets d’art and chaises-longues, where idle upper class layabouts drink cocktails and Champagne while dining on foie gras and caviar.Sure, some ultra-exclusive first class lounges are like that. But for the most part, your airport lounge has more in common with a hotel breakfast zone in an Ibis or a La Quinta than the Ritz. And these days, they’re for more than just corporate Ryan Bingham stereotypes from Up in the Air.As someone who is a regular independent business traveler – when not grounded due to a pandemic –&nbsp; I’ve found that I’m increasingly looking to the lounge as part of my work-life and productivity balance when traveling. Talking with friends in similar work positions, I’m not the only one — and airlines could do with some thinking about how to attract and serve this growing group of travelers with their lounges in a post-pandemic world.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 2072, member: 1"] [URL='https://runwaygirlnetwork.com/2020/04/08/the-surprising-importance-of-a-lounge-for-an-independent-traveler/'][B]The surprising importance of a lounge for an independent traveler - Runway Girl Network[/B][/URL] Outside the realms of frequent travelers, an airline lounge is of a refined, elegant, upmarket space filled with objets d’art and chaises-longues, where idle upper class layabouts drink cocktails and Champagne while dining on foie gras and caviar. Sure, some ultra-exclusive first class lounges are like that. But for the most part, your airport lounge has more in common with a hotel breakfast zone in an Ibis or a La Quinta than the Ritz. And these days, they’re for more than just corporate Ryan Bingham stereotypes from [I]Up in the Air[/I]. As someone who is a regular independent business traveler – when not grounded due to a pandemic – I’ve found that I’m increasingly looking to the lounge as part of my work-life and productivity balance when traveling. Talking with friends in similar work positions, I’m not the only one — and airlines could do with some thinking about how to attract and serve this growing group of travelers with their lounges in a post-pandemic world. [/QUOTE]

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