Meet ( ing) me half- way
At the Emirates First Class Lounges at Dubai Airport one can just disembark from the plane, freshen up and head straight for that important meeting
Wouldn't you just love it if you could just hop onto a plane and fi nish off a meeting without having to beat the traffi c, reach the hotel, check in and then head for the meeting venue. In a rapidly changing fast- paced world, the concept of meetings is changing and more and more corporates would like to save as much time as possible and if an airport lounge gives you the facility to do all this and more, then why wouldn't corporates adopt it? At Dubai International Airport, Emirates has six lounges located in its fl agship Terminal 3 – three for First Class and three for Business Class customers and the First Class lounges are a treat in themselves. Imagine never having to leave the lounge, not even to catch the plane! Yes, even the boarding gates are located inside the lounge in some concourses and there are duty- free shops, lest you feel like indulging in a shopping spree.
Travellers can refresh in showers, relax with premium wine, spirits and champagne, savour gourmet cuisine, stay up to date with the latest news and live sports, stay connected
with complimentary Wi- Fi or simply enjoy a quiet moment while smoking a cigar in one of the premium cigar lounges. The firstclass lounges also boast of a state- of- the- art fully equipped business centre, including meeting rooms with projectors and individual touchscreen work stations with complimentary unlimited broadband and Wi- Fi internet access. There is also a dedicated Emirates Airport Services staff managing the lounge at all times.
Most lounges also have on- site chefs ensuring customers have a wide range of gourmet cuisine, including hot and cold dishes. And if you think that the amenities will have you jostling for space then worry not, the First Class lounges on Concourse A, B and C can accommodate 1,491, 900 and 168 persons respectively.
And in case you feel like taking a nap before the meeting then you can always do so at the sleeping rooms which have dozens of day beds. While you may miss your bed at home, the day beds are quite comfortable, and come with pillows and blankets. And if you want to loosen those tense muscles then a free spa session is also recommended. All this to get you all set for the meeting before you seal the deal, sign on the dotted line and take your flight back home.
Besides its six lounges in Dubai, Emirates operates 33 other lounges in key cities across its network which are located in: Auckland, Bangkok, Beijing, Birmingham, Brisbane, Cape Town, Colombo, Delhi, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Glasgow, Hamburg, Hong Kong, Istanbul, Johannesburg, Kuala Lumpur, London Gatwick, London Heathrow, Los Angeles, Manchester, Melbourne, Milan, Munich, New York - JFK, Paris - Charles de Gaulle, Perth, Rome, San Francisco, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo - Narita and Zurich.
The first- class lounges also boast of a state- of- the- art fully equipped business centre, including meeting rooms and complimentary unlimited Wi- Fi access
Emirates' lounge facilities serve the airline's First Class and Business Class customers, as well as Platinum and Gold Skywards members - the frequent flyer programme of Emirates.