Does exquisite Scandinavian design mean that the furniture came from Ikea? Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger James" <ejames@xxxxxxxxx> To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2003 12:32 PM Subject: Scandinavian Airlines and Air Canada open 'The London Lounge' at Heathrow > Scandinavian Airlines and Air Canada open 'The London Lounge' at Heathrow,= > =20 > State-of-the-art facility features cinema, showers, table top curling &=20 > original works of art > > LONDON, May 15 /CNW Telbec/ - Scandinavian Airlines and Air Canada= > today > officially opened a joint passenger lounge at London Heathrow Airport that > combines state-of-the-art facilities in a setting of exquisite Scandinavian > design with the creature comforts valued by travellers far from home. = > Called > 'The London Lounge,' the two-story 1,300m(2) lounge seats 350 people and is > one of the most conveniently located at Heathrow Terminal 3, directly= > adjacent > to the duty free transit area. 'The London Lounge' functions as a combined > Air Canada Maple Leaf Lounge and SAS Business Lounge for the airlines'= > premium > customers and is also accessible to eligible customers of fellow Star= > Alliance > carriers including THAI Airways and Varig. Designed by Swedish > architects Thomas Eriksson Arkitechts TEArk, the new lounge is three times > larger than the old SAS Business Lounge and twice the size of Air Canada's > previous Maple Leaf Lounge. The lounge was designed on two floors to create > different atmospheres to suit travellers' varying needs. > Catering to both short haul European and long haul intercontinental > flyers, the ground floor provides a livelier atmosphere, similar to a hotel > lobby, where guests can mingle and enjoy a beverage or a bite to eat, while > the upper floor offers a more 'relax-and-unwind' atmosphere with comfortable > seating areas including massage chairs, a library and showers. > The innovative style of the lounge is further complemented by several > works of art including mini Buddha figures by Fredrik Wretmann and Albin > Karlsson's clock. Award winning Canadian textile artist Elyse de la Fontaine > has two prominent pieces on display including a three-metre structure > suspended from the roof in the style of a mobile. > The lounge also features a 12-seat cinema; a games room reflecting the > traditions of both Canada and Scandinavia with table top curling developed= > by > a former member of the Swedish Olympic team; and a separate Kids Lounge. > A state-of-the-art business centre provides customers with computers= > and > high speed Internet access including wireless options, telephone, fax and > printers. A buffet area provides fresh fruit, snacks and hot and cold drinks > including Canadian favourites such as Labatts and Sleeman's beers. Canadian > and Scandinavian newspapers and magazines are also available among an > international selection of reading material. > Scandinavian Airlines Senior Vice President Marketing & Product > Management Jens Willumsen said: "In conjunction with Air Canada, we are= > proud > to jointly offer a lounge that satisfies all the needs of today's business > traveller. A place for relaxation, amusement, refreshment of body and mind,= > as > well as somewhere to catch up on your work and keep in touch with friends, > family and colleagues." > Air Canada Senior Vice President International and Alliances, Ross > MacCormack, said "The London Lounge is all about bringing together the very > best of what Star Alliance partners have to offer so our customers benefit= > the > most according to their varying needs. Together, we can offer more choice of > service than any single carrier could while maintaining the individuality= > that > our customers know and appreciate." > > Montr=E9al-based Air Canada provides scheduled and charter air > transportation for passengers and cargo to more than 150 destinations on= > five > continents. Canada's flag carrier is the 11th largest commercial airline in > the world and serves more than 30 million customers annually with a fleet > consisting of more than 300 aircraft. Air Canada has been ranked as the > world's safest airline, and in a 2002 survey of the world's most frequent= > air > travellers by travel information publisher OAG, Air Canada was voted best > airline in North America for the second time in three years, and Air= > Canada's > frequent flyer program, Aeroplan, was voted best in the world. Air Canada is= > a > founding member of Star Alliance providing the world's most comprehensive= > air > transportation network. > > Scandinavian Airlines was formed in 1946 by the national airlines of > Denmark, Norway and Sweden. With a fleet of some 160 aircraft Scandinavian > Airlines, operates around 750 departures a day transporting over 20 million > passengers each year to more than 70 destinations in 25 countries. Although > mainly concentrated on Europe and Scandinavia, Scandinavian Airlines flight > operations span the world and include intercontinental routes linking > Scandinavia with Bangkok, Beijing, Singapore and Tokyo in Asia and Chicago, > New York, Seattle and Washington in the USA. Scandinavian Airlines has 22= > 000 > employees working within operations around the globe. In May 1997, > Scandinavian Airlines founded Star Alliance together with Air Canada, > Lufthansa, United Airlines and Thai Airways International, offering= > convenient > connections throughout an integrated global traffic system. > > > *************************************************** > The owner of Roger's Trinbago Site/TnTisland.com > Roj (Roger James) > > escape email mailto:ejames@xxxxxxxxx > Trinbago site: www.tntisland.com > Carib Brass Ctn site www.tntisland.com/caribbeanbrassconnection/ > Steel Expressions www.mts.net/~ejames/se/ > Site of the Week: http://www.cso.gov.tt > TnT Webdirectory: http://search.co.tt > *********************************************************