Open For Royalty - Schiphol's Airport New VIP Lounge, Amsterdam |
Saturday, 12 January 2008 |
Opened just a few days ago by Queen Beatrix of
the Netherlands, the new VIP center at Schiphol Amsterdam Airport could
potentially resurrect your impressions of airline travel as something
to look forward to. However, the center - also called the Royal Center
- is only open to Royalty, Ministers and state secretaries, diplomats,
trade delegations and top directors in international business. So,
unless you qualify, you'll need to just suffer the regular airport
torture.
The new space has already become the pride and joy of Dutch design. Overall design of the space is by Amsterdam-based concrete architectural associates bv, known for a huge number cool retail, hospitality, entertainment and exhibition environments around the world.
Schiphol's
new VIP-center replaces an old, much smaller VIP area. The new center
contains a separate Royal Lounge for members of the Royal Family, a
press center, a Company Lounge, plus various reception and meeting
rooms. The Royal Lounge is an enormous living room with lounge sofas,
and Royal Family pictures on the bookshelves. The wall paper in the
room is created from 5,500 mini reproductions of the national coat of
arms. By Tuija Seipell
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