Air New Zealand Air Points - AKL Koru Club in Forbes 2003 Top Ten Lounges

The newly refurbished Koru Lounge in Auckland is in Forbes top ten airport lounges worldwide for 2003. Well done NZ http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif. Here's the link (http://www.forbes.com/home/2003/05/08/cx_cv_0508feat.html).

Cheers, Zac

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Are we talking about the domestic Koru Lounge????

I think the International Lounge is in urgent need of a make over. It is dark ,gloomy and decidely unattractive. Its most redeeming feature is the view. Now , Air New Zealands loungs in Sydney is very , very smart indeed and the views are even better


Brent

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by MrSydney:
Are we talking about the domestic Koru Lounge????

I think the International Lounge is in urgent need of a make over. It is dark ,gloomy and decidely unattractive. Its most redeeming feature is the view. Now , Air New Zealands loungs in Sydney is very , very smart indeed and the views are even better</font>

The photo on the slide show is of the domestic club, however I'm not sure I agree with Forbes on their vote.
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">The espresso bar has laptop ports for coffee and e-mails on the go, and a new bistro-style café has replaced a sandwich station.</font>

Sure, there is an espresso machine, but nine times out of ten it is out of order! The menu changes throughout the day and is not always appealing.

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Those with time to relax can enjoy the living-room styled lounge with televisions, and the business center has 11 workstations.</font>

The living room I find claustrophobic, and televisions quoted above should be singular not plural.

I'm not saying that the lounge is isn't nice, I'm just surprised it made the top ten. I'd agree with MrSydney that the Koru lounge in Sydney is much better than AKL domestic.

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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by MrSydney:
I think the International Lounge is in urgent need of a make over. It is dark ,gloomy and decidely unattractive. Its most redeeming feature is the view. Now , Air New Zealands loungs in Sydney is very , very smart indeed and the views are even better


Brent</font>

My thoughts exactly. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by B-HXB:
My thoughts exactly. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

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I am second (or third) to that...
I just flew NZ J on SYD-AKL and F on AKL-LAX and I really know what you mean...