Originally Posted by
Genius1
LHR T4 and JFK were / are Concorde Rooms too. I think use of the word ‘room’ was to create a sense of exclusivity and mystique compared to ‘lounge’. ‘What’s in that room?’
The elephant in the room may also be class (as is frequently the case in the UK…). “Lounge” is very much not an upper class word and I imagine when BA senior echelons were somewhat posher / more elitist, it wasn’t considered to fit with the Concorde brand.