The new premium airport retreat will feature a
tranquility area, spa, family room and more
American Express (NYSE:AXP) today announced plans to open the
twelfth location of its signature airport lounge network, The
Centurion Lounge, at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in
2019. Spanning more than 13,900 square feet, the new lounge will
feature amenities inspired by Los Angeles, including a unique
tranquility area, spa, family room and custom, visual wall
installations, in addition to the premium amenities found across
Centurion Lounge locations. The Centurion Lounge at LAX will be
located post-security in the Tom Bradley International Terminal
(TBIT) and accessible to Terminals 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8.
“On the heels of announcements that we will be bringing new
Centurion Lounges to New York and Denver, we are thrilled to open
our next lounge in Los Angeles, the #2 U.S. airport our Platinum
Card Members travel through,” said Josh McKay, vice president and
general manager, Global Benefits and Services, American Express.
“Our Platinum Card Members regularly travel for work and fun, so
we’re excited to soon offer our Platinum Card Members a place to
relax, reboot and refresh in the busiest terminal at LAX.”
For the first time, American Express will be introducing an
enhanced tranquility area, offering both brightly-lit and dimly-lit
quiet areas to help global travelers adjust to new time zones as
they travel internationally. The new lounge will also feature a
spa, a kid and adult-friendly family room, custom, visual wall
installations, complimentary chef-crafted food menus, premium wines
and specialty cocktails from sommelier Anthony Giglio and
mixologist Jim Meehan, enhanced workspaces, access to high-speed
Wi-Fi, premium restrooms and showers, power outlets, private
noise-buffering work stations and American Express Member Services
Professionals to provide onsite Card-related and travel-related
services*.
With the addition of the new Centurion Lounge, American Express
is being recognized as a Brand Sponsor at LAX and will be launching
significant advertising and promotion programs engineered by
JCDecaux, the world’s largest out of home media company.
“Creating new and fresh experiences at the airport is a key
element of our vision to deliver a gold standard airport at LAX and
we are pleased to work with American Express to add the Centurion
Lounge to the Tom Bradley International Terminal, ” said Los
Angeles World Airports (LAWA) Chief Executive Officer Deborah
Flint.”
LAX welcomes more than 84.5 million annual passengers, making it
the second busiest airport in the United States and one of the
busiest in the world. The Tom Bradley International Terminal, which
has the most passenger traffic of any terminal at LAX, grew by an
impressive 18 percent last year. Current locations of The Centurion
Lounge include New York’s LaGuardia Airport, Las Vegas’ McCarran
International Airport, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, San
Francisco International Airport, Miami International Airport,
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Houston’s George Bush
International Airport, Hong Kong International Airport and
Philadelphia International Airport. In addition to The Centurion
Lounge at LAX, American Express recently announced new locations
coming to New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport and Denver
International Airport in 2019.
Access to The Centurion Lounge is complimentary and exclusive
for Platinum Card® Members and Centurion Members. Platinum Card
Members may enter with up to two travel companions at no additional
charge. Centurion Members may enter with their immediate family or
up to two travel companions. Platinum Card or Centurion Members may
purchase access to The Centurion Lounge for additional guests for
$50 each guest.**
The Centurion Lounge is the signature lounge program within the
broader American Express Global Lounge CollectionSM, which provides
Platinum Card Members and Centurion Members with access to the most
lounges across the globe compared to other U.S. credit cards,
including access to more than 1,100 lounges around the world, in
500 plus cities, across 120 countries and counting. The Global
Lounge Collection includes access to American Express Centurion
Lounges, international American Express lounges, Delta Sky Club®
for Card Members flying on Delta, Priority PassTM Select
Lounges upon enrollment, Airspace Lounges, MAG U.S. Escape Lounges
and Plaza Premium Lounges. Card Members can find a lounge at
the Global Lounge Collection website or by using the Amex Mobile
app.
Complimentary access to The Centurion Lounge is among an
expansive suite of benefits designed to create a more seamless
travel experience for Platinum Card Members.
Visit http://americanexpress.com/platinum for more
about the Platinum Card.
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About Los Angeles International Airport
(LAX)
LAX is the fifth busiest airport in the world, second in the
United States, and was named Skytrax’s 2017 Top 10 Most Improved
Airports. LAX served more than 84.56 million passengers in 2017.
LAX offers 737 daily nonstop flights to 100 cities in the U.S. and
1,386 weekly nonstop flights to 88 cities in 44 countries on 73
commercial air carriers. LAX ranks 14th in the world and fifth in
the U.S. in air cargo tonnage processed, with more than 2.2 million
tons of air cargo valued at over $101.4 billion. LAX handled
697,138 operations (landings and takeoffs) in 2016.
An economic study based on 2014 operations reported LAX
generated 620,600 jobs in Southern California with labor income of
$37.3 billion and economic output (business revenues) of more than
$126.6 billion. This activity added $6.2 billion to local and state
revenues and $8.7 billion in federal tax revenues. The study also
reported that LAX’s ongoing capital-improvement program creates an
additional 121,640 annual jobs with labor income of $7.6 billion
and economic output of $20.3 billion, $966 million in state and
local taxes, and $1.6 billion in federal tax revenues.
LAX is also the second most popular airport in the world to
appear on Instagram according to wego.com. LAX is part of a system
of two Southern California airports – along with Van Nuys general
aviation – that are owned and operated by Los Angeles World
Airports, a proprietary department of the City of Los Angeles that
receives no funding from the City’s general fund.
For more information about LAX, please
visit www.flyLAX.com or follow on
Twitter @flyLAXAirport, on Facebook
at www.facebook.com/LAInternationalAirport, and on YouTube
at www.YouTube.com/laxairport1.
*Must be 21 years of age or older to consume alcoholic
beverages. Please drink responsibly.
**Subject to availability/capacity.
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