Open For Royalty - Schiphol's Airport New VIP Lounge, Amsterdam |
Friday, 18 January 2008 |
Opened just a few days ago by Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, the new
VIP centre at Schiphol Amsterdam Airport could potentially resurrect
your impressions of airline travel as something to look forward to.
However, the centre - also called the Royal Centre - 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-centre replaces an old, much smaller VIP area. The
new centre contains a separate Royal Lounge for members of the Royal
Family, a press centre, 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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