Louis' Tavern CIP First Class Lounge, at Bangkok Suvarnabhumi International Airport has been voted the best airport lounge in the Asia Pacific region.

Based in the airport's International Terminal on Concourse G, and catering for up to 320 travelers per day, the lounge was the highest ranked in the Asia Pacific region by members of the Priority Pass global lounge access program - the largest of its kind in the world.

Nearly 60,000 Priority Pass members voted based on their experiences of the program's lounges globally and against a set of criteria for lounge quality including refreshments, staff, business facilities and overall ambience.

Now in their ninth year, the awards recognize excellence within Priority Pass's network of over 600 partner-operated lounges worldwide.

Recently upgraded, Louis' Tavern CIP First Class Lounge caters for a mixture of business and leisure travelers. The lounge is spacious, well designed and equipped to a very high standard.

Ms. Laksameekan Ingkakul from Louis' Tavern CIP First Class Lounge said: "Winning this award means the world to us as it shows that our hard work is paying off. It motivates our employees to continue striving to be the best in this field.

"The award affirms our loyal guests' decision to use our lounge and lets potential guests know that our lounge is second to none in this region.

"We believe that our lounge has been voted Asia Pacific regional winner because of its contemporary design - spacious and quite different to the typical airport lounge. It is a breath of fresh air for travelers. We also believe that our Thai hospitality has added to this, providing a gracious service in the lounge. And the variety of our food is second to none."

There were a total of nine winners in the Priority Pass 2013 Lounge of the Year Awards, including five regional winners:

Global Best Lounge: Pau Casals VIP lounge, Barcelona El Prat

Global Best Refreshments: No.1 Heathrow, Terminal 3, London Heathrow Airport

Global Best Staff: Escape Lounge, Terminal 1, Manchester Airport

Global Best Business Facilities: Dilmun Lounge, Bahrain International Airport

Asia Pacific: Louis' Tavern CIP First Class Lounge, International Terminal, Concourse G, Bangkok Suvarnabhumi International Airport

Europe: Pau Casals VIP lounge, Barcelona El Prat (Global Winner)

Latin America and Caribbean: Sumaq VIP Lounge and Business Centre, Lima Jorge Chavez International Airport

Middle East and Africa: Al Dhabi Lounge, Abu Dhabi International Airport

North America: United Club, Terminal E, Houston Texas International Airport

ENDS

NOTES TO EDITORS:

Priority Pass 

Priority Pass provides frequent travellers with airport lounge access, irrespective of their class of travel, airline flown or existing membership in an airline loyalty programme. Launched in 1992, Priority Pass now offers more than 600 airport lounges worldwide in 300 cities in over 100 countries. Priority Pass is part of Priority Travel Group, a division of The Collinson Group, specialising in the international travel clubs and services sector. For more information, visit www.prioritypass.com.

For further press information and images, please kindly contact:

Michelle Ng

Marketing Director, Asia Pacific

Priority Pass

T +852 2866 1964

Email: michelleng@prioritypass.com.hk