The Private room/1st class lounge: Whats your perfect design?

[SOPOOR]

Ever since my first and only visit to the old TPR. My first reaction when i walked in was "geez this place is small" I found the 2x small rooms with the lazy boy chairs to be practical but cheap looking.

Ive also recently been to the Emirates first class A lounge and was blown away by the size , but it felt kind of sterile and artificial. I visited every room and after a while , every empty room felt like a ghost house

The new tpr,
I found the chairs style to be not premium, loved the sleep rooms, a la carte was great, service top notch



So, if you could design your ultimate First class lounge, what would it be?

Eg
Layout
Size
Food: a la carte/buffet
Drinks
Service: personable/professional
Extra services: masseuse/cigars
More/less interactive stuff

 

[MEL_Traveller]

I think a lounge needs a bit of a buzz… a ‘soul’ if you like. Which I have never found in TPR.

Some oneworld F lounges do it quite well… the number of F pax is so small, but is bolstered by top tier elites. So there’s enough traffic to provide plenty of staff, and a good service offering. Think the Concorde Room, Cathay Pier/Wing F, even the QF F offerings.

Star alliance lounges like Luthansa or Swiss do it well for F.

Not sure why TPR has never quite ‘made it’ in that sense. They probably have enough F seats, but the lounge is a bit sterile, as you say. The Asiana F lounge was a bit the same.

So in answer to the question… it just needs some ‘life’… some more people!