Title: Amex Opens 30,000-Sq-Ft Centurion Lounge at Newark Airport
Content: American Express is expanding its Centurion Lounge network with a 30,000-square-foot facility at Newark Liberty International Airport—double its original plan. Set to open in Terminal A next year, this will be Amex’s largest lounge globally, surpassing the 26,000-square-foot location in Atlanta. The new space will feature three bars, including one celebrating New Jersey’s Italian heritage, and dishes by chefs Kwame Onwuachi and Sarah Grueneberg. This marks Newark’s first credit card issuer-operated lounge, ahead of Chase and Capital One. Amex also announced a second lounge at London Heathrow, and major renovations in Philadelphia and Houston. The Philadelphia lounge will double to 12,000 square feet, while Houston will triple to over 23,000 square feet by 2028. With 33 existing locations, Amex leads the airport lounge market. As lounge access increasingly influences flight choices—nearly half of travelers in a J.D. Power survey plan trips around lounge access—operators are racing to build bigger. American Airlines and United are also expanding, with new lounges in Charlotte and Houston. The trend reflects growing demand and overcrowding at existing facilities.
Fuente: New York Times Business · Resumido por HeadlinesBriefing