Plaza Premium Group (PPG) and Japanese tourism specialist JWIDE have
launched a first-of-its-kind hospitality service – the City Terminal by
Plaza Premium Lounge – in the Osaka area to serve all travellers,
regardless of whether they are taking a plane, train or bus.
The City Lounge is situated within all the major tourist areas in
Osaka, as well as within the transportation routes that connect the
nearby cities of Kyoto, Nara and Nagoya.
Staff at the lounge provide travel advice and detailed tourist
information in multiple languages, including Japanese, English, Chinese
and Korean.
The lounge also offers temporary luggage storage and delivery services. Currency exchange and umbrella loans are also available.
The City Terminal - located at 1-1-3,Kita-ku Shibata, Osaka-shi,
Osaka - is equipped with Wi-Fi and provides a selection of meals and
drinks.
“Since our founding 26 years ago, PPG is known for our award-winning,
independent global network of airport lounges,” said Mei Mei Song,
director of global brand and transformation.
“The City Terminal is an extension of our mission to make travel better, regardless of where that journey is happening.”
Teppei Nishino, founder and CEO of JWIDE, said, “Moving forward, we
plan to expand City Terminals and Lounges to major terminal stations,
city centres and airports nationwide.”
The partners’ future plans include jointly expanding the lounge
service network to Kyoto, Tokyo, Fukuoka and Sapporo, in airports and
city centre transportation hubs.