McSteve From Netherlands, joined Jul 2005, 69 posts, RR: 0 Posted (4 years 11 months 4 days 12 hours ago) and read 3766 times:
My Father just got a card for the ABN AMRO's Preferred Banking Lounge at Schiphol today. I have never heard about such a lounge. I mean a lounge belonging to a Private Bank and only used for it's costumers. The lounge has free internet, food and drinks available and a currency exchange facility and you are aloud to take your family or partner with you. There's even a special area for children.
Has anybody here been in this lounge? On the site of Schiphol there is some news about ABN and a other company being the first to companies that have signed a contract with Schiphol for getting a own (part) lounge for there costumers. Schiphol estimates that there will be a demand of 35.000 travels a year for these company lounges. Are these kind of lounges also available at other airports around the world or is this something new?
Would like to know if anyone knows more about this type of company lounges around the world?
SeansasLCY From Hong Kong, joined Mar 2007, 719 posts, RR: 0 Reply 1, posted (4 years 11 months 4 days 12 hours ago) and read 3759 times:
In China I saw lounges for certain customers of Bank of China, China Bank of Communications and China Bank of Agriculture, but I haven't seen banks have their own lounges in Europe.
Ba1978 From United Kingdom, joined Jan 2004, 181 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (4 years 11 months 4 days 10 hours ago) and read 3676 times:
I heard something a while back about this at work. I work for RBS the company who bought ABN Amro. Seems like they have plans to get more lounges like this around the world. You'll notice like HSBC they have a lot of advertising at airports.
Incidentally, the also have a partnership with Bank of China so the lounges in China make sense.
I'll see what else I can dig up. Last time I went looking I found they'd ordered some 787's for their leasing business
LJ From Netherlands, joined Nov 1999, 4149 posts, RR: 1 Reply 3, posted (4 years 11 months 4 days 8 hours ago) and read 3625 times:
Quoting McSteve (Thread starter): My Father just got a card for the ABN AMRO's Preferred Banking Lounge at Schiphol today. I have never heard about such a lounge. I mean a lounge belonging to a Private Bank and only used for it's costumers.
And what about their employees? It´s strange that they open a lounge for their customers. I would open a lounge for my employees (so that they can work while waiting for a flight without having to make sure nobody can see what the´re doing on their laptops).
Tolosy From Luxembourg, joined Oct 2003, 357 posts, RR: 0 Reply 4, posted (4 years 11 months 4 days 8 hours ago) and read 3595 times:
ABN AMRO preferred banking is a private banking service dedicated to clients whose wealth is above EUR 500K and EUR 1M.
This is not private banking but sligtly inferior, however they offer great advantages sucg as the Preferred Banking lounge for their own clients at AMS and it rocks ! many clients who benefit already from KLM lounges believe that the offer from ABN is better.
I wonder if with the merger, fortis will still offer this product.
McSteve From Netherlands, joined Jul 2005, 69 posts, RR: 0 Reply 5, posted (4 years 11 months 3 days 20 hours ago) and read 3476 times:
first of thanks for all your replies
Quoting Tolosy (Reply 4): I wonder if with the merger, Fortis will still offer this product.
I think it will because my father got it from Fortis with the name of Fortis on it and its valid till 2011
Quoting LJ (Reply 3): And what about their employees?
I can't say any thing about this but maybe they all ready let them in lounge, hope to be in this lounge on 17th July and then I can report with more info
Hardiwv From Brazil, joined Oct 2004, 8780 posts, RR: 52 Reply 6, posted (4 years 10 months 3 weeks 10 hours ago) and read 3307 times:
Quoting Tolosy (Reply 4): ABN AMRO preferred banking is a private banking service dedicated to clients whose wealth is above EUR 500K and EUR 1M.
This is not private banking but sligtly inferior, however they offer great advantages sucg as the Preferred Banking lounge for their own clients at AMS and it rocks ! many clients who benefit already from KLM lounges believe that the offer from ABN is better.
Your information about ABN-AMRO/Santander preferred banking is correct, to be a client you need an account of EUR500K to start with and you have dedicated and tailored made service.
Bank/credit card-served business lounges are becoming very popular. For example, in Brazil (GRU) you have dedicated lounges operated by Diners, AmEx, and Mastercard.
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