More Airport Lounges Join Priority Pass Program

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More Airport Lounges Join Priority Pass Program

According to the recently revealed statistics of Priority Pass Company, during the last year, from June 2017 till June 2018 they have added 141 airport lounge around the world to their network.

Since 1992 the company provides their members with access to airport lounges around the globe. While during over two decades the company focused exclusively on airport lounges, in 2017 they also started including other services such as hotels, spas and restaurants to their packages.

Last year 64 new airport lounges throughout Asia Pacific region joined the program expanding considerably the geography of the destinations with first-class lounch access for PC members.
 
Among the Asian countries Malaysia has more lounges on offer than any other country – find them in KLIA 1 and KLIA2 in Kuala Lumpur, as well as Kota Kinabalu, Kuching, Miri, Penang, and Subang. 
It is immediately followed by Thailand where there are participating airport lounges at the both Bangkok airports, Chiang Mail, Phuket, Koh Samui, and Udon Thani
The Philippines joined the club with 4 destinations: Manila, Clark, Davao and Cebu
Only two destinations in Vietnam participate in the program with lounges in the domestic and international terminals of Ho Chi Minh airport plus Da Nang international airport. Cambodia welcomes Priority Pass holders in Siem Reap and Phnom Penh airports while in Myanmar only Yangon offers this service. There is a single participating ariport in Laos, too, located in Luang Prabang.

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