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Hyderabad, Oct. 13 A special lounge with nap & shower facility at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport has commenced operations from Monday.

The facility, a new concept in Indian airports, will also have Wi-Fi facility. Passengers can have a short nap, shower and a quick bite and browse the Internet. Transit passengers, too, can avail themselves of the facility.

The lounge is located opposite the car park and below the airport village area. It comprises 28 spa rooms with shower and a TV, a lounge with seating capacity for 44 passengers, two meeting rooms, business centre, four shower rooms, a massage room with four-seated massage chair, TV viewing area and a 24-hour bar.

Plaza Premium Lounge, a lounge management company which operates 21 airport lounges in seven international airports across the world, will be managing this facility.

Rooms will be available in different packages on hourly basis with the minimum being four hours, followed by six-hour, 10-hour and 24-hour packages. Under the package, the guest can have unlimited food and soft beverages. However, alcoholic drinks will be charged.

Mr Viswanath Attaluri, Chief Commercial Officer, GMR Hyderabad International Airport, said that “the new lounge will be helpful for business executives and women passengers who fly into Hyderabad in the morning for their official meetings and return by the evening flight”

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