executive lounge

Meaning

An exclusive, premium seating and dining area in an airport or hotel reserved for business class passengers, high-level loyalty members, or guests staying in premium rooms. It typically offers complimentary food, drinks, high-speed internet, and a quiet working environment.

Examples

• As a diamond member, you have complimentary access to the executive lounge on the top floor of the hotel.

  As a diamond member, you have complimentary access to the executive lounge on the top floor of the hotel.

• I decided to answer my urgent emails in the quiet environment of the airport's executive lounge.

  I decided to answer my urgent emails in the quiet environment of the airport's executive lounge.

• The executive lounge offers a hot buffet breakfast and evening cocktails for eligible guests.

  The executive lounge offers a hot buffet breakfast and evening cocktails for eligible guests.

• Please present your boarding pass or membership card at the entrance of the executive lounge.

  Please present your boarding pass or membership card at the entrance of the executive lounge.

• We held a brief, impromptu meeting with our clients in the hotel's executive lounge before heading to the conference.

  We held a brief, impromptu meeting with our clients in the hotel's executive lounge before heading to the conference.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ I waited for my flight in the executive saloon.

  ✓ I waited for my flight in the executive lounge.

  In English, airport and hotel premium waiting areas are called 'lounges', not 'saloons' or 'waiting rooms'.

• ✗ Only executive guests can enter into the executive lounge.

  ✓ Only executive guests can enter the executive lounge.

  The verb 'enter' does not require the preposition 'into' when referring to physical spaces like a lounge.

Related Expressions

Practice

• Our premium booking includes complimentary access to the hotel's ___ on the 15th floor.

  💡 An exclusive area for premium guests.

  Show answer

  executive lounge

• Before our long-haul flight, we relaxed and had a light dinner in the airline's ___.

  💡 A quiet, restricted airport area with free food and drinks.

  Show answer

  executive lounge