Many frequent business travellers enjoy airline lounges offering free Wi-fi and a spread of food and drinks, where they can work for a few hours until their flight departs.
However, lounges don't provide much privacy. Phone conversations are often overheard, e-mails may be looked at over the shoulder, while excited, screaming small children travelling with their families often pose a distraction.
For executives who wish to get some work done or arrange a meeting as they wait at the airport, the Airport Premium Services run by Plaza Premium Lounge Management comes in handy.
'We started out as a serviced office provider in 1988, but turned our focus to airports in 1998 to make a day productive and pleasurable for travellers,' says Song Hoi-see, founder and CEO of Plaza Premium Lounge Management which operates in 17 international airports worldwide.
In addition to providing lounge and business facilities at 14 outlets at Hong Kong International Airport, the company runs an IT-enabled business and conference centre in the grade-A Airport World Trade Centre office tower, next to Terminal 2.
The business and conference centre has more than 11,000 square metres of serviced office space, including connected work stations and individual offices, a conference centre and a club that offers dining services.