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Cathay Pacific’s The Wing Lounge review – Photo tour, post 2012 refurbishment
Cathay has 3 major lounges at HKG – The Wing, The Pier (both with Business and First Class sections), and The Cabin (Business class only). On my return to Sydney, I was able to access both The Wing and The Cabin thanks to my Qantas Gold status, and a 2 hour delay which meant me spending around 7 hours at HKG all up, of which I spent a couple in The (new) Wing.
I actually visited the dedicated Qantas lounge first that day, but I’ll post a review of The Wing before as it literally only reopened to the public last week (the first week of February) – and it was a hell of lot nicer, as you’d expect from one of Cathay’s prime home-port lounges.
I’ll let the pictures do most of the talking in this review; the lounge’s design was really something to behold – up there with the Qantas First Class Lounge in my opinion. Continue reading “Cathay Pacific’s The Wing Lounge review – Photo tour, post 2012 refurbishment” »
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