A much-anticipated 600-room lodge will open its doorways in Fort Price, Texas, early subsequent yr — and it serves a really particular objective.
The lodge is owned by American Airways and is situated on the provider’s huge headquarters campus, which is known as for the airline’s legendary former CEO, Robert Crandall.
However earlier than going into particulars (in typical TPG trend) about whether or not you’ll be able to earn or redeem AAdvantage miles at this lodge, or whether or not they depend as Loyalty Factors, there is a little bit of a catch: It isn’t open to the general public.
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American is constructing the power, referred to as Skyview 6, to deal with staff who go to its campus and are there for conferences or coaching — suppose the common coaching that pilots and flight attendants should undergo to maintain their {qualifications} present. And, from the appears of the renderings that American launched Wednesday, these staff have lots to sit up for.
Along with the 600 visitor rooms, all flooring of the Skyview 6 lodge function a lounge space that the airline intends for use for learning.
The power comes with new eating choices as effectively: A eating room will supply breakfast, lunch and dinner. As well as, a social area known as “the tavern” might be open within the night for “video games, gentle bites and drinks,” the airline mentioned.
And, to burn off all of the energy from the eating room and the tavern, Skyview 6 will embrace a 73,000-square-foot health heart with an train pool. Out of doors basketball, tennis, pickleball and volleyball courts are additionally being constructed.
These new amenities might be open to all staff — not simply these staying on the lodge.
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Lastly, Skyview 6 will function a ten,000-square-foot ballroom for giant gatherings, together with State of the Airline, an all-hands assembly led by CEO Robert Isom and his government group.
Skyview 6 is the most recent a part of the Crandall Campus to open — an ongoing venture that started opening on the finish of the 2010s. The campus, which additionally contains the airline’s operations heart and its CR Smith Museum, was formally devoted final fall — with Crandall himself in attendance. In 2019, TPG founder Brian Kelly toured Skyview 8, a constructing that options distinctive AvGeek-inspired artwork, and was in awe at what he noticed.
Originally published at Irvine News HQ
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