JTI Opens Three Munich Lounges

Source from:  Passenger Terminal Today (uk) 12/03/2008

Japan Tobacco International (JTI) is installing airport smoking lounges and areas at Munich Airport in Germany. This week JTI inaugurated three smoking lounges, a Camel Plaza and six smoking corners at Munich International Airport. Other airports that JTI is working with include Athens, Bali, Moscow, Zurich, Kiev, Ho Chi Minh City, Casablanca, Marrakech, Frankfurt, Agadir and Geneva. "I think this new facility will be applauded by many people travelling from or via Munich, both smokers and non smokers," says Fadoul Pekhazis, JTI's president Middle East, near East, Turkey, Africa and Worldwide Duty Free. "JTI pioneered the concept of smoking lounges and smoking stations in 2003." JTI says that its smoking lounge concept features state-of-the-art units equipped with custom-designed ventilation systems. By the end of 2008, JTI will have locations in 15 international airports with 46 lounges, 70 smoking cabins and over 60 smoking stations. Pekhazis adds, "This is a win-win solution for all parties. The smoking public is looked after, non-smokers are not annoyed by tobacco smoke and the airport provides an excellent service to travellers." Enditem