INDIA. The 080 Domestic Lounge in Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru (Bangalore International Airport) Terminal 2 has been named ‘Best Domestic Airport Lounge’ title at Travel + Leisure India’s Best Awards 2024.
Additionally, 080 International Lounge was named the ‘Favourite Airport Lounge’ at the Condé Nast Traveler Reader’s Choice Awards 2024.
These recognitions highlight the airport’s focus on delivering an elevated passenger experience through enhanced comfort, efficient services and thoughtful design.
Bangalore International Airport Managing Director & CEO Hari Marar said: “Receiving the awards from Condé Nast Traveler and Travel + Leisure India speaks of the passion and care that went into shaping the lounges at Terminal 2.
“Every element of the lounges reflects our commitment to crafting spaces that combine elegance, comfort and a deep sense of place. These recognitions motivate us to continue elevating the travel experience and setting new standards in hospitality.”
Inspired by Bengaluru’s culture and landscape, the lounges offer a contemporary yet locally influenced design.
The spaces offer passengers diverse culinary options, workstations, high-speed wifi and premium hospitality services. ✈
All images courtesy of Bangalore International Airport
Note: Payal Khanna, the Founder and Principal Designer of Mumbai-based Aura Dezyne was named one of The Moodie Davitt Report’s People of the Year 2024 for her lead role in creating the 080 lounges at Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru Terminal 2.
In bestowing the recognition, we wrote: “To tour those lounges with her – as The Moodie Davitt Report did this June – is be taken on a journey of discovery like no other. This to the manor born storyteller lights up with every regaling of the heritage and the sheer obsession with detail and cultural integrity that underpins every aspect of her work.
“Constantly she stops to point out even the most minute details, of design, structure, colour, smell, texture and sound. The lighting that mimics the city’s dew drops in an enthralling way, the vivid artworks and photographs that embrace Karnataka’s history and culture at every turn.
”Every stage needs a great set designer and in Payal Khanna they have one of rare talent. ‘The seed is the tree hidden, the tree is the seed realised’, runs the mantra on Aura Dezyne’s website. How gloriously those seeds have germinated at T2.”
For a special feature on Payal Khanna’s inspirational work, see The Moodie Davitt Magazine for October at this link (page 304).
