CNNMoney.com
Companies Economy International Corrections Pre-market Trading After-hours Trading Winners/Losers/Actives Bonds Currencies Commodities World Markets Money Magazine Real Estate Taxes Jobs Ask the Expert Money 101 Autos Mutual Funds The Help Desk Loan Center Best Places to Live Ask the Expert Ultimate Guide to Retirement Retirement Calculators Best Funds Best Places to Retire Fortune Brainstorm Tech Apple 2.0 Blog Big Tech Blog Sectors and Stocks Tech Talk Resource Guide Small Business Makeovers Questions & Answers Small Business Video 100 Best Places to Launch FSB 100 Fortune Small Business Fortune 500 Brainstorm Tech Investing Management C-Suite Rankings Main Create Portfolio Edit Portfolio Create Alerts Edit Alerts

Deluxe airport lounges

Flying business-class has its perks: Wider seats, better food, and chichi toiletries. But increasingly, the real pampering starts before you get on the plane. Business 2.0 magazine has the details on some of the world's most lavish layovers.

Malaysia Airlines
Malaysia Airlines
Golden Lounge at Kuala Lumpur International

Opened: 1998 (renovated in 2005)

The Golden Lounge isn't the most lavish of the premium-class airport refuges, but it is the only one that features a brand-new putting green. If you work up an appetite there, you can cozy up to the abundant buffet, which offers 10 kinds of sandwiches, 22 different breads, 55 beverage choices, and everything from Western roast beef to Eastern noodle bowls. You could keep busy in the business center, which provides all the standard services (wireless Internet, copy and fax machines, etc.), but skip it if you don't have anything urgent. The aptly named Relaxation Room, with its massage chairs and foot massagers, is arguably a much better use of your preflight time.

London Heathrow

Hong Kong Int'l

Kualu Lumpur

Doha, Qatar
Virgin's pampered passengers For the airlines' best customers, the royal treatment begins on the ground. (more) video
31 of the world's hottest startups Not all of the startup action happens in Silicon Valley. We pick the top websites outside the U.S. that are changing the world. (more)
Our favorite gear Reader picks for the business tools you can't work without. (more)
© 2009 Cable News Network. A Time Warner Company. All Rights Reserved. Terms under which this service is provided to you. Privacy Policy
Copyright © 2009 BigCharts.com Inc. All rights reserved. Please see our Terms of Use.
MarketWatch, the MarketWatch logo, and BigCharts are registered trademarks of MarketWatch, Inc.
Intraday data provided by Interactive Data Real-Time Services and subject to the Terms of Use.
Intraday data is at least 20-minutes delayed. All times are ET.
Historical, current end-of-day data, and splits data provided by Interactive Data Pricing and Reference Data.
Fundamental data provided by Morningstar, Inc..
SEC Filings data provided by Edgar Online Inc..
Earnings data provided by FactSet CallStreet, LLC.