MUMBAI: The GVK lounge at Mumbai airport's terminal 2 won the best airport lounge in Asia award at the World Travel Awards 2015 recently.

The lounge has been further nominated for the ‘World's Best Lounge’ in World Travel Awards where it will compete with the finalists, that is, the best airport lounges in different continents. The event will be held in Morocco later this year.

The lounge, built and operated by Travel Food Services (TFS) and Performa, made it to the top in the 22nd edition of World Travel Awards which was held in Hong Kong. The winners were selected after more than 500,000 votes were cast by travel professionals and high-end tourism consumers this year. Several heavyweight international nominees like Cathay Pacific’s ‘The Wing’ First Class Lounge at Hong Kong International Airport; the Japan Airlines First Class Lounge; the Korean Air KAL Lounge at Incheon International Airport; the Malaysian Airlines Golden Lounge; the Singapore Airlines Silver Kris Lounge; and the Thai Airways Royal First Lounge at Suvarnabhumi Airport were in the fray.

The lounge, designed by the fashion designer Sandeep Khosla and Mumbai architect Alfaz Miller is based on a concept from Softroom Architects. Spread across an area of 30,000 sq. ft. across two levels, the Lounge located in Terminal 2 was inaugurated in November last year. It has a seating capacity of 440 spread over lounge seating area, bar seating and dining area with live kitchen having international menu options.