Thalys at the Gare du Nord: a lounge for business travellers

Thalys has just opened the doors of its first lounge in Paris, the Thalys Lounge&More, which welcomes business travellers in a building next to the Gare du Nord. Ideal for optimising the wait before departure, relaxing or even organising a meeting just a few metres from Europe's largest station. 
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It is therefore in a building next to the Gare du Nord, in the 22 rue de Dunkerque The brand new Thalys lounge has been in operation since the end of June. The lounge is located very close to the platforms (1 min), but in a separate building from the station, away from the hustle and bustle. Open from 6am to 10pm on weekdays (from 7am on Sundays, and until 8.30pm on Saturdays), the Lounge Thalys Lounge&More even offers a relaxing view of a Haussmanian courtyard. Once past the information area, business travellers are immersed in a comfortable wooded atmosphere, withconvivial spaces made up of long guest tables. Everywhere USB sockets and portsand two work cubicles for business customers. The lounge can even host meetings for up to six people, thanks to the meeting room with free private facilities for 2 hours.

"At Thalys, we know how precious the time of frequent travellers is, especially business travellers," stresses Scheherazade Zekri-Chevallet, Marketing and Sales Director at Thalys. "It was therefore essential to offer them a space that lived up to their expectations: connected, allowing them to both meet up and work comfortably between two journeys, and all this just one minute from the Gare du Nord. This is now the case with the Thalys Lounge&More.

The Thalys Lounge&More is open to all Thalys TheCard holders, as well as Railteam travellers and those with a B2B fare. In a few months' time, Thalys will be taking a further step forward on this Business Travel front, with the launch of the Thalys Lounge&More.a brand new lounge will open at Brussels Midi station in 2016