Whether it is for food, shopping or the amenities, here are the best airports in the world to schedule your layovers at for a hitchless flying experience.
The votes are in for the World Airport Awards and the millions of flyers who have cast their choices have once again given the top spot to Singapore's Changi Airport for the second year in a row. The awards, which is based on 12.85 million customer nominations across 110 nationalities, sees the Singapore hub beat 410 airports around the world to snag the title.
Here we round up the 4 best that have also swept titles for the best shopping, dining and hotel. Copenhagen Airport isn't the only award-winning one with its best airport restaurant.
Best airport for shopping: London Heathrow Airport
Topping the list for best airport for shopping is the London Heathrow Ariport. From Alexander McQueen to Bulgari, it has a total of 84 stores on its premises. Big brands carrying the latest season's collection isn't its only strength, it offers a wide variety of stores too, from fashion and beauty to technology and food and beverages. Even the little ones are not overlooked with the toystore Hamley's open warm and inviting. Special offers and rewards await travellers for in-airport shopping as well as collect-on-return policy for those who do not feel like lugging their heavy shopping along with them to their following destination, making it the one-stop shopping heaven for the traveller on-the-go.
Best airport for leisure amenities: Singapore Changi Airport
Singapore's Changi Airport also takes the cake for best airport for leisure amenities on top of the World's Best Airport. Taking a dip in the rooftop swimming pool aside, some of the other things one can do while transitting at the Singapore Changi Airport include getting your nails or hair done, watching a movie for free, or going for a signature crystal mud foot reflexology. Changi is also the first airport in the world to have an indoor butterfly garden for an educational pit-stop for the kids, not to mention a fish spa for an out-of-the-ordinary transit experience.
From its state-of-the-art Internet terminals where online games are aplenty to play and detailed tours of the airport grounds, Singapore Changi Airport certainly deserves to be named the best airport for leisure amenities for making transits a much less boring experience with its many activities.
Best airport for dining: Hong Kong International Airport
Hong Kong has always been known as a major food destination with many local delicacies that cannot be missed so it is only natural its airport reflects the same stature. You won't find just any fastfood chain restaurant here at the number one best airport for dining; instead, it has specialty Chinese restaurants as well as Western fine dining establishments. Coffeeshops, cafes, restaurants, bars -- you name it, it has it. Specialty dessert shops selling traditional tong sui and bubble teas are on the list too. Simply put, whatever you may be craving for from Spanish to Italian fare, Kong Kong International Airport will have it.
Best airport for hotel: Langham Place Beijing Airport
Making the top 3 on the list of best airport for hotel, is the Langham Place Beijing Airport. Step off your plane at Beijing Capital Airport and right next door is the Langham Place Hotel that will transform you from feeling frazzled to fabulous in a matter of hours. Offering 372 rooms and five modern restaurants and bars, all your staying and dining needs will be well taken care of so all you need to do once you touch down, is to put your feet up. Getting to places is not a problem either since the hotel is located within minutes of many of China's most popular tourist destinations. Stay a night, recuperate and rejuvenate before you take off to your next stop from the departure gates of the airport that is as good as next door.
(Source: AFP Relax News)
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