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RIVERWOODS, Ill.
--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
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Diners Club International
, a business unit of
Discover Financial Services
(NYSE: DFS), today announced the opening of 18 new cardholder club lounges at 14 airport locations in the
United Kingdom
. The addition of these new lounges now brings the total of
Diners Club airport
lounges to 123 worldwide.
All 18 Diners Club U.K. lounges are currently open and accessible to Diners Clubâs more than 6.5 million cardholders at the following airport locations in
England
:
Birmingham
;
Bristol
; Nottingham East Midlands; London Gatwick; London Heathrow;
Humberside
;
Leeds Bradford
;
Manchester
;
Newcastle
; and
Stansted
. The remaining new
U.K. airport
lounge locations include four in
Scotland
:
Aberdeen
;
Edinburgh
;
Glasgow
; and
Inverness
.
âThe opening of these additional lounges provides us with a tremendous opportunity to offer our
Diners Club
cardholders even more convenience and value when they travel throughout the U.K.,â said
Joe Hurley
, deputy president of
Diners Club International
. âThe Diners Club lounge program is another example of our commitment to meeting the needs of cardholders.â
The U.K. airport
lounges will be managed and staffed by Servisair, a leading service provider of aviation ground services, and feature a range of complimentary snacks, fresh-brewed coffee, tea, and alcoholic beverages, as well as television, newspapers, and magazines. In addition, all the U.K. lounges offer telephone and fax services and many also offer Internet access and business desks.
âWe understand the importance of providing travelers with a positive ground service experience,â said
Darren Harding
, vice president business development for Servisair. âLike Diners Club, our objective is to anticipate our customersâ needs and deliver to them a range of services that they have come to look forward to and appreciate.â
For more information on
Diners Club airport
lounges, visit:
http://www.dinersclub.com/en/DCIHome/airportlounge
About
Diners Club International
Established in 1950,
Diners Club International
became the first multi-purpose charge card in the world, launching a financial revolution in how consumers and companies pay for products and services. Today,
Diners Club
is a globally recognized brand serving the payment needs of upscale consumers as well as providing corporations and small business owners with a complete array of expense management solutions. With acceptance in more than 185 countries, 14 million merchant locations, and access to over 1 million ATMs,
Diners Club
is uniquely qualified to serve its cardholders all over the world.
About Servisair
Servisair operates 23 Lounges at airports across the UK (18 lounges),
Canada
(
Calgary
and
Montreal
),
Denmark
(
Copenhagen
) and
The Netherlands
(Amsterdam Schiphol). The company is one of the worldâs leading providers of airport services handling 102 million passengers, 1.4 million aircraft and 1 million tons of cargo a year at 131 locations. It forms part of the
Derichebourg Group
which also specialises in recycling and facilities management, employing 54,000 staff throughout 30 countries around the world.
About
Discover Financial Services
Discover Financial Services
(NYSE: DFS) is a leading credit card issuer and electronic payment services company with one of the most recognized brands in U.S. financial services. The company operates the Discover Card, America's cash rewards pioneer. Since its inception in 1986, the company has become one of the largest card issuers in
the United States
. Its payments business consists of the Discover Network, with millions of merchant and cash access locations; PULSE, one of the nation's leading ATM/debit networks; and
Diners Club International
, a global payments network with acceptance in 185 countries and territories. For more information, visit
www.discoverfinancial.com
.
Discover Financial Services
Leslie Beyer
, 1-224-405-5154
lesliebeyer@discover.com
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Source:
Diners Club International
