The Kiwi tech firm trying to make waiting for flights 'time well spent'

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A travel tech firm making it easier for globe trotters to get behind the frosted glass doors of an airport lounge says business is soaring.

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A travel tech firm making it easier for globe trotters to get behind the frosted glass doors of an airport lounge says business is soaring.

LoungePair was founded in Aotearoa during Covid, a difficult time for a travel business.

But with air travel rebounding, one of the company founders says they're going from strength to strength.

Co-founder and chief executive of LoungePair, Daniel Kinnoch, told Checkpoint it was a "pretty simple" thing to use.

"For your average Kiwi, it's a simple QR code that you use to walk up to a lounge. They scan it and you've got access to up to 1400 lounges worldwide.

"And it's really easy for someone to make a purchase, even on really average plane Wi-Fi. It takes about 60 seconds from finding your lounge on the site for your airport through to getting your QR code passed for access."

No memberships were required, he said - the service was fully "pay-as-you-go".

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