AAV In Conversation with Jonathan Song of Plaza Premium Group

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Jonathan SongAsian Aviation Editor Matt Driskill is In Conversation with Jonathan Song, head of Global Business Development for the Hong Kong-based Plaza Premium Group about airport lounges, airlines and COVID-19.

Jonathan Song
Jonathan Song, Business Development Director, Plaza Premium Group. (PHOTO: Plaza Premium)

Spearheading the business development division, Song is responsible for leading the feasibility studies and market analysis on potential global airport hospitality business opportunities for Plaza Premium Group, driving the process of tender submission, contract negotiation, and managing business partner relationships. As the pioneer and world leader of airport hospitality services, Plaza Premium Group manages airport lounge brands Plaza Premium Lounge and Plaza Premium First, airport terminal hotels Aerotel and Refreshhh by Aerotel, airport meet-and-greet services ALLWAYS, and a portfolio of Airport Dining concepts. In addition to its own brands, the group also conceptualises, designs, builds, manages and operates airport lounges for leading airlines, alliances and financial institutions including but not limited to American Express, Star Alliance, SkyTeam, Cathay Pacific, Singapore Airlines, Lufthansa, China Eastern Airlines and China Southern Airlines. Headquartered in Hong Kong, the global footprint of Plaza Premium Group reaches more than 170 locations across 46 international airports in 23 countries and regions, serving 16 million travellers every year.

Jonathan Song


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Matthew Driskill
Matt Driskill is the Editor of Asian Aviation. He has been an Asia-based journalist and content producer since 1990 for outlets including Reuters and the International Herald Tribune/New York Times and is a former president of the Foreign Correspondents Club of Hong Kong. He appears on international broadcast outlets like Al Jazeera, CNA and the BBC and has taught journalism at Hong Kong University and American University of Paris. In 2022 Driskill received the "Outstanding Achievement Award" from the Aerospace Media Awards Asia organisation for his editorials and in 2024 received a "Special Recognition for Editorial Perspectives" award from the same organisation. Driskill has received awards from the Associated Press for Investigative Reporting and Business Writing and in 1989 was named the John J. McCloy Fellow by the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University in New York where he earned his Master's Degree. 马特·德里斯基尔(Matt Driskill)是《亚洲航空》(Asian Aviation)的主编。他自1990年起,担任驻亚洲的记者和内容制作人,曾为路透社、国际先驱论坛报/纽约时报等媒体工作,并曾任香港外国记者协会会长。他也曾多次在半岛电视台、新加坡广播公司(CNA)和BBC等国际媒体担任嘉宾,并在香港大学和巴黎美国大学教授新闻学。2022年,德里斯基尔因其评论获得了航空媒体奖(Aerospace Media Awards Asia)颁发的“杰出成就奖”,2024年又因其编辑观点获得同一组织颁发的“特别表彰”。他曾获得美联社的调查报道和商务写作奖,并于1989年被纽约哥伦比亚大学研究生新闻学院授予约翰·J·麦克劳伊学者(John J. McCloy Fellow)称号,获得硕士学位。

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