A extremely anticipated 600-room resort will open in Fort Value, Texas early subsequent 12 months — and it serves a really particular goal.

The resort is owned by American Airways and is positioned on the service’s huge headquarters campus, which is known as after the airline’s legendary former CEO, Robert Crandall.

However earlier than we get into the main points (in typical TPG style) about whether or not you may earn or redeem A bonus miles to this resort, or in the event that they depend as Loyalty factorsthere’s a small catch: it’s not open to the general public.

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American is constructing the power, referred to as Skyview 6, to deal with staff who go to its campus and are there for conferences or coaching — consider the common coaching pilots and flight attendants should bear to keep up their up-to-date {qualifications}. And, by the seems to be of the renders launched by American Wednesday, these staff have lots to stay up for.

Along with the 600 rooms, all flooring of the Skyview 6 resort have a lounge space that the airline intends to make use of for learning.

The property additionally provides new eating choices: a eating room will provide breakfast, lunch and dinner. As well as, a social house known as “the tavern” can be open within the night for “video games, gentle snacks and drinks”, the airline mentioned.

And, to burn off all of the eating room and tavern energy, Skyview 6 will function a 73,000 sq. foot health middle that includes an train pool. Outside basketball, tennis, pickleball and volleyball courts are additionally being constructed.

These new amenities can be open to all staff, not simply these staying on the resort.

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Lastly, Skyview 6 will function a ten,000 sq. foot ballroom for big gatherings, together with State of the Airline, a hands-on assembly led by CEO Robert Isom and his govt crew.

Skyview 6 is the final a part of the Crandall campus to open – an ongoing mission that started opening within the late 2010s. The campus, which additionally consists of the airline’s operations middle and its CR Smith museum, was formally opened final fall – with Crandall himself current. In 2019, TPG founder Brian Kelly visited Skyview 8a constructing that options distinctive AvGeek-inspired art work, and was impressed with what he noticed.