The restaurant is open to anyone, so it will attract our friends with binoculars and cameras! As a 4 Star hotel the Holiday Inn won't have any real competition unless a passenger wants to go off airport and journey to the seafront to the Roslin Beach Hotel. The photo I posted earlier shows how close the hotel is to the apron and terminal. You can now read more on the SEN website:
New London Southend Airport Holiday Inn Opens | Latest News | LSA - Community Relations & News | London Southend Airport
the five-storey hotel has a magnificent, fully sound-proofed rooftop bar and restaurant, called the 1935 Rooftop Restaurant & Bar; a reference to the year that airport opened as a municipal airport for the public. Guests can enjoy spectacular panoramic views of the airport and surrounding area whilst enjoying their drinks or dinner.