Tagged: skyscrapers

The Biggest Hotel in the World and Other Record-Breaking Places to Stay

Hotels are for showing off. Owners figure that a good way to attract customers is to impress them by outdoing the competition with the biggest, the tallest, the most abundant, the most…

Boston’s Prudential Tower Observatory, View Boston, Ups Its Game

Recent visitors to Boston may have noticed a dearth of publicly accessible views of the city from atop its tallest buildings. The tallest of all, the John Hancock Tower (now…

Float Over Dubai in the World’s Highest Infinity Pool with Wraparound Views

You can now take a soak while soaking in limitless views of Dubai's over-the-top skyline at a new infinity pool suspended more than 650 feet above the United Arab Emirates…

PHOTOS: The World's Most Impressive New Skyscrapers

A stunning addition to the already iconic harborside skyline of Sydney, Australia, has been named the world's best new skyscraper. The 890-foot-tall One Barangaroo tower (pictured…

NYC Tourism Creeping Back: Reopening Date Set for Empire State Building

While the coronavirus continues to rampage across most of the United States, New York City has recorded its first 24-hour period with no Covid-19 deaths since the start of the…

Zipping Down Niagara Falls, Zooming Over Los Angeles, and More: Today's Travel Briefing

Welcome to the working week and welcome to our daily roundup of travel news. Here's what's hapening today.* STUDY: ZIKA OUTBREAK WILL BE OVER IN THREE YEARS (Live Science). The Zika…

Lawsuit Filed Against LA's Skyslide

A lawsuit has been filed claiming that a woman broke her ankle on the recently opened Skyslide at the top of U.S. Bank Tower in Los Angeles. A feature of the skyscraper's new…

How to Get a Last Gasp of Summer Before School Starts

How can it be mid-August? We just celebrated Memorial Day. Blink and it will be Halloween. The beach towels are still sandy yet the kids are shopping for notebooks and new duds. But…

Caribbean Ports of Call: Dock or Drop Anchor?

When ships visit a port of call, they either tie up alongside a dock or they anchor offshore and tender everyone to town via shuttle boats. The difference can add on an hour or more…