Travel

  • 9 Of The Trendiest Hotels In The Caribbean

    9 Of The Trendiest Hotels In The Caribbean

    Planning a trip to the Caribbean any time soon? If not, why not? It’s the Caribbean! You got somewhere better to go? I didn’t think so. Anyway, you don’t want to just crash in whatever flophouse you see first during your hypothetical Caribbean vacation, so you should probably take the time to investigate first. Here [...]

  • Wynn Las Vegas Buys $33.6 Million Sculpture By Jeff Koons

    Wynn Las Vegas Buys $33.6 Million Sculpture By Jeff Koons

      Las Vegas casinos are not known for being frugal when it comes to interior design. But even by that standard, the Wynn Resorts Limited CEO Steve Wynn’s purchase of a $33.6 million sculpture by artist Jeff Koons is still pretty impressive. The sculpture, called Tulips, is displayed near the Wynn Theatre Rotunda at the Wynn [...]

  • ‘National Geographic’ Announces Winners Of Photograph Contest

    ‘National Geographic’ Announces Winners Of Photograph Contest

    National Geographic is famous for the eye-popping photographs that are featured within its pages. So a photography contest sponsored by the magazine makes perfect sense. Now, the magazine has announced the winner (you can see the winners of the “Nature,” “People,” and “Places” categories via the above gallery). You can check out all of the [...]

  • 9 Great Gambling Destinations Besides Las Vegas

    9 Great Gambling Destinations Besides Las Vegas

    When you think “gambling,” you probably think of Vegas, Vegas, Vegas. But there are lots of other gambling destinations in the world, too. Some of them are a little classier than Vegas, or a little quieter, or maybe a little less expensive or closer to where you live. No matter what your reason for wanting [...]

  • Fly In Unprecedented Luxury On TAM Airline’s New First-Class Cabins

    Fly In Unprecedented Luxury On TAM Airline’s New First-Class Cabins

    Flying first-class is cool and all, but you’ve probably noticed a distinct lack of couches up there. Well, not anymore, thanks to TAM Airlines, who are the first major airline to give first-class passengers a couch! But, as you can see in the above photo, that’s only one of the luxurious features that the Brazilian [...]

  • Lionel Messi And Kobe Bryant Appear In New Turkish Airlines Ad (Video)

    Lionel Messi And Kobe Bryant Appear In New Turkish Airlines Ad (Video)

    Kobe Bryant and Lionel Messi are two of the biggest stars in the world in their respective sports. So it’s always cool to see them turn up in unexpected places together, like in this new commercial for Turkish Airlines! It’s all part of their new ad campaign, and it’s actually a pretty funny commercial. It [...]

  • ‘New York’ Magazine Cover Shows Blacked-Out Manhattan

    ‘New York’ Magazine Cover Shows Blacked-Out Manhattan

    When a disaster like Hurricane Sandy strikes, it can be difficult for magazines and other news organizations to know exactly how to handle it. But every once in a while a perfect picture comes along, and it becomes a no-brainer to put it on the cover. That’s definitely the case with this iconic photograph (seen [...]

  • Make The Flight From New York City To Japan In 90 Minutes On The Lynx

    Make The Flight From New York City To Japan In 90 Minutes On The Lynx

    Since the retirement of the Concorde in 2003, supersonic air travel has become restricted to a highly select group. But now, XCOR Aerospace has announced plans to bring it back to the consumer marketplace with the Lynx, a suborbital spacecraft that takes off and lands just like a regular jet.  However, this is no regular [...]