Travel news: LaGuardia’s comeback, new guidelines and a Disneyland intense

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This week in travel news: the prime airports of 2023, new travel guidelines about the globe and the man who visited Disneyland practically three,000 days in a row.

There was 1 generally heard refrain, Port Authority’s Executive Director Rick Cotton tells CNN, that spurred on the multibillion refurbs taking place at New York metro’s LaGuardia, JFK and Newark airports: ” ‘Why are the key airports in Asia, in Europe, so considerably greater and so considerably much more attractive?’ “

“Our internal mission statement was to produce a terminal every person loves,” says Frank Scremin, CEO of LaGuardia Gateway Partners, which is behind the airport’s $eight billion makeover. That project just won LaGuardia’s Terminal B the “World’s Greatest New Airport Terminal” honor in the prestigious Skytrax awards.

Back in 2014, Vice President Joe Biden famously stated LaGuardia was like getting “in some third-globe nation,” but the comments “spurred action,” says Scremin.

The design and style philosophy of the new terminal is “about providing guests selection,” no matter if it is a company traveler needing to get to a gate effectively or a loved ones that desires to “sit and loosen up and be entertained.”

Plans have been axed Monday for a light rail hyperlink from Manhattan to LaGuardia, but at least there’s JFK’s ongoing $9.five billion makeover to anticipate. And for much more of these top airports that inspired New York’s face-lift, take a appear at the World’s Greatest Airports of 2023.

Forewarned is forearmed, people today. Right here are the most recent laws and guidelines travelers ought to know about:

Do not hike solo in Nepal, due to the fact “there is no 1 to assist you.”

Do not take lewd selfies with the statues at Japan’s new Ghibli Park.

Do not program a motorbike tour of Bali, as the island authorities are going to cease foreign vacationers from renting them.

Do go to China and keep fortunate if you hit the casinos in Macao due to the fact the borders have completely reopened.

Do swim topless in Berlin’s swimming pools, if you are a lady who supports German “free physique culture.”

Do celebration all evening in Miami’s South Beach, if you definitely have to, due to the fact the booze ban following two a.m. has been halted. But make positive you attain Florida prior to this five,000-mile-wide blob of seaweed does.

What’s the greatest meal to tuck into the morning following St. Patrick’s Day celebrations? A complete Irish breakfast, with lots of black pudding and potato bread. Right here are 26 Irish foods you want to attempt: It is not just stout and spuds.

Mexican cuisine has also been considerably misunderstood, but a new CNN meals and travel show, “Eva Longoria: Looking for Mexico,” launching March 26, sets out to repair that. Sign up for our new 4-element newsletter “Unlocking Mexico” for a guide to the country’s history and heritage, as effectively as recipes from Eva Longoria.

A Polish pilot created aviation history on March 14 when he became the very first individual to land a plane on the helipad of the Burj Al Arab Jumeirah in Dubai which, at much more than 1,000 feet (305 meters) higher, is 1 of the tallest hotels in the globe.

And more than in California, regional man Jeff Reitz visited Disneyland each and every day for practically three,000 days in a row, earning himself a Guinness Globe Record for his efforts.

Lastly, American lady Renee Bruns also scooped a Guinness Globe Record for the most nations visited by a individual working with a wheelchair in a year.

“I consider it is 1 of the silver linings of getting a disability,” Bruns tells CNN Travel. “I began to see the globe from a diverse point of view.”

The world’s greatest areas of 2023, according to TIME

TIME magazine just announced its annual list of 50 destinations you ought to place on your want list. Verify them out right here.

Traveling to new areas when you or a loved 1 has meals allergies can be stressful and scary. To assist your subsequent trip go smoothly, our partners at CNN Underscored, a item testimonials and suggestions guide owned by CNN, have spoken with medical doctors, allergists and nutritionists to get their prime ideas and assistance on what ought to be on your packing list.

US airliner close to-misses retain coming.

Now officials are speaking about averting “more catastrophic” incidents.

The “world’s greatest chef” lost a Michelin star.

His Paris restaurant had 3-star status for two decades.

Saddam Hussein’s former yacht is now attracting sightseers.

The rusting wreck is capsized in a river in southern Iraq.

The organization delivering free of charge travel experiences to Black girls with cancer.

It is “about making new memories,” says founder Alicia Tambe.