Companies bidding for world tallest, 1 KM, Jeddah Kingdom Tower
Tallest man-built construction in the world, Burj Khalifa, has not yet celebrated it’s first birthday, and haven’t even yet recovered from the public observation deck shutdown, and Jeddah is already expecting bids on it’s 1 KM tallest Kingdom Tower in the world project on April 14th. When completed, this will be more than 400 m taller than the Makkah Clock Tower opening this August, and over 150 m taller than the tallest Burj Khalifa building.
It’s the war of skyscrapers, and it’s costing a fortune.
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Makkah Clock Royal Tower
World’s largest clock tower, which is also a hotel, is going to be built and launched in the Islamic holy city of Makkah. 43 meters in diameter, compared to the 7 meters London Big Ben clock, and rising 577 meters above the ground, making it only second tallest building in the world.
The clock as announced holds extreme amount of engineering and challenges that is worth being admired. reports say this project will open in mid 2010, but I can’t tell for sure yet.
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World’s Smallest Hotel Coming in London
Forget fancy large hotels with hundreds of visitors, the Visit London says. This is a chance to live in the world’s tiniest hotel ever, only 29ft by 7ft airstream caravan that moves between famous London landmarks. The hotel providers a dedicated concierge service, check-in desk, room service, flat screen TV, and a double bed.
While it’s nice to wake up in a new place every morning, I’m not sure if I’d be comfortable with a moving bed, especially when you’re fighting sleep-disorder. But it is an experience anyways that is opening this month. click here for more details.
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Dubai Metor Opening – World’s longest, and first in Arabia
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The Dynamic Tower
Imagine an 80-floor tower that changes shape… Constantly, rotating, every second. Not the whole building, but each and every floor of it, on it’s own, rotating in it’s own direction, as desired. How much energy would such a building require, if it is possible that is. What would you say if Mr. David Fisher, it’s designer, is going to have the building powers it self? By placing giant wind turbines between the floors, in addition to the solar panel powers, the building will not only have enough energy for it self, but it’s going to power the buildings around it as well! And if all of this seems like a mission impossible to accomplish, the team behind it have made the design even easier than ever for construction, allowing for first time offices to be completely built in the factory, and then attached to the building, decreasing construction time, hazard, cost, and workers on-site.
Watch all of this and more in the video below.
For more of such magnificent designs of the future, including the floating iceberg hotel, new Barcelona Stadium, and more… check out conceirge.com.
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Mardan Palace – Europe’s most expensive hotel opening in June
No recession, and neither a disease spread is gonna half the opening of the newest most expensive hotel in Europe, situated in Antalya, Turkey with a cost of $1.4 billion dollar. Mardan Palace is scheduled to open this June offering 560 rooms, 2 of which are royal suites that are in the reach of people welling to spend $18,000 for a night of sleep.
Official Website: http://www.mardanpalace.com/
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Worst February in 18 years for Hawaii Hotels
The peak travel month of the year in Hawaiian Islands, February, have marked a shocking 18 years low this year with 25% empty hotel rooms, and a sharp decline of 12.4% in the average daily rate. One could expect good hotel offers later this year after this drop. More on the story on USATODAY.
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Visit M&M’s World
A guy who thought there is such thing as a saturated market must think again. If you ever happen to visit Las Vegas, New York City, or Florida, be sure to drop by this multi-floor M&M’s World, that turned a simple chocolate, into a brand people shop for as gift item. The multi-floor M&M’s World store opened first in Las Vegas in 1997 in the Showcase Mall, featuring gift shop, 3D movie theater, M&M’s figures, clothing, a replica of the M&M’s NASCAR race car, and also you will find large gigantic chocolate tubes of different shapes and colors to fill and chose from.
There are also two other similar stores in New York Times Square that opened in 2006, and one in Orlando, The Florida Mall that received “The International Store of the Year” award in 2006 as well. Take a look at the videos taken from Las Vegas Store and the New York Times Square large display screen.
For more information about the M&M’s World, read the article on Wikipedia and see the references there. TripAdvisor has a nice photo collection as well.
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Travel the world in 120 days, with a Solar Powered Ship
In 2010, the Swiss and German engineers are aiming at having this Solar Powered Ship to start a 120 days journey around the world, to promote and show the power and reliability of the solar energy. The ship will rely on a 470 square meter solar array on its long journey to absorb the power and charge the lithium-ion battery. More details on the Consumer Energy Report.
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