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When it’s good to have ice at an airport…
New York JFK Airport’s TWA Hotel is offering another way to kill time during this winter’s inevitable cold weather delays.
It opens a new ice skating rink later this month dubbed the Runway Rink.
It will open seven days a week through the end of February, priced at $15 a go.
Ice skate rental is $10.
"Normally, when you hear about ice at the airport, it’s not good news," said Tyler Morse, CEO of hotel operator MCR/MORSE Development.
"But in this case, people can get excited about a frozen tarmac at JFK – we’re creating the Rockefeller Center of Queens."
The hotel opened to great fanfare earlier this year, featuring 512 rooms, meeting space and a rooftop pool with tarmac views.
The rink is located close to the Connie cocktail bar which is in a decommissioned Lockheed plane.
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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