Articles tagged “rio”

Tourism

Return of Music Festivals Boosts Tourism Recovery

Music lovers have returned to festivals with a vengeance, but they've also become pickier and more environmentally conscious. So tourism authorities have to adapt to their new priorities.

Return of Music Festivals Boosts Tourism Recovery

Airlines

TAM Airlines Celebrates Rio’s 450th Birthday With a Copacabana Paint Job

It's lovely to see an airline get into the spirit of local celebrations, especially one as significant as this. Parabéns, Rio de Janeiro! Os melhores desejos para os próximos 450 anos.

TAM Airlines Celebrates Rio’s 450th Birthday With a Copacabana Paint Job

Tourism

Interview: Brazil’s Tourism President on the World Cup Disaster That Wasn’t

The World Cup went off without any of the disasters discussed in the run-up to the actual games providing a steady ground upon which Brazil can continue to build its tourism economy.

Interview: Brazil’s Tourism President on the World Cup Disaster That Wasn’t

Media and PR

The Trends That Are Driving 2014’s ‘Top Travel Destinations’ Lists

Are anniversaries and events over-stressed on these lists? It’s refreshing not to see Brazil, in its World Cup, an automatic inclusion of all lists – even if it’s an understandable entry. But would anyone plan a trip to Cape Town just because it’s the World Design Capital?

The Trends That Are Driving 2014’s ‘Top Travel Destinations’ Lists

Tourism

Brazil protest update: Italy’s national soccer team seeks refuge in hotel

What started out as strikes about small increases in public transit rates is turning into a larger issue that will likely slow tourism visits to Brazil over the next few months.

Tourism

Structural problems close Rio stadium to fix before 2016 Olympic games

Luckily, the stadium wasn't on track to be used for next summer's World Cup. But Rio will need more planning than luck to be ready for both major events.

Structural problems close Rio stadium to fix before 2016 Olympic games

Tourism

German tourist shot in Rio amidst safety worries ahead of big sports events

Safety in parts of Rio are a real issue, but any incident when it is under spotlight gets amplified more than it is worth. This might be one of those instances.

German tourist shot in Rio amidst safety worries ahead of big sports events

Tourism

Brazil World Cup building: Spending boom on stadiums while sewage suffers

Brazil should be looking at Germany for how it used the World Cup as an excuse to build up infrastructure rather than build too-big stadiums that were destined to remain dormant.

Brazil World Cup building: Spending boom on stadiums while sewage suffers

Tourism

The tourist attraction soaring above Rio’s most talked about shantytowns

The gondola ride above the favelas is as much a tourist attraction for locals as it is for foreigners, but both bring an economic boost and fresh awareness to one of Brazil’s most transformed areas.

The tourist attraction soaring above Rio’s most talked about shantytowns

Airlines

The horses, lizards and Onassis heirs that make Lufthansa a pet flying expert

The 2% of Lufthansa's freight income that rolls in thanks to animals is nothing to sneeze at, even if you are an allergic flyer.

The horses, lizards and Onassis heirs that make Lufthansa a pet flying expert