Articles tagged “olympics”

We like it when these people make headlines.

It was no competition. The IOC learned the hard way in Sochi that corruption, infrastructure costs, and conflict don't make the games any better. Japan was the most buttoned-up host they could find.

Whatever the IOC's decision, these three cities represent excellent choices for the summer games.

This boycott has some growing pains to go through before it becomes a viable movement, but on its way it must be sensitive to the concerns of gay Russians still living in the homeland.

Even when big events scare away a chunk of travelers, visitors' spending can more than make up for that loss. It's attracting visitors after the buzz of an event wears off that remains the challenge.

Tokyo has always had more cheap beds than it gets credit for -- they just don't come with Western brand names. If London can pull off an Olympics, Tokyo will barely break a sweat.

It's easy to build a massive ski resort quickly when you have lots of slave labor at your beck and call. Of course, considering North Korea's economic state Kim Jong-un won't have to wait in line at the resort once it opens.

Tulsa is cautious to make any definitive statement on its intentions, likely because hosting the Olympics has an infinite impact on a city between buildup that precedes it and the growth, or fallout, that follows it.

Bureaucratic hassles, high prices, poor service, crappy food, and unexpected closures: The five bedrock values of Russian tourism.

For now Davos and St Moritz would have to be content with being the playground of rich and famous, not famous and sporty.