Articles tagged “olympics”

It's hard to se why motel owners wouldn't go for the deal. They'll get discounts to upgrade, then can go back to business as usual (if they want) after the World Cup and the Olympics.

Russia’s past keeps catching up it with no matter how hard President Putin tries to prove otherwise. The project meant to mark Russia’s post-Soviet emergence as a progressive country may have the opposite impact.

Rio’s reputation is currently on the rise and will reach its pinnacle in 2016, but the city has a number of skeletons to clean out its closet before it’s ready to safely welcome in the world.

Britain was disappointed with a smaller than expected outcome during the summer Olympics, but the number of American visitors was in fact the highest it’s been since 2008, despite a drop in November.

The reality hit the London hotel sector pretty quickly, after the high of the Olympics: it is business as usual amidst the difficult economic environment, and London's RevPAR is expected to decline 1% during 2013, before possibly picking up in 2014.

What overseas financier in his or her right mind would make a major infrastructure investment in a country that's demonstrated it cares nothing for the rule of law and will yank away ownership at the drop of Putin's hat?

The Russian city will likely be technically ready to host the games, but don't look too closely at the construction. This is the country that gave us the term Potemkin Village.

Many of the parties -- from Heathrow to developers -- involved in the London Olympics reached out for help from previous Olympics hosts. Its success both throwing the games and retrofitting after them is due to largely to their willingness not to take anything for granted.

An overall boost to tourism in the UK is expected to wash out the short-term losses as inbound visitor numbers may increase in the coming months.