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Brazil Gets Ready for Tournament Tourism 04 June, 2010 There was much cause for celebration when Brazil clinched the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games. Now the country's hotel sector faces a mammoth preparation task. Alex Hawkes... > read more

Tournament Tourism 28 October, 2009 After clinching the winning bids for the FIFA World Cup in 2014 and the Olympic games in 2016, Brazil’s hotel sector faces a mammoth preparation task. Alex Hawkes...

South Africa: Coming Out of the Midfield 28 September, 2009 South Africa's hotels are preparing to open their doors to their biggest and most diverse international delegation yet. So will they win over the crowds? Penny Jones...

Macau's Winning Hand 08 October, 2008 China's gambling enclave is now the number-one spot for playing the tables anywhere in the world. Natalie Coomber looks at whether it can sustain this dramatic...

Mother of Reinvention 01 March, 2007 Dubai's cluster of super-luxury hotels have made it a hospitality hot spot. To ensure its status well into the future, the city plans to continue absorbing and refining the latest...

Budapest: Europe's Rising Star 06 April, 2006 With tourism at an all-time high, Budapest has plenty to be optimistic about, write Elana Bader and Hadrien Pujol, HVS...

Milan on the Move 01 December, 2005 Milan is celebrated as the style capital of Europe, but most of its hotel guests are still business travellers. HMI editor Kerstin Zumstein asks the general managers of some of Milan’s...

Dublin Keeps Pace with Demand 01 September, 2005 Dublin’s economy is booming and numbers of overseas visitors continue to rise. But can hotel performance follow suit? Deloitte’s Sarah Duignan...

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