Controversy with FIFA over hotel prices for the 2014 World Cup

Wednesday, August 21st 2013 - 18:36 UTC

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The Brazilian government has expressed concern that some hotels listed on FIFA website for the 2014 World Cup plan significant price increases during the tournament. Brazil’s tourism board, Embratur, is said to have notified the justice ministry after its research showed that rates will be up to 500% more expensive during the World Cup in some hotels offered by the MATCH Services agency on FIFA website. Read full article

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ChrisR
What a surprise!

Hotels ALWAYS put their prices up when they have more customers than rooms: it's known as the law of supply and demand.

The only way prices could be kept as they are(ish) would have been to build more hotels before the screaming mob arrived!

Too late now.
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Math
Brazil is an expensive country because we spent 10 years doing no reforms. It's not only excedent costumers.
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