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It was small, clean, very well run and had an excellent restaurant. A retired Swiss hotel manager and his wife operated it as their pension. It was adjacent to large luxury hotels that were well-known by the tourists. [7] Brazil moved its government from Rio to Brazilia in 1960s, and the city decided to compensate by helping the tourist industry.
The Copacabana Palace, A Belmond Hotel, is a historic luxury hotel in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, facing Copacabana beach. Designed by French architect Joseph Gire, it opened on August 13, 1923. [1] It is owned by Belmond Limited. It has 243 rooms (116 apartments and 127 suites), [2] in the main and annex buildings. [3]
In 2009, the hotel was sold again to Windsor Hotels for around R$170 million. [1] After a refurbishment, it was reopened in January 2011 as the Windsor Atlântica Hotel. The hotel was sold to Blackstone in March 2017. [2] It converted to the Hilton Rio de Janeiro Copacabana on May 2, 2017. [3]
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The Hotel Unique is a hotel located in the district of Jardins in the Brazilian city of São Paulo, established in 2002. The 25 metres (82 ft) tall building, designed by architect Ruy Ohtake , was projected in the shape of a 100 metres (330 ft) inverted arc, taking advantage of the district's zoning limit of seven-story buildings.
The hotel was, for many years, probably the second most famous hotel of the country, after the Copacabana Palace hotel in Rio de Janeiro, which is only about 65 km from Petrópolis. The scenic artificial lake in front of the hotel, loosely resembling the shape of Brazil, was built to provide a source of water in the event of a fire.
The Hotel Nacional Rio is a skyscraper hotel in the São Conrado neighbourhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The 108-metre, 34-storey building was constructed from 1968 until 1972 and designed by famed architect Oscar Niemeyer , who was considered to be one of the key figures in the development of modern architecture.
Founded by the Fasano family in 1902, it currently operates hotels and restaurants in Brazil, [3] Uruguay [4] and the United States. [5] [6] [7] Gero Fasano remains the controlling shareholder with 37% and chairman of the group. As of 2023, Fasano operates 26 restaurants, nine hotels and employs 1,500+ people worldwide. [8]