Press Accommodation Guide NOVEMBER 2014 Press Accommodation Guide NOVEMBER 2014 1 Introduction.......................................................................... 4 Quick guide to reserving press accommodation ........... 5 2 The Rio 2016 press accommodation region ................... 6 2.1 The Olympic clusters ..................................................... 7 2.2 Rio 2016 competition venues map ............................ 9 2.3 Press accommodation map ......................................... 11 2.4 Media villages ................................................................ 13 3 Information about press hotels and media villages ..... 14 4 Press accommodation rates and reservation procedures ............................................................................ 63 4.1 Hotels and media villages summary .......................... 67 Welcome to the Rio 2016 Press Accommodation Guide. Rio 2016 has secured over 5,800 rooms in hotels and newly constructed media villages to accommodate the Olympic accredited press. This accommodation guide is written specifically for members of the written and photographic press and non- rights holding broadcasters with E- category accreditation. The guide is designed to provide as much information as needed for press to secure the most suited and conveniently located accommodation for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Please read this guide thoroughly and complete the required steps by the stated deadlines. It is vital that the timeline is followed to ensure that an efficient press accommodation allocation can be made. Key points to keep in mind: • You can start making your top 3 choices in 1 December 2014; the deadline is 31 May 2015 • Payment can be made with Visa credit card • There will be no minimum stay period Please note that if there will be any change in the hotel information, updates will be posted on the Press Operations extranet at: https://rioexchange.rio2016.com. There will be a separate Press Accommodation Guide for the Paralympic Games that will be published in August 2015. Information regarding press accommodation in the football cities will be distributed in early 2015. If you need assistance or have any questions, don’t hesitate to get in touch with the Press Operations team at [email protected]. We look forward to welcoming you in Rio de Janeiro in 2016! Lucia Montanarella Head of Press Operations, Rio 2016 Quick guide to reserving press accommodation 1. Study this Press Accommodation Guide, giving particular attention to the hotel and media village descriptions and the section ‘Press accommodation rates and reservation procedures’; 2. Submit your top three accommodation choices form by the deadline of 31 May 2015 (you can already submit your request from 1 December 2014 onwards). Requests made after the deadline may be considered but will be dependent on room availability; 3. By the end of June 2015 Press Operations will send the confirmed allocations, along with the electronic link to access the Rio 2016 Accommodation Reservation System; 4. Follow the instructions on the system to reserve your room(s), after careful consideration of the dates and the number of rooms and nights you will need. The deadline to accept the Terms & Conditions and make your reservation is 30 June 2015; 5. Please note that you will not be able to reserve more rooms than the number of accreditations awarded to your press organisation; 6. The games nights are from 22 July to 26 August 2016. Media villages will be available from 5 July 2016. If you need hotel rooms before 22 July 2016, please email Press Operations at [email protected]; 7. A 50 per cent deposit is due by 31 July 2015. This is for amounts greater than USD 3,500 (amounts lower than USD 3,500 must be paid in full by this date). When you make your accommodation reservation, you will be given the following options: • Request to be invoiced to pay the 50 per cent deposit by wire transfer. Payment must be received by Rio 2016 by the deadline of 31 July 2015. • Pay the 50 per cent deposit online immediately with Visa credit card. • Defer the 50 per cent deposit online with Visa credit card for any time prior to the deadline of 31 July 2015. • Pay 100 per cent online immediately with Visa credit card; 8. The first deposit must be paid by 31 July 2015 or you will lose your reservation; and you must pay the second (final) payment by 29 February 2016 or you will lose your reservation and your 50 percent deposit. KEY DATES ITEM DATE Period to request top three choices 1 December 2014 - 31 May 2015 Deadline to accept Terms & Conditions and finalise reservation 30 June 2015 Payment due: 50% of the total (or the full amount) 31 July 2015 Payment due: balance (remaining 50%) 29 February 2016 5 PRESS ACCOMMODATION GUIDE - NOVEMBER 2014 2 The Rio 2016 press accommodation region The Olympic events will be staged in 34 venues, in Rio de Janeiro. They are spread over four Olympic clusters: Barra, Copacabana, Deodoro and Maracanã. In addition, some football events will take place outside Rio, in the co-host Olympic cities. Press accommodation will be based in the four clusters of the Olympic Games and it offers a combination of press hotels, as well as newly constructed media villages close to Olympic Park and an existing media village in Deodoro. In the Copacabana, Barra and Maracanã clusters, Rio 2016 has identified two, three and four star hotels. Additionally press have been allocated rooms in the Barra and Deodoro media villages, which offer services and facilities equivalent to a three star hotel. There will be a dedicated Media Transport system (TM) that will provide transport between the press accommodation sites and the Olympic venues. Deodoro RIO DE JANEIRO Maracanã Copacabana Barra Press accommodation will be based in the four clusters 6 PRESS ACCOMMODATION GUIDE - OCTOBER 2014 2.1 THE OLYMPIC CLUSTERS Barra The Barra cluster is in the most recently urbanised area of Rio – Barra da Tijuca, which is often simply referred to as Barra. Located in the southwest of Rio, the area has many new shopping centres, restaurants and cinemas and boasts one of the best beaches in Rio. In addition to hotels, Barra will have three newly constructed media villages. The Barra cluster will be the heart of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and will be home to Barra Olympic Park, the largest Aerial view of the Barra beach. concentration of Games venues, plus the Riocentro exhibition The Barra cluster is the home of centre that has four pavilions and the new Olympic Golf Course. 14 Olympic venues, including the Olympic Park and the Main Press In all, the 14 competition venues in Barra will stage 21 Olympic Centre (MPC). sport disciplines. The Olympic Park will also be home to the Main Press Centre. Copacabana The Copacabana cluster is one of Rio de Janeiro's most famous neighbourhoods, and is defined by its 4km-long crescent-shaped beach. It is here that the Beach Volleyball Arena will be located. The open water swimming and triathlon events will be held in the waters and land around Fort Copacabana at the southern end of the beach. A little further inland, the stunning Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas, surrounded by mountains and with Christ the Redeemer in The statue of Christ the Redeemer the backdrop, will be the site of Lagoa Stadium. This venue overlooking the Lagoa Rodrigo de will stage the rowing and canoe sprint events. In the northern Freitas, where the Lagoa stadium part of the Copacabana cluster there are two more venues: will host the rowing and canoe sprint events. Flamengo Park, which will host race walk and road cycling, and Marina da Glória, the base for the sailing events. 7 PRESS ACCOMMODATION GUIDE - NOVEMBER 2014 Maracanã The Maracanã cluster is in the northern part of Rio, close to the city centre. It includes two of Rio's most famous landmarks: the Maracanã stadium, which will stage the opening and closing ceremonies as well as the final stages of the football tournament, and Sambódromo, the home of the carnival parade that will host the Olympic marathon and archery events. The J. Havelange Olympic Stadium will stage the athletics track and field events. Also in this cluster are the Maracanãzinho Arena, where the volleyball will be held, The Maracanã will stage the opening and the Julio Delamare Aquatics Centre which will host the and closing ceremonies as well as some of the football events. preliminaries of the water polo. The Maracanã cluster is also home to iconic touristic and cultural attractions such as the steps of Santa Teresa, the Municipal Theatre, the Museums of Modern and Fine Art and the Lapa Arches, where there is a vibrant nightlife with many restaurants, bars, and samba shows to choose from. Deodoro The Deodoro cluster is based in the outer west zone of Rio de Janeiro. The region is home to Brazil’s biggest barracks and has the highest concentration of military personnel in Latin America. Surrounded by green areas and hillside, Deodoro has the second largest concentration of competition venues during the Rio 2016 Games, promising a vibrant mix of traditional and newer sports. The Deodoro cluster will be home to the X-Park, a radical sports park, which includes the Olympic BMX Centre and the The Deodoro cluster is surrounded by Whitewater Stadium. The rugby, modern pentathlon, shooting hillside and will have the second largest and equestrian events will also take place in this cluster. concentration of competition Venues. 8 PRESS ACCOMMODATION GUIDE - NOVEMBER 2014 X-PARK 2.2 RIO 2016 Whitewater Stadium Canoe (canoe slalom) N COMPETITION VENUES MAP Olympic BMX Centre Cycling (cycling BMX) Mountain Bike Track Cycling (mountain bike) Modern pentathlon (fencing) YOUTH ARENA Basketball NAVY PHYSICAL EDUCATION CENTRE (CEFAN) Rug by DEODORO STADIUM Modern pentathlon J. HAVELANGE OLYMPIC STADIUM Athletics (track and field) (riding & combined) DEODORO MEDIA VILLAGE Guanabara Bay MARACANÃ OLYMPIC SHOOTING CENTRE Shooting OLYMPIC HOCKEY CENTRE Hockey Opening and closing ceremonies Maracanã Football Modern pentathlon Deodoro DEODORO AQUATICS CENTRE (swimming) AIR FORCE UNIVERSITY (UNIFA) Maracanãzinho Volleyball Julio Delamare Aquatics Centre Aquatics (water polo) Equestrian OLYMPIC EQUESTRIAN CENTRE (dressage/eventing/ Archery jumping) SAMBÓDROMO Athletics (marathon) Maracanã RIO DE JANEIRO Pedra Branca State Park MARINA DA GLÓRIA Sailing Athletics (race walk) FLAMENGO PARK RIOCENTRO Cycling (cycling road) Pavilion 2 Weightlifting Copacabana Pavilion 3 Table tennis Rowing Tijuca National Park LAGOA STADIUM Pavilion 4 Badminton Barra Canoe (canoe sprint) Pavilion 6 Boxing BEACH VOLLEYBALL ARENA Beach volleyball ATHLETES’ PARK BARRA MEDIA VILLAGE 3 Aquatics (marathon swimming) OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC VILLAGE INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST CENTRE (IBC) Triathlon FORT COPACABANA MAIN PRESS CENTRE (MPC) Cycling (cycling road: individual OLYMPIC GOLF COURSE Golf time trial M & F) RIO OLYMPIC PARK Olympic Tennis Centre Tennis Rio Olympic Velodrome Cycling (cycling track) Carioca Arena 1 Basketball BARRA MEDIA VILLAGES 1 - 2 Judo Carioca Arena 2 Wrestling (freestyle/ Greco-Roman) Atlantic Ocean Fencing Carioca Arena 3 Taekwondo Future Arena Handball Olympic Aquatics Aquatics (swimming) Stadium Aquatics (water polo) Gymnastics (artistic/ Rio Olympic Arena rhythmic/trampoline) Aquatics (diving) Maria Lenk Aquatics (synchronised Competition Venues Aquatics Centre swimming) Non-Competition Venues Training Venues 2.3 PRESS ACCOMMODATION MAP N Guanabara Bay Deodoro DV RIO DE JANEIRO 45 39 Maracanã 36 43 42 35 34 33 38 32 37 40 31 41 44 24 Pedra Branca State Park 29 22 23 Tijuca National Park Copacabana 6 15 28 13 25 BV Barra 21 14 8 17 27 16 20 3 19 30 26 5 LEGEND 18 4 IBC / MPC 12 10 Media Village 7 Press Accommodation Olympic Lanes 11 BV BV 9 International Airport Domestic Airport 1 2 Atlantic Ocean Port CODE ACCOMMODATION CODE ACCOMMODATION CODE ACCOMMODATION CODE ACCOMMODATION CODE ACCOMMODATION 1 Barra Media Village 1 (BV1) 11 Option - Full Service Residences 21 Mirador Rio Hotel 31 Arcos Rio Palace 41 Hotel Bragança 2 Barra Media Village 2 (BV2) 12 Heaven 22 Windsor Flórida Hotel 32 Windsor Asturias Hotel 42 Holiday Inn 3 Barra Media Village 3 (BV3) 13 Merlin Copacabana 23 Paysandu Hotel 33 Ibis Rio de Janeiro Centro 43 Holiday Inn Express 4 Rio Stay 14 Mirasol Copacabana Hotel 24 Metropole Rio Hotel 34 Ibis Rio de Janeiro Santos Dumont 44 Rio's Nice Hotel 5 NeoLink Stay 15 Apa Hotel 25 Premier Copacabana Hotel 35 Rio's Presidente Hotel 45 Deodoro Media Village (DV) 6 Expert Suites & Services 16 Windsor Palace Hotel 26 Sesc Copacabana 36 Gamboa Rio 7 Entremares Hotel 17 Benidorm Palace Hotel 27 Copacabana Mar Hotel 37 Gallant Hotel 8 Ibis Parque Olímpico 18 Copacabana Rio Hotel 28 Ibis Copacabana 38 Arosa Rio Hotel 9 Mercure Praia da Barra 19 Grand Hotel Canadá 29 Royal Regency 39 Ibis Budget Nova América 10 Link Stay 20 Majestic Rio Palace 30 Atlântico Rio Hotel 40 Bristol Lapa