Why don’t all hotels do this? Turn the inside of elevator cabins into quick exercise venues. But then there are so many features of Grand Hyatt Rio that are definitely worth mentioning.

Alexandra Bueno, known as Ale, can’t believe her luck. After two years as a Hyatt GM in Montevideo and the same duration in Cartagena, since 2022 she’s back in her home town, as GM of Grand Hyatt Rio de Janeiro.

Belmond Copacabana Palace, dominating Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana Beach, is stylish through and through

Ulysses Marreiros, above, is a very imposing Portuguese who comes from Faro in the very south of that country, and he’s in charge of a very imposing hotel

Long time ago – in today’s ever-changing world, long time ago can justifiably be a few weeks ago

The final gala of Embark Immersion Rio 2026 was a seated dinner in one of Fairmont’s giant rooms

Last Wednesday at Embark Immersion Rio 2026  was a full day of Mission Impossible.

Yes, there was immersion in work as well as play at last week’s Embark Immersion 2016 Rio, hosted at Fairmont Rio de Janeiro.

Jack Ezon and the various Embark teams like to be different.  Everyone these day has after parties.