(386 quotes found)
“Some people thought, 'Well, it's next door to all the fancy Ipanema hotels -- so instead of scaring tourists away, why not bring them here and show them it's not such a bad place at all',”
Carlos Costa
“Many of our residents work at these hotels and homes in Ipanema, so it's a bit strange to see the rich people and outsiders come through here --looking at our homes and streets. Normally, people stay far away from Rocinha, unless they're here to buy drugs, like many of the rich people do.”
“The new hotels might be cooler. But they can never really compete. They will never have what the Willard has.”
C. Ford Peatross
“Back then, all the hotel workers were black. They all came to see us. We didn't sleep a wink the whole night.”
C.R. Roberts
“We believe our son intended to help this poor woman, got her a hotel room for a night's rest and never anticipated the violence she was capable of.”
Carmen Proviano
“The condo hotel is a perfect fit for beach people. If they owned a regular condo, they would have had restrictions on how often they could rent it out. With a condo hotel, renting isn't a problem.”
Camilo Aguirre
“We have to expand and we have to do it with a hotel.”
Carol Moore
“A lot of the location decision related to what I did in the hotel business. Although I didn't have to decide where to build those hotels, I did have to decide who my market was.”
Carol White
“We send them home with a responsible party, and that doesn't mean a cab driver or a hotel room. You need someone who can take care of you and make sure you don't choke on your own vomit, not someone who will drive wherever you pay them to.”
Carolyn Beck
“Our Broadway shows are closing, our restaurants are empty, our hotels are vacant, ... We really need help.”
Carolyn Maloney
