Pursuits
World Cup Fans Find Discounted Hotels as Inventory Enters Market
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World Cup soccer fans who showed patience in booking hotel rooms in Brazil now can score discounted deals.
With the month-long tournament set to begin June 12, tour operators who years ago bought blocks of rooms are looking to shed their unused inventory. Match Hospitality, the official partner of soccer governing body FIFA, late last month released unsold rooms it previously had reserved. The result is some World Cup hotel room prices that have dropped to half what they were two years ago.