Paris hotels struggle with low demand as Olympics approach

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Tourism and hotel professionals in Paris are hoping to make up for lost time with the showcase effect that the Olympics will have on their bookings for the coming seasons.

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00:00With four weeks to go until the start of the Olympic Games,

00:04tourists seem to be turning their backs on Paris.

00:07Expected to be a record-breaking summer, observers say the hotel industry

00:12in Paris is in a state of disarray. For a hotel at the foot of Montmartre,

00:17June has been nothing like the previous month. The hotel is only half

00:21full compared with at least 80 percent in recent years.

00:30Tourism and hotel professionals are hoping to make up for lost time with the showcase

00:52effects that the Olympics will have on their bookings for the coming seasons.

00:56The Games will take place from the 26th of July to the 11th of August.

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