The IOC said in its Evaluation Commission Report earlier this month that Rio, which is trying to bring the Games to South America for the first time, had an "insufficient" number of hotel rooms and that plans to use four villages and six cruise ships would "require particular attention in both the planning and delivery phases".
 

Rio's accommodation plan guarantees more than 48,000 rooms will be available, meeting the IOC requirement of at least 40,000 rooms.

The city would meet that target with about 13,000 guaranteed hotel rooms, 25,000 rooms in newly built villages, 8,500 rooms on cruise ships and 1,700 rooms in "apartment hotels."

The new addition to the Rio 2016 accommodation plan will come from two new hotels being built by the Windsor Hotel chain, with 500 and 450 rooms, to be built in Barra da Tijuca, the zone with the largest number of sports venues in the project.

Also, in Copacabana, Windsor has three further projects.

In October 2010 the company will finish refurbishing the 540-room Hotel Meridién.

The hotel faces the site for the Rio 2016 beach volleyball arena.

Also next year, a new 140-room development will be opened. In 2011, Windsor will finish remodeling the Hotel Flórida, which will gain 140 new rooms.

Carlos Nuzman, the President of Rio 2016, said:  "Since the beginning, we have sought customised solutions for all groups.

"The Rio 2016 project already surpasses all IOC requirements, but the support of the Windsor chain reinforces the commitment of Brazilian business to the project."

Rio is the favourite to follow London 2012 and be awarded the Games heading into the vote k at the IOC Session in Copenhagen on October 2.

Chicago, Madrid and Tokyo are also bidding.