The airline’s CEO in Brazil claims that leisure tourists will not be the only ones who will travel from Dubai to Rio de Janeiro on the new route to be flown by the company in 2012.
Author: Marcos Carrieri
Marcos Carrieri
A journalist with stints in daily newspapers and press offices, he holds a master’s degree from the School of Arts and Humanities of the University of Lisbon and a postgraduate degree in business communications from the Methodist University of São Paulo.
An exhibition at Mount Lebanon Club honours the 100 anniversary of the birth of painter Azor Feres. Of Lebanese roots, the artist, who died in 2005, painted scenes of the Arab world.
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City on the São Paulo State coast offers great leisure options a little over 50 kilometres away from the capital.
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