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The company, which is based in the southeastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais and manages 21 hotels in Brazil, intends to build a hotel in Rabat. Bristol already has at its disposal the financing of a North American financial institution and intends to find investors after the hotel is ready. The construction works should begin this year.

The airline from the United Arab Emirates is going to hire more Brazilians due to the inauguration of a route between Dubai and São Paulo in October. Starting this Sunday the company will organize events in the cities of São Paulo and Belo Horizonte, in southeastern Brazil, Curitiba, in the South, and Brasília, in the Midwest. The intention is to show those interested how the company works and the customs in the Arab country.

The region was the one that registered the greatest expansion in passenger throughput in 2007. Over 75 million people arrived or left through the airports in the region. Africa posted the second largest growth, and Latin America the third. The largest volume of traffic, however, was in North America.

Da Redação* São Paulo -Arrivals of passengers on domestic flights in Brazil ended last year with the highest figure in history. A total of 46.3 million passengers travelled between Brazilian airports on regular and chartered flights. The number represents an increase of 7.38% when compared to the same period in 2005, when 43 million domestic

This is the opinion of aeronautical sector consultant, Paulo Sampaio, who gave an interview to ANBA in which he commented on the announcement yesterday that the company is going to operate a non-stop flight between Dubai and São Paulo, starting on October 1st. Apart from the Middle East, the company is going to establish shorter routes to Asia.

Abbatour is a Brazilian agency specialized in the Arab countries, specifically Egypt. The company sells packages for sightseeing by train, taking riverboat cruises tours on the Nile or even with specialized guides. The agency, which is in the southeastern Brazilian capital of São Paulo, also organizes trips to Lebanon, Tunisia and Jordan.

A project launched last month by the São Paulo city hall wants to show business tourists that São Paulo, the largest business centre in Brazil, also provides a lot of fun. If each tourist who comes spends one more day in the city on leisure, the expectation is to generate another R$ 1.5 billion (US$ 696 million) a year.

During Destinations 2006, to begin tomorrow (29) in the city of Porto Alegre, capital of the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, specialists from all around the world are going to discuss sustainable projects that may contribute to increase the number of tourists in various countries, among then Qatar, Jordan, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco and Oman.