The Hotel Abou Nawas Tunis, in the capital of Tunisia, and the Sousse Center Boujaafar hotel, in Sousse, are up for sale. The hotels are located in the centre of their cities, and attract a lot of tourists. In an interview to ANBA, the mayor of Tunis, Abbés Mohsen, said that in addition to tourism, the municipality also hosts many international congresses.
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Trade representative Alexandre Bonavita, from the southeastern Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro, is prospecting the Arab market and wants to sell raw kebabs to the region. The product is halal certified, and is manufactured by a company from the interior of the state of São Paulo (SE).
Company Passado Composto (Composite Past), from the southeastern Brazilian state of São Paulo, manufactures crystal chandeliers for high-end houses and building halls. The company, which also owns antique shops, distributes its chandeliers to the main capital cities in Brazil, and has also exported to Argentina, the United States and Europe. Now, the company wants to enter the Arab market.
Amalia Sina, who was the president of companies Walita, in the household appliance sector, and Philip Morris Brazil, in the tobacco sector, opened a company to export cosmetics, mainly to the Middle East and North Africa. The official launch of Sina Cosméticos, to sell the Amazonutry nutritional brand of products for skin and hair, will take place in March, in Italy.
Brazilian company Digicon introduced its Catrax line of turnstiles for access control at Intersec 2007, one of the most important electronic security trade fairs in the Middle East. The company, which already exports to the region, received requests for price quotations and closed deals during the fair, in Dubai.
Students in the University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, in southeastern Brazil, established a micro company to replace noble woods in the manufacturing of furniture and coatings: bananaplac, made of banana tree wood, and the pupunha plywood, made of palm trees.
The eleven companies that produce cattle beef and are participating in the food sector fair in Dubai have already closed deals. This information was disclosed by the executive director at Abiec, Antonio Jorge Camardelli. Another twelve Brazilian producers of fruit and chicken are at the fair.
The Brazilian food industry, which produces meats and dairy products, exports to nine Arab countries and sees in the region a market that is becoming more and more promising. The fair, which begins today, in Dubai, is the largest in the food sector in the Middle East.
Omani group Khimji Ramdas signed a US$ 30,000 order with company Niroflex during the Abimad Fair, which ends in São Paulo today. Group representative Praveen Kapoor visited the Arab Brazilian Chamber offices on Friday, together with another importer, Mohammad Qatoush, from Kuwaiti company Areek.
In total, 23 companies and sector organizations are going to participate in the fair, the largest in the food sector in the Middle East. Gulfood is going to take place in Dubai between February 19 and 22. This will be the first time that three associations – the Brazilian Beef Industry and Exporters Association, the Brazilian Poultry Exporters Association and the Brazilian Fruit Institute – are going to exhibit at the event, in partnership with the Brazilian Export and Investment Promotion Agenc
Mac Design has 26 items, among them armchairs, tables and chairs for external environments, in six houses in a condominium in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates. The project developed by Emaar Properties will have 10,000 houses. The Brazilian company is awaiting new orders.
The GPS company, which controls food manufacturers Sasse and Bretzke, from the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina, willl own an office and a warehouse in the United Arab Emirates, aimed at facilitating trade with the Middle East, Africa and Asia. The company is willing to conquer up to eight new markets in the Arab world.
Brazilian companies participating in the Abimad 2007 fair, which ended yesterday in São Paulo, received order from buyers based in Dubai and Jordan. Dining tables and chairs, racks, coffee tables and decorative objects were the main products ordered. The Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce participated in the event.
