São Paulo – The Brazilian arm of Emirates Airline announced today (21st) that it has started selling tourist packages to the Soccer World Cup, due this year in South Africa. "Emirates’ package includes airline tickets, lodging, transport and tickets to the games, with custom-made services for the Brazilian public and the Emirates’ standard quality," said the company’s director general in Brazil, Ralf Aasmann, according to a press release issued by Emirates.
The packages start at US$ 4,750.00. One of them, named “Siga seu time” (Follow your team), includes tickets to all games of the customer’s team of choice. In case the team does not make it to the finals, Emirates informs that it will return the ticket money for the matches that do not occur.
For Brazilian clients, flights to the African country will be made via Dubai. The tourism operator in charge of selling the packages in Brazil is Ambiental Expedições. Emirates is an official sponsor of the competition.
Further information
Ambiental Expedições
Tel: (+55 11) 3818-4600
E-mail: emirates@ambiental.tur.br
Sites: www.ambiental.tur.br and www.emirates.com/fifa
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
