Talk 2 Brazil

 Jürgen (Juergen) Keller, President South American Travel, was born in Southwest Germany, and has studied in his home country, as well as Spain, Portugal and Brazil. He wrote his Masters Thesis on “Strategies for Economic Development of South America as Promoted by the World Bank” at the World Bank library in Washington, D.C. During this time, Jürgen was also a tour guide in Europe. While working as Export Manager for an international company, the itch to share his love of traveling inspired him to start the company SouthAmerica.travel in 1999. 

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About SouthAmerica.travel: SouthAmerica.travel LLC is a US-based travel agency and incoming tour operator with offices in Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, and Lima. They offer 4* & 5* luxury South America tours to Peru, Brazil, Ecuador, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Colombia.

Alison McGowan, Founder and CEO of Hidden Pousadas Brazil,

Hidden Pousadas Brazil is a comprehensive online guide to uniquely beautiful places to stay in Brazil.

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Alison first arrived in Brazil in 1979  with the task of setting up the new Oxford University Press office in Rio de Janeiro. Returning  to the UK in 1984 she never lost her love of the country, the music or the travel and made sure that subsequent jobs in publishing, consulting and representing language schools included a good marketing excuse to return ever year.

In 2002 she came back to Rio permanently and now lives in Leblon.

Ben Tavener, British journalist and amateur photographer living in South Brazil .

Here we talk about Ben´s article "One-in-Five of Brazil’s Young Adults Inactive".    Ben works freelance, but has been Senior Reporter at The Rio Times since August 2011. 

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 SAO PAULO, BRAZIL - The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) has released its second GBTA BTI Outlook report on Brazil as part of its semiannual series. The report, sponsored by Visa, includes the GBTA BTI, an index of business travel spending which provides a way to distill market performance over a period of time...

Tom Reaoch and fellow Amcham Campinas Sustainability Committee members visited the installations of Wet & Wild amusement park in Vinhedo, Brazil. The group toured the water treatment facilities and learned of the Wet & Wild water treatmet and water connservation efforts.

Jonathan Boisjolie, Georgia Department of Economic Development Tourism Division

Jonathan Boisjolie is the Senior Manager for International Tourism Business Development for the Georgia Department of Economic Development’s (GDEcD) Tourism Division.  The GDEcD Business Development team actively promotes the State’s tourism assets throughout the U.S., and in several international markets from the UK to Brazil, through a series activities including sales missions, familiarization tours, and trade shows to building relationships with tour operators, travel agents, travel industry professionals, airlines representatives, and media.

Brazil Business Tourism by Eliana Souza:

Personal assistance to Celebrities and C level executives and family,

Private city-tours in Brazil,

Highly reliable transport services,

Eliana Souza is always concerned with your well being and personal safety in Brazil.

Responsible for  managing a Brazilian travel agency focused on incoming market;
researching, analysing and developing exclusive tourism itineraries for foreign visitors or professionals based on especialized contents; promoting an incoming tourism company in the Brazilian and global market;

Located in the Barão Geraldo district, 10km from the downtown area of Campinas and 1.2km from the state university, Unicamp, the Hotel Sol Inn Barão Geraldo offers well-equipped and spacious rooms. It is conveniently located for guests near banks, restaurants, bars and other handy services.

 Location

The Barão Geraldo district encompasses areas for health, history, art, education, culture, leisure and even the largest remaining Atlantic rainforest in Campinas. Most of its residents are connected to the local universities. The district also offers daytime leisure activities, including a number of tree-covered parks near and within the Unicamp campus. There is no shortage of bars and restaurants for those who love nightlife.

Antonio Dias  CEO Royal Palm Hotels & Resorts Campinas Brazil. Antonio has a MBA degree from EAESP-Fundação Getúlio Vargas, which included an exchange program with Cranfield University (UK).  He also participated the International Executive Program at INSEAD (France), a as well as the General Managers Program at Cornell University (School of Hotel Administration).

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