Brazilian Tourist Board Introduces New Online Experience
SAO PAULO - The Brazilian Tourist Board, EMBRATUR, announced today along with Google Brazil, the world's first Google/YouTube brand channel uniquely combining videos and Google maps to provide an inte
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Airline Industry
By Elzio Barreto
SAO PAULO - Brazil's largest airline, TAM Linhas Aereas is in talks to buy a stake in Chile's flagship airline owned by President-elect Sebastian Pinera, Brazilian magazine Exame reported on its Web s
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Azul Linhas Aereas Brasileiras SA
By Susan Carey
Brazil's newest discount airline, Azul Linhas Aereas Brasileiras SA, carried 2.2 million passengers in its first year of operation and is likely to be profitable this year, said David Neeleman, founde
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Brazil
By Guillermo Parra-Bernal
SAO PAULO - Air travel in Brazil, the largest Latin American aviation market, posted its biggest increase in five years in 2009, reflecting the country's resilience to the worst downturn in global civ
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GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA
By Alastair Stewart
SAO PAULO - Brazilian airline GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA (GOL) registered another sharp jump in traffic during December as the local economy continued to pick up and the airline increased capac
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Brazil Agreement Grows
By eTN Staff Writer
TAM and TRIP Linhas Aereas will expand the codeshare agreement signed between the two companies starting January 11.
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Brazil
By Guillermo Parra-Bernal and Gunna Dickson
SAO PAULO - U.S.-based buyout firm Carlyle Group bought 63.6 percent of CVC Turismo, Brazil's largest tourism agency, for an undisclosed amount, as the private equity firm casts about for deals in fas
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Cheaper Flights And Weak Currency
Brazil's tourism sector seems to be in a privileged position relative to other major tourist destinations worldwide.
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Deadly Mudslide In Brazil
By FELIPE DANA and TALES AZZONI
ANGRA DOS REIS, Brazil – A rain-loosened slab of hillside collapsed on three houses and an upscale waterfront lodge after New Year celebrations at an island resort near Rio de Janeiro, killing at le
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TAM Linhas Aéreas
By ALASTAIR STEWART
SAO PAULO — Brazil's leading airline, TAM SA, expects the country's domestic aviation market to grow by up to 12% next year as incomes and employment levels continue to rise in Latin America's large
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Amazon
By Linda Geddes
Signs of what could be a previously unknown ancient civilisation are emerging from beneath the felled trees of the Amazon.
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Brazil
By José Wilson Miranda
Rio de Janeiro - American tourist Porfilio Nicholas Anthony, 25, from California, was arrested in Rio early this Monday by officers of the Special Tourist Service (Deat).
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TAM Airlines
By Rogerio Jelmayer
SAO PAULO - Brazil's leading airline, TAM SA (TAM), said Monday that it has acquired small local airline Pantanal Linhas Aereas SA for 13 million Brazilian reals ($7.3 million).
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Plano Aquarela 2020
By eTN Staff Writer
BRASILIA, Brazil - Major global sporting events provide unique tourism opportunities for host destinations.
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Brazil
The October 2009 decision by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to award the 2016 games to Rio de Janeiro is the latest positive development for the Brazilian tourism industry, which is gradual
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Tourists Detained in Sao Paolo
SAO PAULO - Three French tourists arrested in Brazil after an altercation on board a plane "are not doing very well" in poor detention conditions, a consular official said on Thursday.
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Interline Agreement Upgraded
By eTN Staff Writer
Brazil's GOL Airlines and American Airlines are enhancing their alliance by finalizing a codeshare agreement to place American's AA code on GOL's growing network of flights within Brazil.
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Christmas Brazilian Style
RIO DE JANEIRO - The traditional inauguration of the largest floating Christmas tree in the world according to the Guinness Book of Records - 85-meters-tall (equivalent to a 28-story building) - spons
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Azul Linhas Aereas SA
By Alastair Stewart
SAO PAULO - Brazilian low-cost, low-fare airline Azul Linhas Aereas SA will transport 50% more passengers in 2010 than in the current year, continuing its swift expansion, Chief Executive David Neelem
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Instant Fame
By Alan Clendenning
Fresh from an appearance on one of Brazil's most popular TV shows, the young woman whose short, pink dress got her kicked out of college is enjoying her newfound fame, yet has her eye on getting back
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