RIO CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAU - FUNDAÇÃO RIO CONGRESSOS E EVENTOS Biennium 2007 - 2009 (until June 30th) EXECUTIVE PRESIDENT ROBERTO DE ALMEIDA DULTRA Director GB Internacional Transporte e Turismo Ltda EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT PHILIP STEVEN CARRUTHERS General Manager Copacabana Palace Hotel EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PAULO SENISE DISTINGUISHED MEMBER OF THE FOUNDATION CARLO GHERARDI BOARD OF TRUSTEES Biennium 2007 - 2009 (until June 30th) PRESIDENT ALFREDO LOPES Director Protel Administração Hoteleira Ltda. VICE-PRESIDENT PHILIPPE RENE GODEFROIT General Manager Caesar Park Rio de Janeiro Ipanema TRAVEL AGENTS REPRESENTATIVE VERA JOPPERT DA SILVA Director Agência de Viagens e Turismo Clássico Ltda SUBSTITUTE DINA MARIA MAVROPOULOS BEEKHUIZEN VILLAR Director Metropol Turismo PROFESSIONAL CONGRESS ORGANIZERS REPRESENTATIVE CHRISTINA CASTELLO Director Congrex do Brasil Ltda. SUBSTITUTE BEATRIZ LEMGRUBER Director Método Eventos Ltda. RIOTUR -THE CITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO TOURISM AUTHORITY REPRESENTATIVE RUBEM MEDINA President Riotur - the City of Rio de Janeiro Tourism Authority SUBSTITUTE GLÓRIA DE BRITTO PEREIRA Marketing Director Riotur - the City of Rio de Janeiro Tourism Authority CONGRESSES & EVENTS VENUES REPRESENTATIVE ARTHUR REPSOLD NETO Executive Director Fagga Evfentos Internacionais SUBSTITUTE MARIA IZABEL DE OLIVEIRA MATTOS Commercial & Marketing Director Cia. Caminho Aéreo Pão de Açúcar TURISRIO -THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO TOURISM AUTHORITY REPRESENTATIVE Vacant TurisRio - the State of Rio de Janeiro Tourism Authority SUBSTITUTE NILO SERGIO ALVES FELIX Vice-President TurisRio - the State of Rio de Janeiro Tourism Authority SERVICE AND SUPPORT INDUSTRIES REPRESENTATIVE DYLMAR DE SOUZA President Baden do Brasil S/A SUBSTITUTE SÁVIO NEVES Director Trem do Corcovado GROUND TRANSPORTATION REPRESENTATIVE JOE FERNANDO BATISTA ALBUQUERQUE Director JW Transportadora Turística Ltda. SUBSTITUTE EMERSON AVANCINI Manager Viação Águia Branca S.A. AIRLINE REPRESENTATIVE Vacant SUBSTITUTE KLAÜS KUHNAST Commercial Director Tam Linhas Aéreas S.A. HOTEL SECTOR REPRESENTATIVE PHILIPPE RENE GODEFROIT General Manager Caesar Park Rio de Janeiro Ipanema SUBSTITUTE EMILIO BISSONI Operacional Manager Sofitel Rio de Janeiro INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL SECTORS REPRESENTATIVE LUIZ ANTONIO RAPOSO Marketing Director Copacabana Palace SUBSTITUTE LUIZ ANTONIO STRAUSS DE CAMPOS President ABAV-RJ and Promotional Travel GASTRONOMY & ENTERTAINMENT REPRESENTATIVE MANUEL PERALTA CAPÃO Director Garota de Ipanema Restaurante e Bar Ltda. SUBSTITUTE EDUARDO TAVARES ATHERINO Director Informal Leblon Bar e Restaurante Ltda. LUXURY ARTICLES COMPANIES REPRESENTATIVE CID DOS SANTOS ROCHA Director H. Stern Comércio e Indústria S.A. SUBSTITUTE VITOR BOTELHO Marketing Director Lapidação Amsterdam Ltda.