Registration for the Hosted Buyer Program of the 42nd ABAV – International Tourism Expo has been extended up to Friday (8). This program is the largest in the country and has great potential for business promotion, considering Brazil’s and international key professionals of the travel and tourism industry are invited to the event.

To participate in the program, visit the event’s website and click on Hosted Buyer on the right menu. Next, fill out the registration form, and read and accept the terms and conditions.

Registration is then sent to approval. Approved or not, applicants will receive an email with further information, and asking them to return to the website and check their information. It is important to check all information and accept, especially regarding the package that has been approved, for the process to be successfully completed.

ABAV expects nearly 800 hosted buyers, mostly from South and North America, to attend the event.

The event will take place from September 24 to 28, at the Anhembi Exhibition Pavillion in Sao Paulo.

Institutional Profile

The 42nd ABAV International Tourism Expo is promoted by the Brazilian Travel Agencies Association (ABAV Nacional), with the support of the Tourism Ministry, the Brazilian Tourism Institute (Embratur), the São Paulo City Government, and São Paulo Turismo (SPTuris), the city’s tourism and events company, which manages the Anhembi Exhibition Park.

An international partner of BTL (Bolsa de Turismo de Lisboa) and ITB Berlin, ABAV Expo, the largest and most important international travel and tourism business fair of the Americas is sponsored by the Brazilian Support Service to Micro and Small Companies (Sebrae) and the National Confederation of Goods, Services and Tourism Trading (CNC), which manages one of the world’s largest social development systems—the Commerce Social Service (Sesc), operating in the education, health, culture and leisure fields, and the National Commercial Learning Service (Senac), which is the leading professional education agent in the goods, services and tourism trading sector.