This document provides an overview of hotel investment opportunities in Fortaleza, Brazil. It summarizes the city and state's economy, tourism industry, and infrastructure including international flights. Several specific hotel properties and development sites are presented, including a 5-star oceanfront hotel and land site for $120 million USD, a 132-room 4-star hotel in the city center for R$30 million, and a 500-hectare hotel resort development site in Cumbuco ready for construction. Contact information is provided to inquire about any of the opportunities.

1. Fortaleza-Ceara
Opportunities in
BRAZIL
Hotel Investment
2017 / 18

2. This presentation is designed to give you a brief
overview of the potential for hotel investment in
Fortaleza City and Ceara State in North-East Brazil
and includes a list of specific hotels and
developments for sale at this time.
Contents
Fortaleza / Ceara / Hotels
Factfile
International Flight Expansion
Hotel Opportunities in Downtown Fortaleza
Hotel Resort Projects close to Airport
Cumbuco • Aquiraz
Contact details
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3. FORTALEZALocated in the north east corner of Brazil,Ceará is the Brazilian State nearest
to Europe and North America.With more than 3 million people,Fortaleza is the
fifth largest metropolitan area in Brazil.
It has been one of the most popular destinations for Brazilian tourists for decades
and has been attracting more and more international travellers from South
America and Europe.
With the recent boom in the tourism trade,Fortaleza saw a spike in the number
of hotels.Significant investments,both by Brazilian and international groups,
have built one of the most modern infrastructures of hotels in the country.
It is without question the smartest,most attractive,major city in North-East Brazil
and will prove to be a key gateway location from Brazil and South America in the
coming 5-10 years.
While officially founded in the 18th century,today there is not much history left in
Fortaleza.High-rise apartment buildings,long beachfront boulevards and open-air
cafés make Fortaleza a very modern city. For this very reason it is billed as“The
Miami of the North”.

4. Largest
City in
Brazil
th
5Number of Hotel rooms.26,600
Popular resorts include:Cumbuco,Aquiraz,Jericocoara,Canoa Quebrada.
Flight numbers:6.34 million passengers in 2015
48.226 flights
1.300 international flights
International destinations:
US/Miami.
Europe/Lisbon,Milan,Frankfurt and Amsterdam.
S.America/Buenos Aires,Santiago.

5. DIRECT FLIGHTS
FROM fORTALEZA
Flights times:
Fortaleza…
a true
geographical
hub for 4
continents
5 hrs Buenos Aires
6 hrs Miami
6.5 hrs Lisbon
6 hrs Algeria

6. • Clean,modern,safe,all year round sunshine.
• Absence of shanties.
• International flights.
• Highest hotel occupancy rates in Brazil.
• Potential hub for Europe / North America.
• Diversified economy.
• Established tourist destination attracting millions of Brazilians every year.
• Excellent real estate values compared to south of Brazil.
Investment
Potential
PRINCIPAL ATTRACTIONS FOR HOTEL INVESTORS.

7. New German Ownership Vying for New Hub Status for South America.
R$2 billion invested,80 new international flights per week.
German Airport Operators FRAPORT gained concession rights to manage Fortaleza´s
international airport earlier this year.They plan to invest up to R$2 billion by 2020 in
upgrades,expansion of existing capacity and increase flight paths to Europe and
North America.
South America’s biggest airline conglomerate,LATAM will announce a new international hub
for the North East of Brazil in 2018 with the strategy of relieving congestion in the south
and opening up new flight paths.The hub is projected to bring in an additional 80
international flights per week and will likely have a significant impact on the
regional tourist market.
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

8. cearaPioneers in renewable energy and
high-tech educational facilities
Biggest Solar Power Generation...First commercial solar park in Brazil ,
leading producer in Brazil 32 wind farms operating (23% of Brazil´s
supply) new contracts for 48 farms.
• 92% of children in school.
• 5 universities.
• 54 colleges.
• 17 federal institutes.
• 42 technological centers.
• Technical training center for 12,000 students per year.
• Fortaleza voted by AirB&B study as 9th best location worldwide for
family vacations...the only Brazilian,South American city on the list
of 15.Miami came in at 11th place.

9. • Fortaleza:26,000 hotel beds | Ceara:65,000
• Fortaleza posted the highest hotel occupancy rates in Brazil until 2015 with over 70% average,
higher than Rio.It lost some ground in the past 2 years due to the economic recession in the
country but is forecast to recover in 2017 with following increases;
• Occupancy rates:0.7%
• Average daily rate:1.3%
• Revenue Per Room:2.7%
• Forecasts according to FOHB study (Association of Hotel Operators in Brazil)
LOCAL HOTEL
INDUSTRY IN 2018

10. HOTEL INVESTMENT
OPPORTUNITIES
IN DOWNTOWN
FORTALEZA CITY5

11. Major development potential for
hotel expansion,shopping mall,
luxury apartment complex.
The hotel has 315 rooms with large
outdoor leisure area. For hotel
including land site for re-development.
$120 Million USD
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5-STAR OCEANFRONT HOTEL WITH
MARINE AND 60,000M2 LAND AREA
5-STAR OCEANFRONT HOTEL WITH
MARINE AND 60,000M2 LAND AREA

12. Sleek,modern design in prominent
location one block from the city’s
main beach.132 rooms with
rooftop pool.Caters to both
business and leisure travellers.
Heavily reduced asking price.
R$30 Million.
2 4-STAR LEISURE HOTEL
IN PRIME LOCATION

13. 2.1 hectare land parcel for
possible hotel project of up to
37 floors.Potential to build the
most exciting luxury hotel in
Brazil,South America.
Spectacular location on the best
spot of the boardwalk with
over 200mts of ocean frontage.
Price on request.
3 BEACHFRONT LAND SITE
FOR NEW HOTEL COMPLEX

14. Business,leisure hotel on the
main beachfront strip of the city
with events space and high
occupancy.13 floors and
52 rooms.Asking price of
R$30 Million.
4 3-STAR BEACHFRONT HOTEL

15. Located in Praia do Futuro,
a beachfront corridor extension
of Fortaleza City.
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This hotel resort offers
a high quality 4-star
standard and its own
restaurant/bar on the sand.
Price on request.
4-STAR BEACHFRONT
RESORT 300 KEYS

16. To the North & South
CUMBUCO is a small coastal village (year-round population:2000) with a laid-back atmosphere,
only 30 minutes from the international airport at Fortaleza.Its spectacular sand dunes and miles
of palm-fringed beaches are legendary.The town is internationally renowned for water sports,
an Eldorado for surfing enthusiasts,including wind and kite-surfers.The sun shines all year
round and the average temperature is 28 degrees.
The town has restaurants bars,a pharmacy,a medical centre,and plenty of shops,including
a supermarket:the infrastructure and the town itself are growing rapidly.

17. PECEM PORT and INDUTRIAL COMPLEX
Pecem is the biggest off-shore hub port and industrial complex of its kind in South America. It´s located 56kms north of
Fortaleza and recently gained status as a free trade zone with steel works,oil refinirey,cement plant,wind farms,
food,and metallurgy,undergoing a 3 billion USD expansion The industrial complex and port have a combined area
4,271 hectares.There is 80% tax exemptions for import production.
Strategic ventures have included Petrobras oil refinery expansion,a new steelworks plant (inaugurated in 2016-see above)
and a 100 hectare site was designated this year for Chinese petroleum companies within the free trade zone.
These developments have generated billions of the dollars in internal investment over the past 5 years
and expansion is set to continue for the coming years.
Although out of sight and downwind,Cumbuco is the closest beach resort to this mammoth industrial complex and can only
benefit from its continued expansion in the form of luxury resorts,private residences and tourism,entertainment facilities.

18. HOTEL RESORT
DEVELOPMENT
OPPORTUNITY
IN CUMBUCO

19. 500 hectare hotel park with 7-20 hectare beachfront
parcels shovel ready for hotel resort construction.
1km from the famous resort.Alongside the award
winning Vila Gale Cumbuco Resort Hotel.
All infrastructure has been implanted with new
connecting road,electricity,water,sewage system
and security in place.The area is unspoilt flanked by
forest,sand dunes,lagoons and far off mountain range.
The beachfront is wide and palm fringed,ideal for
a 5 star resort.You would be buying into a first class
designated hotel zone,within 35 minutes of an
international airport with direct flights to Europe
and North America.The Vila Gale resort was voted
the best in South America in 2015 with annual
occupancy rates of over 85% and an average daily
rate of approximately $270 USD.The land parcels can
be acquired for approximately R$250 per m2 and we
have the developer in place to build your custom
designed resort in no more than 18 months
(up to 500 apartments).
500 hectare hotel park with 7-20 hectare parcels shovel
ready for hotel resort construction.

20. To the South
AQUIRAZ is the premier beach resort closest to Fortaleza City with the most prestigious hotel developments,
the biggest water park in Brazil,a fabulous 18 hole golf course and easy access to the international airport.
Only 25 kilometers away from Fortaleza Aquiraz was the first capital city of Ceara.It hosts the biggest water
park in Brazil,BeachPark,attracting over 1 million tourists annually.Beachpark Resort consists of the water
park,hotel complex and entertainment/convention center over a 170,000m2 beachfront land area.
A new duplicated highway connects the resort to Fortaleza with smooth,quick access to the city and
airport.3 hotel resorts in Aquiraz have been indicated this year (2017) for hotel sector awards
(World Travel Organization) Dom Pedro de Laguna,Beachpark and Carmel Charme Resort.
Brazils biggest water park in Aquiraz (Beach Park Resort). Dom Pedro Hotel with 18 hole golf course on 35 hecare site...it´s the only
one in Ceara and one of only two in north-east Brazil.

21. OPPORTUNITY
in Porto
Das Dunas,
Aquiraz

22. 2kms south of Beach Park Resort lies
Mandara Kauai(see image),an aquatic
beachfront development consisting
of 17 apartment blocks with 214
units on an 85,000m2 land parcel.
We have beachfront land parcels
available,designated for hotel
development alongside this brand
new complex (see land marked in
blue on the map)

23. Beachfront
Hotel Resorts
Further To the
North and
South

24. Lagoinhas 115 kms north
of Fortaleza.
510 rooms 50% built
R$85 million Mega-Resort
on an 85 hectare beachfront
land site consisting of a 5 star
resort,vacation homes and
apartment units.
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25. Berberibe 80kms south
of Fortaleza.
426 rooms in operation.
Price on Request The biggest
beachfront resort of its kind
on the south coast of Ceara.
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26. Berberibe 80kms south
of Fortaleza.
426 rooms Operational
Price on Request The biggest
beachfront resort of its kind
on the south coast of Ceara
All the hotel opportunities on offer in this
presentation are direct with the respective
principle owners.We also have high-level
access to state government officials,
planning authorities,qualified developers
and professional personnel in all sectors
of the real estate market.
We have access to all the best current
hotel offers on the market as well as
off-market opportunities so please
contact me if you have specific
requirements for hotel investment
in Fortaleza and/or the state of Ceara
Mike Smith
Hotel Broker in Brazil
E-Mail:mikesmithbrazil@gmail.com
Tel:55 84 99993 8936
Website:https://www.brazilbeachhouse.com/hotels-1
Direct with Sellers,
high-level contacts

27. THANK
YOU.