Adit / Association - ADIT Brasil - Association for Real Estate and Tourism Development of Brazil

Adit / Association

1 – Presentation

The Association for Real Estate and Tourism Development, in the Northeast of Brazil – ADIT NORDESTE – is a non-profit organization founded by a select group of businessmen, based on the needs for regional representation, to raise funds for tourism and real estate investments in the Northeast region.

The association involves all those who work with the entire productive chain in this sector, including hotels, real estate developers, construction companies, law offices, architects, consultants and financial institutions, thus, establishing a link between the established Brazilian companies and the rest of the world. This way, they provide guidance and help to Brazilian and foreign businessmen on secure and profitable business.

ADIT main activities involve the participation in international investment shows and events, as well as Purchaser and Image projects that bring investors, hotel chains, realtors and international journalists to the Northeast to provide excellent results in the promotion of the region.

Besides, the association has held workshops and technical visits abroad, representing an opportunity to promote the Northeast as an investment destination and for Brazilian businessmen to live the reality of this market and other international experiences.

In order to conduct its activities, the association has substantial institutional support from the Government and a variety of other bodies, suck as, the Investment and Export promotion Agency – APEX Brazil, the Ministry of Tourism, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Brazilian Chamber for the Construction Industry – CBIC, and others.

ADIT Board of Directors includes a President, Vice-presidents and an Audit Committee. The current president is a businessman from Alagoas, Felipe Cavalcante. The vice-presidency and the audit committee members are distributed among the states of Alagoas, Bahia, Ceará, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Rio Grande do Norte and Sergipe.

2. Objectives

As an organization representing the entire Brazilian Northeast, ADIT develops strategic activities to meet projects and activities which are based on the following objectives:

Attract tourism and real estate investment;
Promote second-home tourism in the Northeastern region;
Provide guidance and security to national and international investors;
Coordinate and organize real estate and tourism development in the region.

3. Justification

The needs for a representative entity throughout the Northeast;
The union between tourism and the real estate market;
Select reliable and trustworthy companies so that foreign businessmen can do business;
Promote links between the Northeast and the rest of the world;
Support Brazilian business in its access to international markets, information and international funding issues.

4. Benefits

National Members

Contact with investors, banks, hotel chains, international real estate agents and consultants;
Greater credibility with international investors and customers;
Joint participation in international exhibitions and events and respective cut costs;
An agency acting to defend member interests;
Access to information about the sector in Brazil and worldwide;

International Members

Greater security and guidance when investing in the Northeast;
Contact with strong Brazilian companies, to do business and form partnerships;
Knowledge of local market characteristics;
Establish representation in all states of the Federation and the Federal Government;
Joint participation in international exhibitions and events and respective cut costs;
Access to information about the sector in Brazil and worldwide;
An agency acting to defend member interests.

5. Eligibility

ADIT Northeast members are divided into categories, tourism and real estate sectors. Members are divided according to the following categories:

Full Members:

Construction companies, developers and hotel chains, in Brazil and abroad.

Collaborating Memebers:

Real estate agents, consultants, legal offices and architects, in Brazil and abroad.

Honorary Members:

those deserving this honor for services provided to the industry.