President of the Board at TAM is Named Personality of the Year In the United Kingdom
April 23 2008 - 8:37PM
PR Newswire (US)
Maria Claudia Amaro, daughter of Commander Rolim Amaro, received
the recognition from Britain's Brazilian Chamber of Commerce SAO
PAULO, Brazil, April 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The President of
the Board of Directors at TAM (Bovespa: TAMM4 and NYSE: TAM), Maria
Claudia Amaro, was unanimously selected Personality of the Year in
a vote by the members of the Brazilian Chamber of Commerce in Great
Britain. (Logo:
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purpose of this award, given during a ceremony held yesterday
(April 22), at The Dorchester hotel in London, is to honor the
efforts of those who contribute to the strengthening of economic
and commercial ties between Brazil and the United Kingdom. One of
Maria Claudia's achievements was the launching of TAM's
Brazil-London route in October 2006. Highlighted during the event
were the company's cultural incentives in increasing British
tourism to Brazil and economic development between the two
countries. Maria Claudia, president of TAM's Board of Directors
since April of last year, is company administrator and daughter of
Rolim Amaro, TAM's founder. In her acceptance speech, she recalled
Commander Rolim's legacy and TAM's achievements in recent years,
having achieved a market share of almost 70% of international
flights operated by Brazilian companies. "Our London route today
represents one of the pillars of TAM's activity outside Brazil. We
have made almost one thousand flights and carried more than 156,000
passengers in less than a year and a half," said Maria Claudia.
"The TAM route to the British capital is one of the three most
important routes in our international operations, along with New
York and Frankfurt." Peter Sutherland, Chairman of British
Petroleum, also received the award. The President of Banco do
Brasil, Antonio de Lima Neto, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Celso Amorim, along with others, have been recognized in prior
years. Investor Relations: Phone: (55) (11) 5582-9715 Fax: (55)
(11) 5582-8149 http://www.tam.com.br/ir Press Agency: Phone: (55)
(11) 5582-8167 Fax: (55) (11) 5582-8155 MVL Comunicacao Phone. (55)
(11) 3594-0302 / 0304 / 0305 About TAM: TAM
(http://www.tam.com.br/) has been the leader in the Brazilian
domestic market for more than four years and closed March 2008 with
a 51.4% market share. The company operates flights to 42 Brazilian
destinations. It serves 79 different destinations in the Brazilian
market through commercial agreements with regional companies. Among
Brazilian airline companies, TAM's international market share was
68.9% in March. Its international operations include direct flights
to 17 destinations: New York and Miami (USA), Paris (France),
London (England), Milan (Italy), Frankfurt (Germany), Madrid
(Spain), Buenos Aires and Cordoba (Argentina), Santiago (Chile),
Caracas (Venezuela), Montevideo and Punta del Este (Uruguay),
Asuncion and Ciudad del Este (Paraguay), and Santa Cruz de la
Sierra and Cochabamba (Bolivia). Additionally, it has code share
agreements with international airlines, which allow passengers to
travel to another 64 destinations in the United States, South
America and Europe. TAM was the first airline company to launch a
loyalty program in Brazil; TAM's program currently has 4.5 million
members and has redeemed more than 5.2 million tickets in exchange
for points.
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Barroso, TAM Investor Relations, +011-55-11-5582-9715, fax,
+011-55-11-5582-8149, Web site: http://www.tam.com.br/
http://www.tam.com.br/ir
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