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Visit Savannah President, Joseph Marinelli, and International Travel Sales Director, Mindy Shea, attended World Travel Market/Latin America in Sao Paolo, Brazil April 20-25. They were part of a regional tourism collaboration called TravelSouthUSA, and exhibited at the four day show with representatives from Georgia Tourism, Atlanta, New Orleans, South Carolina, Hilton Head Island, Memphis/Graceland and the Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport. The group had more than 50 appointments with travel buyers from Brazil who are now booking travel groups into American destinations. In Savannah, visitors from Brazil have shown the highest percentage of growth from foreign countries in the last two years. TravelSouthUSA aids Visit Savannah’s international marketing efforts in Europe, Australia and now in South America.