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Pontes Hotéis came into the hotel market in 1969 with Mar Hotel. The initial 12 guest rooms became 45 and later 115 in 1974 when it reached the category of four stars. With the physical structure where today lies the parking lot, the Mar Hotel had an area of approximately 4 thousand m². Sixteen years later construction of Mar Hotel Recife began and it was inaugurated in December 1987. There are currently 207 guest rooms and 14 convention rooms with a total capacity for 2 thousand people and a total constructed area of 22 thousand m². Mar Hotel Recife is the largest and most complete business hotel of the Northeast.

In January 1995, Pontes Hotéis opened the best five star hotel in town: Atlante Plaza Hotel, on Boa Viagem beach, with a constructed area of 20 thousand m² and 241 guestrooms. Its conventions center is composed of seven rooms with module options and one executive room, with a total capacity of 1,000 people. Atlante Plaza is the most sophisticated hotel of the region, with an entire floor for guests who desire total privacy, the First Class, and it has the best occupation and preference indexes among the country’s top executives.

In December 2000, the Group took a daring step and invested in fulfilling its dream: entering and competing with the best Brazilian Resorts with international standards. That is how the Summerville Beach Resort came to life. It is among the top ten of its category in Brazil. The resort occupies a green area of 70 thousand m² by the ocean. It has 202 guestrooms, among apartments and suites, and over R$ 55 million in investments.

Muro Alto beach, where Summerville is located, is one hour from Recife and is famous for its huge natural pool with 2.5 Km of extension formed by a grand reef. A magnificent Mata Atlântica reserve, coconut trees and a fertile swamp make the paradisiacal scenery complete. 55 km form the International Airport of Guararapes, in Recife, one has access to the Summerville by helicopter or by BR-101, PE-60, PE-38 and PE-09 highways. The asphalt roads all the way to the Resort and transportation services guarantee the guests´ comfort. The chain also has a travel agency, Pontestur, a VIP room at the airport and the industrial laundry Santa Margarida.

Taking into consideration this high level of quality and excellence, Pontes Hotéis & Resorts, with its more than 800 employees, never sets aside social aspects and invests in Ipojuca, where the Summerville Beach Resort is located. On January 10, 2001 the group handed over to the community, in the district of Nossa Senhora do Ó, the Municipal School Professora Maria das Dores Cavalcanti Albuquerque, completely renovated and enlarged. The school doubled its capacity, thus beneficiating approximately 1,000 students of the community.

Currently around 70% of Summerville´s employees are from the region. More than 1.2 thousand hours of classes were dedicated to training in order to obtain excellence in assistance. The resort has received, to work as interns, more than 50 students from various education institutions in Brazil: Cefet (Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica de Pernambuco), Unicap (Universidade Católica de PE), UNIVALE (Universidade do Vale do Itajás - Balneário Camboriú/SC) and UFPE (Universidade Federal de PE), among others.

The group even installed, at UFPE, a replica of the reception and of one of its guest rooms (apartment) inside the Hotel and Tourism Center (NHT) for better preparation and improved learning of the UFPE students. Education is extremely important but health is essential. The group gave the Maria Carozita de Brito Hospital back to the district, with a completely renovated wing equivalent to ¼ of the total constructed area. Contributing for the development of the community around them is a certainty and a tendency among great companies that invest on social responsibility.