The idea of founding Special Paraná began in Germany, where Bibiana was partner of a tour operator and Ulrich had an events agency. With the gol to move back to Brazil, both thought about uniting business and open an incoming travel agency and events organization in Curitiba.
In January 2007 both arrived in Curitiba and Special Paraná began Febuary 5th that same year. The first office was at Tijucas building, one of the oldest ones downtown, close to hotels, banks and stores in general.
The initial focus was personalized service to tourists from abroad and to provide qualified workers to international shows.
In April 2007 the first prospection trip happened and it was excellent. The first international tour operators were our clients. Curiously, the first tourists were from Bangladesh, but soon most of them were Europeans. In May that same year, a great achievement: we were in charge of a famous international circus in Latin America. Our tech team would build and tear down the shows, and we kept that for 3 years.
Since 2008 we had websites in Portuguese and English were the tourists could get information and book their tours. Always with the close look of the team to welcome warmly people from all over the world.
In 2010 Ulrich left the operation part of the company and some years later Bibiana became solo owner of the agency, focusing only incoming tourism.
In 2011 we began to welcome cruise ships in Paranaguá. It was excellent to realize that the number of tourists in the tours increased with every stop. It was the proof that we were doing a good job.
2012 it was about time to change the address. We moved to a more modern office, also very central, now at Rua Voluntários da Pátria 262.