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Guide Developers: Xabier Garagorri (Guide Director)
Julie Bruneau, Paloma Vizcay and Vera Sharova (Sales Representatives)
Pablo Landrau (Economic Journalist)
EDITION
Written by Xabier Garagorri
Artwork and Advertising design: Yasser Torres, Sumika Miho
Edited by Florence Broderick & Thomas Wash
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
We sincerely thank the following individuals and companies:
The City Hall of Guayaquil and specially Joseph Garzozi and Marigloria Cornejo for believing in this report, for its constant support
and for providing beautiful pictures; Cámara de Comercio de Guayaquil (Chamber of Commerce) for their support; Cámara de
Industrias de Guayaquil (Chamber of Industry) for providing text, photographs and their support; Chamber of Construction of Quito for
their support
CAMESPA the Spanish Chamber and Rafael Roldán for its constant support
CORPEI and Eduardo Egas for the material and pictures given
DELOITTE for helping with the Investment and Legal Framework chapter.
MEER (Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy) and its exMinister Miguel Calahorrano for its support and for providing invalu-
able photographs; Minister of Tourism for its collaboration with text and pictures
Deloitte for helping us with legal and investment framework texts; Santiago Caviedes, Viceminister of the Coordinator Ministry of
Economic Policies for sharing with us its vision of the macroeconomy
Investecuador and specially Camilo Pinzón, Job Vergara and Alvaro Samaniego for its unvaluable support and belief in this project.
The Coordination Ministry of Production and its Minister Nathalie Cely for welcoming our readers. The Embassy of Ecuador in El
Salvador and its Ambassador Universi Zambrano for their support. The Embassy of Ecuador in China and its Ambassador Leonardo
Arizaga. The Embassy of Spain in Ecuador and its Ambassador Federico Torres Muro. The Embassy of France and its Ambassador
Jean-Baptiste Main de Boissiere. The Embassy of the Russian Federation and its Ambassador Jan Burliai.
The Economic Bureau of Spain and its Economic Chief Rodrigo Madrazo; Jorge Saade, for helping us from the beginning of this
report. The City Hall of Quito in the person of Eduardo Dousdebes for providing information about industrial areas and pictures of the
city; The Viceministry of Mines and its exViceminister Luis Bustamante and the Subsecretary Jorge Espinosa for providing material
and pictures. The Coordinator Ministry for Strategic Sector for the texts of the future key projects of the country. The Ministry of
Housing and Urban Development for the material given; Azucarera Valdez and Eng. Ricardo Ribadeneira for providing photographs;
Pedro Armijos, eBizguides’general representative for its unvaluable knowledge of the country and constant support. Hotel Oro Verde
Guayaquil, Howard Johnsson Hotels, Hotel Café Cultura and Laszlo Karolyi, Exclusive Hotels and Haciendas of Ecuador and Grand
Hotel Guayaquil Hotels for making us feel at home; CENTROSUR; CONELEC and specially Elvira Salvador; Diamond Roses
Grupo DOLE and Naportec; QUIPORT and specially Philippe Baril; Cuerpo de Ingenieros del Ejercito and specially Jenny Silva;
MVG Comunicaciones and Michelle Villarroel; Metrovia; Iván Martínez, Dean of Economy and Tourism at SEK International Univer-
sity; Manatee Explorer; Andean Travel Company; Cotococha Lodge; Metropolitan Touring; Ministry of Tourism
We would also like to thank the heads of the following companies and organizations for their sponsorship and support and without
this eBizguide would not have been possible:
City Hall of Guayaquil, Hotel Oro Verde Guayaquil, Metrovia, Corporación Noboa, Howard Johnsson Hotels, Grand Hotel Guayaquil,
Investecuador, Hotel Café Cultura and Exclusive Hotels and Haciendas of Ecuador, Empresa Electrica de Quito (¿???), Ministerio
de Agricultura, Ganaderia, Acuacultura y Pesca (!!!!), LAN, TAME, Prefectura del Gobierno de Pichincha (!!!), Conelec (!!!!), Andean
Travel Company.