About

A local company, run by the people who own it.

Zaya was built in Dubai by someone who works the ground here. Not a representative office of a company based somewhere else.

The Zaya team at work
The company

Built from the ground.

Our founding partner arrived in Dubai in 2018 and worked the destination directly, as a guide, an interpreter and then as an operator, before there was a company to put a name to it.

That is an unusual order of events in this industry, where most operators start from a desk and buy the ground from someone else. It is also the reason our rates, our timings and our supplier judgement come from having done the work, not from a rate sheet.

World Zaya Tourism L.L.C was incorporated in December 2025, with a mainland license and an office in Dubai, and with a second partner based in Europe.

2025World Zaya Tourism L.L.C incorporated in Dubai
Who signs

Two founding partners.

The company has no departments and does not pretend to. Both partners sign and both operate.

Júlio Cesar Saad

Founding Partner. Resident in Dubai since 2018. Runs the ground operation, supplier negotiation and delivery. Works in Portuguese, English and Spanish.

Maísa Thielles

Founding Partner. Client relationships and European market, from first contact through to the follow-up after the group returns.

Credentials

On the record.

Everything here can be verified. We send the documents on request, without being asked twice.

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Legal name

World Zaya Tourism L.L.C

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Trade License

Number 1580956, issued by the Department of Economy and Tourism, Government of Dubai. Mainland license, which is what tour operation in the UAE requires; a free zone entity cannot hold this activity.

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Licensed activities

Inbound Tour Operator and Outbound Tour Operator, both active on the license. Legal type: Limited Liability Company. Commercial Register 2766970, Dubai Chamber of Commerce membership 659354.

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Registered office

Office 312, Rigga Business Centre, Building 3001, Al Murqabat, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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Languages

Portuguese, English, Spanish. Arabic through our local team and interpreters.

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Where we operate directly

United Arab Emirates. Elsewhere in Asia, Europe, South America and the Maldives, through a vetted partner network, which we state rather than disguise.

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Contact of record

contato@zayagroup.ae
+971 50 632 8451

Presence

Three countries.

Dubai, head office
AE · United Arab Emirates

Dubai

Head office and the whole ground operation.

Head office
Zaya presence in Portugal
PT · Portugal

Portugal

European base, for client relationships across Europe.

Zaya support in Brazil
BR · Brazil

Brazil

Support for the Brazilian market, in Portuguese, before and after the trip.

Related

What we do with all of that.

DMC in Dubai

The ground operation: scope, contracting and net rates.

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Trade fairs and delegations

Institutional work, quoted by component for procurement.

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Contact

Company details and how to reach the partners.

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Supplier registration

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Send your supplier forms as they are, and we complete them in the format your system requires.

contato@zayagroup.ae

Partners, suppliers and corporate enquiries.

+971 50 632 8451

Júlio Cesar Saad, Founding Partner, based in Dubai.

Dubai

Office 312, Rigga Business Centre, Building 3001, Al Murqabat, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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