It is the first time Samih Sawiris, who runs the hotel division of his family's Orascom Group, will venture outside the Middle East and Gulf region with a tourism project.

The development-team of Volcania has created a project-sketch and sent it to the members of the swiss workgroup.

- Contacts with the Geologic Institute (Prof. Nicolau Wallenstein)

- Field-Research on the Main-Island Sao Miguel

- Knowledge about the land ownerships

- Photographs and Cartographs