Exhibiting for the first time at Gulfood, Bony Açaí, from Belém do Pará, received an unusual contact on the first day of the event. The operations manager at the office of the royal palace in the United Arab Emirates went to the fair in search of açaí for Prince Tahnoon Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who has jiu-jitsu classes with a Brazilian teacher, who participates in major world martial arts championships , of which Bony Açaí sponsors. “He wanted to buy all of our samples,” said the company's founder and CEO, Bony Monteiro.