MUMBAI, INDIA - WTC Mumbai and the All India Association of Industries (AIAI) organized a press conference March 1 on the upcoming international business development forum "INDIALLIA 2012," to be held at WTC Mumbai from April 23-25. 

 

 

BANGALORE,  INDIA - The Consortium of Electronic Industries Karnataka, in association with WTC Bangalore, held CLIKTRONIKA 2012, a biannual meeting and exhibition for buyers and sellers in the electronics industry, on February 16.  

 

 

TAIPEI, TAIWAN - Breaking with past practice, Food Taipei 2012 will team up with Taipei Pack and Foodtech & Pharmatech Taipei to leave Nangang for the first time and head to Taipei for the WTC Taipei Exhibition Hall 1. 

 

NANJING, CHINA - The grand opening of the WTC Nanjing Business Club took place February 27.

 

 

MUMBAI, INDIA - WTC Mumbai, the Indo-Polish Chamber of Commerce, the Bombay Chamber of Commerce, the Council of EU Chambers of Commerce in India and the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Mumbai jointly organized a seminar on "Polish-Indian IT Cooperation" at WTC Mumbai on February 13.   

 

 

BANGALORE, INDIA - Visvesvaraya 

Industrial Trade Center, the central agency for promotion of external trade for the Indian state of Karnataka, and WTC Bangalore jointly conducted a one-week certificate program February 13-18, for 30 aspiring exporters.  

 

 

TAIPEI, TAIWAN - The count of international visitors to the 25th edition of Taipei Cycle, the platform for high-end cycling products which took place March 6-10, totaled 6,448 (13.1% increase compared to the previous year) from 88 countries.

 

MUMBAI, INDIA - WTC Mumbai organized a live screening on March 16 of the Union Budget 2012-13, followed by a discussion of its implications, jointly with the Western India Regional Council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, the All India Association of Industries (AIAI) and the Young Entrepreneurs Society.

 

 

POTENZA, ITALY - WTC Basilicata President Rina Cosentina and her staff welcomed delegations consisting of President Nelson Pilosof and Silvya Flores of WTC Montevideo, and Co-Managing Partners Jeff Meiskin and Sid Schechter of WTC Fort Lauderdale to the Basilicata region of Italy January 21-24.  

 

MOSCOW, RUSSIA - From February 28-March 14, WTC Moscow hosted a photo exhibition of works by the outstanding Russian photographer Edward Pesov. 

 

ROTTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS - On March 5, the annual presentation of the Rotterdam Chamber of Commerce's Entrepreneurship Award took place at Beurs-WTC Rotterdam.

 

RENNES, FRANCE - On March 9, WTC Rennes Bretagne organized a training breakfast to allow the WTC's members to practice their English for an hour and a half.

MARSEILLE, FRANCE - WTC Marseille has expressed interest in hosting the 2013 WTCA Europe, Middle East and Africa Regional Meeting.

 

ARNHEM, THE NETHERLANDS - On February 8 Mario van Hees, coordinator of sustainability at Beurs-WTC Rotterdam Congress & Event Center, received The Green Key Gold level certificate for 2012 on behalf of the WTC's facilities.  

 

MOSCOW, RUSSIA - From March 12-16, WTC Moscow hosted the 87th Russian International Film Market (IFM). 

 

LYON, FRANCE - Pennsylvania State Governor Tom Corbett's committee of around 40 businessmen, politicians and CEOs, including Pennsylvania Community and Economic Development Secretary C. Alan Walker, was received at the Oxygen Tower, located in the business district of La Part-Dieu, Lyon, on March 18.  

 

DENVER, COLORADO, U.S.A. - World Trade Day, May 17, 2012, coincides with World Trade Week, created by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1935.

 

 

EDMONTON, CANADA - Canada's North has been called one of the last great untapped regions of North America, offering vast opportunities through a mainly carbon-based economy, but also exciting potential through diamond and gold exploration.

 

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, U.S.A. - On March 6, Louisiana Tax Free Shopping (LTFS) dedicated a new refund center named in honor of former WTC New Orleans Managing Director Eugene Schreiber at the Louis Armstrong International Airport in New Orleans.   

 

 

SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A. - On February 24, WTC Sacramento welcomed 138 Fulbright scholars, which was an exciting and welcomed opportunity for the organization.

 

 

LIMA, PERU - On March 6, WTC Lima held its first executive breakfast and business conference, "Perspectives and the current situation of Peruvian Foreign Trade - 2012," which gathered top business executives and helped to encourage a debate about the current world economy and its impact on Peruvian international commerce.

 

RECIFE, BRAZIL - Hull-based electrical engineering company Fairburns Group has joined the WTC Hull & Humber, Team Humber Marine Alliance and UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) trade mission to the Brazilian port city of Recife scheduled for June, in a bid to increase its presence in the country's marine engineering sector.   

 

SAO PAULO, BRAZIL - From January 24-27, the WTC Sao Paulo Business Club, in partnership with WTC Atlantic Canada - Halifax, hosted Jim Quinn, president, and Andrew Dixon, vice president, of Canada's St. John Port Authority.  

 

MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY - The World Confederation of Businesses (WORLDCOB) has awarded a new international distinction to WTC Montevideo: Beyond Success 2012.