NEW YORK, NEW YORK, U.S.A. - WTCA is pleased to announce that Carlos Ronderos has agreed to serve as the WTCA's business development coordinator for Central and South America.

On behalf of Julius Steyn, CEO of WTC Cape Town, WTCA Chairman Ghazi Abu Nahl and WTCA, we would like to thank everyone who participated in the 2012 EMEA Regional Meeting held May 30 to June 1 in Cape Town, South Africa.

MOSCOW, RUSSIA - At a meeting with the management of WTC Moscow on May 16, Mr. Vladimir Salamatov, WTC Moscow director general, said that one of the most important activities of the company in the near future is to prepare for the 43rd WTCA General Assembly (GA), to be held in September 2012.

ROTTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS - The sixth Navingo Maritime & Offshore Career Event took place on April 25 at the Beurs-WTC Rotterdam Congress & Event Center.  

MARSEILLE, FRANCE - During the WTCA Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Regional Meeting in Cape Town, South Africa held May 30 to June 1, 2012, WTC Marseille was selected to host next year's WTCA EMEA Regional Meeting.  

TWENTE, THE NETHERLANDS - On May 24, the WTC Twente Business Club organized a meeting at the Meilink Group in Borculo, the Netherlands, for members of its Business Club and a delegation from WTC Missoula visiting Europe on business.  

NANTES, FRANCE - On June 1, WTC Nantes organized an event to celebrate the Dragon Boat festival, an enduring tradition in Chinese culture originally dedicated to wipe out evil spirits.  

THE HAGUE, THE NETHERLANDS - On June 7, 2012, WTC The Hague was officially opened.  

LILLE, FRANCE - Each year, in June, Patrick Van Den Schrieck, president of WTC Lille, invites all WTC Lille members, consisting of around 100 companies, to present the annual report of the preceding year.

ROTTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS - Recently, the World Biofuels Markets Congress and Exhibition, organized by Green Power Conferences, was once again held at the Beurs-WTC Rotterdam Congress & Event Center in Rotterdam.  

MOSCOW, RUSSIA - On May 31, Adobe Systems Inc.'s "Creative Evolution" conference was held at WTC Moscow.  

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A. - After the close of the 2012 WTCA Americas Regional Meeting, WTC San Diego staff began preparing for its next program - a three-day training in June for fellow WTC staff flying in from Savannah, Georgia, U.S.A.  

By Herbert Ouida, director of the Global Enterprise Network from the Office of Global Learning at Fairleigh Dickinson University 

NEW JERSEY, U.S.A. - Recently, I attended a seminar hosted by FedEx, the U.S. Department of Commerce and the Economist Intelligence Unit on the captioned subject.

MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, U.S.A. - On May 22, Ivan Gasparovic, president of Slovakia, visited the Midwest region of the U.S.A. to officially install local resident Rosemary Wisnosky as an honorary consul of Slovakia in the Chicago area.  

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, U.S.A. - In October 2011, Elizabeth Goryunova, executive vice-president and chief operating officer of WTC Utah, was selected as one of nine U.S. private sector liaison officers (PSLO) for the World Bank Group representing the U.S. Intermountain region.  

ATLANTA, GEORGIA, U.S.A. - The Atlanta Export Symposium: Breaking Down Barriers to Exporting was held on May 23 at WTC Atlanta to help exporters understand how to conquer international markets.

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, U.S.A. - One of the many spectacular things you will notice when walking around Las Vegas is the different languages being spoken from all around the world.

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A. - Carl J. Kosnar, managing partner of The Kosnar Group, a group of international franchise development consultants for IN2IT Franchising, Inc., announced June 1, 2012 that the company is exploring the possibility of listing its client, IN2IT Nutrition and Fitness, on the Nigerian Stock Exchange in 2013.  

MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY - An international award will be bestowed to WTC Montevideo by Global Business Corporation (GBC), an American organization located in Miami, Florida, U.S.A.  

PANAMA CITY, PANAMA - On May 27, Serenah McKay, assistant editor of Northwest Arkansas Business Journal, wrote an article documenting how WTC Arkansas represented nine Arkansas-based businesses at the Expocomer trade show, which took place in Panama during May.  

LIMA, PERU - In conjunction with the Peruvian public institution Promperú, WTC Lima organized a business conference titled "New Commercial Opportunities in the Alimentary Market - United Arab Emirates" on May 17.