On March 24th and 25th Central American companies supplying the hotel and restaurant industry will meet in El Salvador.
El Salvador will be hosting the fifth edition of the Regional Provider Fair "Ferprotur 2014" for the hotel and restaurant industry, which will be held on 24 and 25 March in San Salvador.
In the fifth edition of Ferprotur national and international companies providing products, goods and services for the hotel and restaurant industry will come together.
Industry representatives from various countries will meet on March 18 in Panama City.
Panama City will host the first Regional Summit on Gemstones and Jewellery in Latin America to be held on March 18. The event will be attended by experts and industry representatives from various countries.
In the event discussions will be held on the effect of the opening a stock markets for diamonds, an initiative that was announced for Panama more than four years ago but has not yet materialized.
The Maya Medical Travel Summit will be held on 17th and 18th of July and will offer conferences and business meetings with representatives from companies.
El Salvador Medical Holding (ESMH) will hold a medical tourism congress called "Maya Medical Travel Summit" on the 17th and 18th of July in the Central American nation.
"The meeting will include lectures on medical tourism, business conferences, workshops and visits by international facilitators, who are responsible for sending patients to destinations that offer these services."
Representatives of companies in the sector and investors will meet from 2 to 5 March in Canada in order to take part in the business conference.
The Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDCA) has organized since 1932 the Annual Mining Convention which is attended by companies involved in the industry of mining exploration and exploitation in various countries.
Companies in the sector will meet in Costa Rica from January 27th-29th to explore business opportunities.
The aim of the meeting is to attract business partnerships and identify business opportunities between companies in the sector in the region.
The program will offer all participants the opportunity to enroll, identify and apply for one to one meetings with other participants before the event begins.
The Latin America-China Business Summit was held on November 26th and 27th in Costa Rica with more than 1,200 employers in regions with growing commercial exchanges.
Chinese and Latin American entrepreneurs gathered for two days for business meetings, contributing to increased trade in Latin America with the Asian country, which is already a commercial destination of prime importance for this region.
From November 27th to 29th electricity companies from Panama, Costa Rica and Nicaragua will take part in the International Fair for Electricity Industry (FISE) 2013 in Colombia.
The fifth version of the show which will feature goods and services such as transformers, engineering works, bulbs for public lighting and other things, will be held in Medellin.
The 2013 edition of the Productive Remittances program in Guatemala generated business worth $50 million plus another $122 million in future deals.
According to Siegfried Lee, Vice Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), the activity was successful. In the first edition of the event, which took place last year, there were only $6 million in business deals.
Af the end of the second exhibition for tour operators projections are that $5.7 million has been transacted in business deals which will materialize in the medium term.
This was confirmed by Ana Mercedes de Lembke, president of the Guatemalan Chamber of Tourism (Camtur). The activity which ended yesterday, included 1,145 business meetings between 40 local tourist service companies and international buyers from 15 countries where Guatemala was not included as a tourist destination.
The 2013 edition of the Productive Remittances program brings together over 100 local MSMEs to showcase their products to migrants who live in the U.S. and England.
Sales are expected to reach $2 million and $6 million.
Siegfried Lee, Vice Minister of Development of micro, small and medium enterprises, said that during the second edition of the conference entitled 'El Encuentro con el Migrante 2013: Remesas Productivas' involved the "...
On 26 and 27 November, the Hotel Real Intercontinental in San Jose, Costa Rica will host a business meeting between China and Latin America.
The China Latin America and the Caribbean Business Summit is the most important business meeting for trade and investment between Latin America and the Asian giant, which seeks to promote and strengthen trade and investment opportunities which have opened up between China and Latin America in recent years.
The event will be held on the 7th and 8th of November and will feature 20 minute appointments between sellers and buyers.
The activity will take place at the Hotel Intercontinental in Guatemala and is intended to facilitate contacts between national and international participants, promote brands and open new markets.
Another objective of the macro conference is to provide an opportunity to analyze new business niches and boost exports to Central America and Mexico. Among the categories involved are: the agricultural sector (Vegetables, Fruits and differentiated products) and manufacturing (Food and Drink, Plastics, Cosmetics and other goods).
From 13th to 16th of August, Peruvian entrepreneurs from the food, manufacturing, services and clothing industries will be promoting ExpoPerú Central America 2013 in Panama and Costa Rica.
In attendance along with businessmen will be a delegation of union presidents, congressmen and officials from the South American country.
"This activity is a business promotion tool which is part of the strategy of the foreign trade sector of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism, set up by the Commission for the Promotion of Peru for export and tourism - PROMPERÚ with the support of business sector," noted an article in Laestrella.com.pa.
For this new edition opened in Granada, Nicaragua, more than 1,600 business meetings have already been scheduled between the buyers and suppliers participating in the event.
"Conditions are ripe for this (Lac Flavors) to succeed in the sale and promotion of Nicaraguan products, the abundant quantities and skills of the attendees representing companies interested in agribusiness fills us with satisfaction and demonstrates the motivation in the food sector," said Alvaro Baltodano, Presidential Delegate for Investments.