James Moss, a World Trade Center Atlanta Member has been named CEO of the international company US Global Marketing Group. Moss has spoken for the IBM Executive Forum, NASDAQ Global Marketing Roundtable, and a variety of other conferences and seminars throughout the United States and Globally. A Strong work ethic, professional experience, leadership abilities, interpersonal [...]
Read MoreWTCA is Sponsoring Event with Consul General of the Republic of Indonesia
INDONESIA BUSINESS & INVESTMENT FORUM WEDNESDAY, MAR 27, 2013 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM MARRIOTT MARQUIS ATLANTA When: March 27, 2013 From: 9:00 a.m- 2:00 p.m Where: Atlanta Marriott Marquis ,265 Peachtree Center Avenue,Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Registration site: http://gasiantimes.com/articles/lifestyle/ The Indonesia Business & Investment Forum is organized by Indonesian Consulate General-Houston, [...]
Read More2012 Atlanta World Showcase & International Awards
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The fourth annual Atlanta World Showcase and Governor’s International Awards on Oct. 4 hosted a showcase of countries, with Consulates, bi-national Chambers of Commerce and international trade groups exhibiting and answering questions about doing business with their countries. Click the photo on the right for a slideshow of the event. The showcase was followed by [...]
Read MoreDelta CEO: Welcoming Foreigners Key to Atlanta’s Future
Atlanta‘s leadership has a history of coming together to move the city ahead, but its advance as an international business center could be stalled if it isn’t a welcoming place for foreigners, Delta Air Lines CEO Richard Anderson said at the Atlanta World ShowcaseOct. 4. After extolling the value of partnerships among civic leaders and Atlanta’s ability to move beyond politics [...]
Read MoreWTC Atlanta News: Macedonia Eyes Atlanta Consulate, Investors
Trevor Williams Atlanta – 08.16.12 Trevor Williams Sasha Grujevski represents InvestMacedonia in the U.S. and is researching the possibility of putting a consulate in Atlanta. When Sasha Grujevski set up shop inAtlanta 10 months ago, he never expected to find food from his country. But browsing the grocery store near his new home on Briarcliff Road, he happened across [...]
Read MoreWTCA member’s visit to South Africa
“SUSTA’s Trade Mission to South Africa this past month was GREAT!!” These are the words of one of our members, WTC’s own, Mr. Chattman Johnson, JR, President and CEM, of Benchmark Pet Food Products. From my perspective “The trip was breathtaking; the hospitality was superb, and South Africa wants to do business with US companies. What was [...]
Read MoreWTC Atlanta International News: Atlanta Should Trumpet Assets to Indian Investors
Tue, July 03, 2012 By Trevor Williams GlobalAtlanta.com Jagdish Sheth is a marketing expert who has extensively studied Indian and Chinese commercial relations. Atlanta‘s efforts to attract foreign investment, especially from India, depend more on trumpeting existing assets than adding new ones, an Emory University marketing expert said June 29. The city should “put a shingle up” in [...]
Read MoreGovernor Deal on Business Mission to Europe
Trevor Williams Atlanta – 07.24.12 Gov. Nathan Deal is headed overseas again, visiting two countries on his third trip to Europe since taking office in January 2011. Mr. Deal and Georgia Department of Economic Development Commissioner Chris Cummiskey, along with other officials, are traveling on a business development mission to Switzerland and the Netherlands through [...]
Read MoreJones Day Panel Reviews Opportunities and Risks in Brazil
Phil Bolton Atlanta – 05.10.12 As one of the BRICS, the developing countries that are experiencing economic growth and the emergence of a consumption-oriented middle class, Brazil has drawn a lot of attention from investors around the world. Newly discovered oil deposits off its coast have increased the interest of foreign investors who traditionally have [...]
Read MoreTrade Mission to Czech Republic Scheduled for October
Chris Shattuck Atlanta – 07.23.12 George Novak, the Czech Republic’s honorary consul general in Atlanta, is to lead a trade mission of local businesspeople to the Central European country Oct. 13-20. The weeklong trip is designed to connect Atlanta-based companies with their Czech counterparts involved in the fields of bio and information technology, supply chain logistics, [...]
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