CALENDAR 2009

Dates are subject to be changed

January

1st New Years Day
12th – 18th - Barbados Jazz Festival

Febuary

4th -8th     – West Indies vs England - Sabina Park, Jamaica - (1st Test)
13th -17th - West Indies vs England - Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua – (2nd Test)
23rd & 24th – Carnival, Trinidad and Tobago
26th – 2nd March - West Indies vs England - Kensington Oval, Barbados – (3rd Test)

March

6th – 10th - West Indies vs England – Queens Park Oval, POS Trinidad – (4th Test)
12th – ½ day seminar on Sustainable Manufacturing: A New Frontier for Caribbean Manufacturing
20th - West Indies vs England – Guyana (1st Digicel ODI)
22nd –West Indies vs England – Guyana (2nd Digicel ODI)
26th – Secondary Exam Assessment (SEA)
27th - West Indies vs England – Barbados (3rd Digicel ODI)
29th –West Indies vs England – Barbados (4th Digicel ODI)
30th – Spiritual Baptist Liberation Day

April

3rd –West Indies vs England – St Lucia (5th Digicel ODI)
10th -       Good Friday
13th - Easter Monday
17th – 19th – Summit of the Americas
22nd – TTMA 53rd Annual General Meeting, Trinidad Hilton Hotel
24th – 26th - 5th Annual Plymouth Jazz Festival

May

1st – 10th - St Lucia Jazz Festival
Launch of UN Global Compact Local Network
(to be announced)
30th Indian Arrival Day

June

11th Corpus Christi
19th Labour Day
24th – 27th Trade and Investment Convention 2009 (10th Anniversary), Centre of Excellence, Macoya

July

 

August

1st – Emancipation Day
31st – Independence Day

September

24th – Republic Day
TTMA Post Budget Meeting – (Tentative)

October

 

Novemeber

Caribbean Head of Government Conference – Trinidad

December

4th - Annual Membership Christmas Party (Tentative)
25th – Christmas Day
26th - Boxing Day

 

HEADLINES

Trade & Investment Convention 2009 to Celebrate a Decade of Success!

In 2009, the Trade & Investment Convention will celebrate its Tenth Anniversary and, if TIC 2008 is anything to go by, it’s bound to be the biggest business event of the year!

TIC 2008, held from April 31-May 3, 2008 at the Centre of Excellence, Macoya, Trinidad and Tobago, was a resounding success, setting new records for the number of exhibitors and buyers, and generating more positive feedback from attendees and higher levels of reporting from the news media than ever before.

It was hosted by the Trinidad and Tobago Manufacturers’ Association, and sponsored by the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI), Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago (TSTT), and RBTT Bank Limited. This year saw additional partnerships with Fedex Express for The Best of TIC Booth Awards, regional television network, Caribvision, and EtecK and the Ministry of Public Administration for the new “Business Centre & Investment Portal”.

Some 260 exhibitors showcased goods and services on the multi-sectoral tradeshow floor, up from 237 at TIC 2007. Approximately 61% of TIC 2008 exhibitors were local, and 39% were overseas exhibitors from 21 countries.

TIC 2008’s special drive to increase the number of foreign buyers attending the convention met with significant success: The number of overseas buyers and distributors increased by 177%, to 256 (up from 144 in 2007), and buyers arrived from 35 countries, more than every before.

TIC’s post-Convention Exhibitor Survey indicates a high level of satisfaction with the Convention management, infrastructure and marketing, and particularly, with the quality of buyer attendance.

Most importantly, exhibitors recorded high levels of business transacted at the Convention, with two companies confirming TIC sales of US$300,000 each, and another closing a TT$250,000 sale on the floor. The majority of survey respondents said 100% of the sales leads generated at TIC were new prospects, and 80% of respondents say they will exhibit in 2009!

Mark your Calendar!
TIC 2009: 10th Anniversary ~ 24th – 27th June, 2009
To register as an Exhibitor or Buyer contact the TIC Secretariat at (868) 675 8862 or visit www.tic-tt.com

 

 

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