TIC 2008: The Best of B2B in the Caribbean!

Get ready for the Trade & Investment Convention 2008! The Caribbean’s biggest business-to-business event takes place from Wednesday April 30th to Saturday May 3rd, 2008, in two spacious convention halls at the Centre of Excellence in Macoya, Trinidad.

You simply can’t afford to miss this unique and effective forum for manufacturers, service providers, buyers and distributors. TIC networks global decision-makers, giving participants an unsurpassed opportunity to discover joint venture and business partnership prospects, and unleashing trade potential by promoting linkages between the Caribbean, the Americas, Asia and Europe.

Hundreds of local, regional and international buyers and distributors attend TIC each year. Special networking events ensure that participants have every opportunity to meet and build business partnerships and relationships.

TIC incorporates three consecutive days of strictly business-to-business activity, with one day (Saturday) reserved for business-to-consumer activity, allowing for market research, testing, sampling, and other interactions with the general public.
Last year, TIC generated an estimated US$50 million plus in deals on the tradeshow floor and subsequent to the Convention, ranging from large equipment supply contracts, to orders for containers of goods, to new overseas distribution channel orders. [click for a Report on TIC 2007]. Careful pre-qualification of attendees ensures that exhibitors find a large number of new business leads at the Convention.

What’s at TIC 2008
  • A Multi-Sectoral Trade Show featuring local, regional, and international exhibitors, which attracts thousands of local, regional, and international buyers.
  • A Structured Business Networking Environment in which to explore joint venture and business partnership opportunities with companies from around the world, with several Networking Events, e.g.: Buyer Reception
  • A Business Education Programme.

TIC is attended by:

  • Manufacturers
  • Suppliers
  • Exporters
  • Buyers
  • Distributors
  • Wholesalers
  • Service providers
  • Regulatory agencies
  • Financial institutions
  • Investors
  • Consumers

Why TIC is a must for your business…

  • Buyers and distributors: Find a wide range of high quality, competitively priced goods and services, from all sectors, and from the Caribbean and the world. TIC helps you find new products, new ideas, new suppliers, and new contacts.
  • Exhibitors: This is your best opportunity to promote your products and services directly to qualified buyers with genuine purchasing power and influence, from the Caribbean and the World! Plus, our special Consumer Day lets you launch and test new products, conduct research, reinforce brand recognition and more through direct interaction with consumers.
  • Decision-makers: Participate in TIC’s cutting edge Business Education Programme aimed at providing solutions to manufacturing issues, market distribution challenges and supply chain management.

TIC is expanding once again!

  • 10 Large, 258 Medium and 24 Small Booths
  • 500+ regional and international buyers, including Country Missions and representatives of large regional distributors
  • 2,000 local professionals and decision makers from the private and public sector
  • 1,000 small business entrepreneurs
  • 2,000 consumers
  • Multi-sectoral exhibits from 300 companies (50% local, 20% regional, 30% international) with country pavilions from around the world.

Be a TIC 2008 Exhibitor!
TIC enjoys a high degree of repeat participation from exhibitors - Demand for booths is high and premium floor space is traditionally allocated very quickly. Don’t wait! Register now to exhibit!

Exhibitors identify the Benefits of TIC

  • Confirmed orders received during the Convention
  • New overseas Distribution Partners to serve new markets
  • Penetration of new markets, with orders and regular exports following TIC
  • Generation of awareness of products and services
  • New distributors for products here in Trinidad and Tobago
  • New suppliers found through TIC.

Here’s What we offer Exhibitors

  • Well-equipped booths
  • Excellent on-site support services
  • Four days of trade opportunity
  • Easy on-line access to Exhibitor and Buyer information
  • Buyer database from TIC 2002-TIC 2007, plus information on new buyers as they register!
  • High and qualified traffic at the Convention
  • Matchmaking services
  • Opportunities for B2B and B2C interaction
  • Extensive advertising and public relations support.

Register as a Buyer for TIC 2008!
The World will meet in Trinidad and Tobago for TIC 2008 and YOU must be there! Visit the Caribbean’s most dynamic market, and the financial services capital of the Region, and discover an incredible range of products from the Caribbean, and the world.

  • FREE Registration!
  • Special airfare and hotel rates
  • Easy on-line access to registered Exhibitors
  • Matchmaking services
  • Exhibitors from more than 30 countries
  • Products from multiple business sectors
  • Special deals for the Trade
     
Click here to register online

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