TIC 2010

The Trade & Investment Convention (TIC) is a Business-to-Business Forum that really works!

Our mandate is simple: to foster intra and extra regional trade for Caribbean businesses. But we go much further — TIC takes place at the crossroads of the Americas, in Trinidad and Tobago, the region’s financial capital and the largest economy in the Caribbean, with strong links to Central and South American companies and businesses from around the globe! So when you take part in TIC, you’ll do business with more than 35 countries!

TIC connects Buyers & Sellers to create new Business Partnerships: Our multi-sectoral tradeshow brings together local, regional and international businesses. Exhibitors with thousands of products meet hundreds of buyers seeking new suppliers, goods and services. With structured networking events, a cutting-edge business education programme and help from an experienced team on hand to provide expert guidance and matchmaking services, you’re sure to succeed at TIC!

What’s on TIC 2010

• 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 including Special Networking Events
• A Cutting Edge Business Education Programme

Millions in Trade in just Four Days: In just ten years TIC has facilitated more than US$400 million in trade deals, hosted thousands of international buyers and exhibitors and earned a reputation as the Caribbean’s biggest business-to-business event! TIC includes three consecutive days of strictly business-to-business (B2B) activity, and one day (Saturday) of business-to-consumer (B2C) activity, allowing for market research, testing, sampling, and other interactions with the general public.

B2B Transactions on the TIC Tradeshow Floor: Large equipment supply contracts, massive construction deals, orders for containers of goods, and new overseas distribution channel agreements — every type of deal is done on the TIC Tradeshow floor! And our careful pre-qualification of attendees ensures that exhibitors find a large number of new business leads at the Convention.

TIC 2010 Moves to the Hyatt: This stunning new Port of Spain hotel offers unprecedented luxuries right at the heart of the capital city’s dynamic Waterfront Centre. Enjoy world-class business facilities in an atmosphere defined by contemporary design, ocean views and unequalled amenities. TIC will take place in the Hyatt’s expansive new conference centre, the largest in the English-speaking Caribbean! So TIC 2010 will be bigger, better and busier than ever before, with a host of special events guaranteed to make this the can't miss event of the year!

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: 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: Attend TIC’s Structure Networking Events and develop new business partnerships! Participate in TIC’s cutting edge Business Education Programme aimed at providing solutions to manufacturing issues, distribution challenges and supply chain management.

What to Expect at TIC 2010

• 200 Booths – Three Booth Size Options
• 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
• 800 small business entrepreneurs
• 2,000 consumers
• Multi-sectoral exhibits from 200 companies (50% local, 20% regional, 30% international) with country pavilions from around the world.
• Be a TIC 2010 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!

Countries that attended TIC 2009

• Antigua and Barbuda
• Aruba
• Bahamas
• Bangladesh
• Barbados
• Brazil
• Canada
• Cayman Islands
• China
• Columbia
• Costa Rica
• Cuba
• Dominica
• Dominican Republic
• Ecuador
• El Salvador
• Finland
• French Guiana
• Germany
• Grenada
• Guadeloupe
• Guyana
• India
• Italy
• Jamaica
• Kingdom of the Netherlands
• Malaysia
• Martinique
• Montserrat
• Netherlands Antilles
• Nigeria
• Panama
• Saint Lucia
• Saint Vincent & the Grenadines
• South Africa
• Sri Lanka
• St. Lucia
• St. Vincent and the Grenadines
• Suriname
• Thailand
• Turks & Caicos
• United Kingdom
• United States of America
• Venezuela
• Virgin Islands (British)