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FIRMS FROM CANADA JOIN TO SPONSOR US-CUBA BUSINESS SUMMIT
Major Canadian firms operating in Cuba have joined together with companies
from the U.K., United States, Israel, and Cuba to sponsor the next US-Cuba
Business Summit to be held from May 19-22, 1999 in Cancun, Mexico.
The leading Canadian sponsors are Genoil, with operations in oil
exploration; Cuba Club Resorts, a major developer of tourism facilities;
MacDonald Mines, with activities in mining and oil; and the Cuban Investment
Letter, a newsletter of pertaining to investment regarding Cuba. Other
sponsors are: from the U.K. - THE FINANCIAL TIMES; from the U.S. -USA*Engage
and PATTON BOGGS LLP; from Israel - Grupo BM; and from Cuba - RE/MAX and the
Miramar Trade Center.
This is the third US-Cuba Business Summit to be organized by Alamar
Associates, a Washington-based firm which provides a wide range of
consulting services to companies interested in doing business in Cuba.
In the 1998 series of Summits, more than 100 executives from U.S. firms in
Cancun and Havana with Cuban Ministers, sector specialists, and others to
gain a first hand knowledge of the Cuban economy and the real potential for
each U.S. firm.
The 1999 Summit in May will include a special Investment Opportunity Forum
which will allow US executives the chance to learn about current and future
investment opportunities presented by official of international firms
already doing business in Cuba. In addition, the new Real Estate laws in
Cuba will be discussed in detail and breakout groups will be held to match
the interest of each delegate.
"This is really the best opportunity and the only forum which brings
together Cubans and U.S. executives for face-to-face general and private
meetings" said Kirby Jones, President of Alamar Associates. "It allows firms
from Canada and other countries doing business in Cuba the chance to meet
potential investors," added Jones, "and allows U.S. executives from the
financial and corporate communities the chance to hear from their peers and
to assess the potential for their firm."
The ministerial delegation from Cuba will be headed by Ibrahim Ferradaz,
Minister of Foreign Investment. He will be joined by over a dozen Cuban
officials who will travel to Cancun to meet with each individual delegate. |
