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For Immediate Release:
January 7, 2010
For further information contact: Charlotte Gallogly or Emy Rodriguez
at 305-871-7910
PORT DIRECTORS TO ADDRESS MIAMI’S INTERNATIONAL
BUSINESS EXECUTIVES AT THE XXIII ANNUAL STATE-OF-THE-PORTS BRIEFING
WHAT? 23nd Annual State-of-the-Ports Briefing
WHEN? Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at 12:00 noon
Schedule:
11:30 a.m. Registration
12 - 1:40 p.m. Briefing
WHERE? Doubletree Miami Mart Hotel
711 NW 72nd Ave.
Miami, Florida 33126
WHO? Over 400 executives are expected to attend the briefing,
which is hosted by the World Trade Center Miami, the Port of Miami-Dade
and the Miami-Dade Aviation Department. The cost is $40/person.
RSVP by: February 5, 2010 (full payment required).
WHY? Aviation Director José Abreu and Port Bill
Johnson will brief Miami-Dade’s
international business community on the economic impact of Miami International
Airport and the Port of Miami in 2009 and will forecast Miami’s trade
growth in terms of best import/export markets for 2010.
Additionally José Abreu will provide an update on the construction
projects completed during 2009, the projects scheduled for 2010 and the
impact of these improvements on global trade growth and on maintaining
Miami’s position as the “Trade and Logistics Center of the
Americas.” Bill Johnson will provide a progress report on terminal
improvements, expansion of cargo piers, cargo gates, and on the Port of
Miami’s
trade diversification efforts.
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