News

2017

  • President Appoints Togbe Afede as NIB Board Chair - Accra | ACCRA, GHANA- President Nana Akufo Addo in consultation with the council of state has appointed the President of the National House of Chiefs and executive chairman of World Trade Centre Accra (WTC Accra) Togbe Afede XIV as the board chairman of the National Investment Bank (N... more

  • Sunhillo keeping us safe around the world - Philadelphia | When Dave Whitman and Robert Jones founded Sunhillo Corporation in 1991, they did not create a business plan – they went right to work. Dave and Robert met at the company they worked for, Formation, in Moorestown, NJ and decided to combine their expertise in radar surveillance... more

  • WTCGP Receives $1M Three-year EDA Grant - Philadelphia | On Wednesday, August 9, 2017, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Commerce Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1million, three-year matching grant to the The World Trade Center of Greater Philadelphia (WTCGP), to support ... more

  • WTC Utah Launches 25k Jobs Tour with Lt. Gov. - Utah | Utah is consistently recognized as one of the top economies in the nation, but not all of the state’s communities are full participants in this economic success. Counties located off the Wasatch Front are experiencing some challenges. Governor Gary R. Herbert recognized the ... more

  • WTC Goa Organizes Open House Meet with DGFT - Goa | During the Open House Meet organized on 14th August 2017 at Panaji , Goa, Guest of Honour, Dr. Sonia Sethi, IAS, Additional Director General Foreign Trade, Government of India, announced that weekly open house meetings will be held in Goa at the DGFT office. This will be held ... more

  • WTC Miami Ready for Americas Food & Beverage 21 - Miami | The trade show and conference will host over 11,000 food and beverage executives from more than 60 countries in the Americas, open to professionals in the trade only. The Americas Food and Beverage Show and Conference is on September 25 and 26, 2017 at the Miami Beach Conven... more

  • WTC Navi Mumbai @ DYPUSM - Navi Mumbai | WTC Navi Mumbai Advisor Jayant Ghate was the Special Guest at the D Y Patil University School of Management Orientation Programme for MBA Students Semester III , held on July 20 , 2017 in Navi Mumbai. As many as 200 Students were present on the occasion.While addressing the... more

  • WTC Navi Mumbai Program on GST - Navi Mumbai | Since July 1 , 2017 India has adopted Goods and Services Tax ( GST ) and has joined the list of over 160 countries in the world that have successfully implemented the GST . No doubt this is a historic moment for the Indian economy . Although this economic reform will take some... more

  • Women Entrepreneurs Must Reap Benefits of Trade - Mumbai | A workshop on ‘Women Entrepreneurs in Global Trade’ was organized by MVIRDC World Trade Centre Mumbai to understand the important role that women entrepreneurs can bring to global trade. The workshop was conducted by Professor Khedkar, a senior faculty at the World Trade Centr... more

  • The Host of the 50th General Assembly in 2019 Is… - NEW YORK, NY, USA - Each spring at our annual General Assembly (GA) our Association gathers in a different global location to engage and activate alongside other Members of our network. WTC Las Vegas did a spectacular job hosting this event this past April, and I have every c... more