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- Trade missions
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Trade missions
Welsh Trade Mission to Czech Republic in June 2010
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| Completion: |
2010 - 06 |
| Target markets: |
CZ |
| Objective: |
EasyLink was requested to organize face-to-face meetings for three companies participating in a Welsh trade development mission to the Czech Republic on 28 June to 1 July. |
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We organized a total of 22 highly targeted meetings and made travel and in-market accompaniment and interpretation services arrangements. EasyLink was highly praised by all companies:
"It is the best thing the company has done in terms of developing new business. The whole trip was superbly organised and the results speak for themselves. I met with 4 companies which had been very accurately selected and targeted, and spot on as prospective partners. Two companies proved to be exceptional."
"I was delighted with the meetings, and the organisation of the trip. Thank you for the service. Having returned from the trip, I can confirm that the advice / itinerary which you provided was excellent, and worth every penny."
"The quality and level of contacts met could not have been higher. Several of the companies met offer good prospects for business, in particular Skanska, which is the fourth largest construction company in the world. The meeting with this company was very positive, and the company is well connected and a very significant potential end user." |
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Trade mission of IT and electronics businesses from Korea to Slovakia and Romania
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| Completion: |
2009 - 10 |
| Target markets: |
SK&RO |
| Objective: |
EasyLink was commissioned to organize a trade mission for 15 IT and electronics companies from the Busan Valley in Korea to Bucharest and Bratislava. The participants sought to establish business contacts with Romanian and Slovak distributors. |
| Results: |
EasyLink's consultants in Slovakia and Romania set up over 100 face-to-face meetings with local partners. We also made logistics and interpretation arrangements (15 people were required to interpret from Czech/Slovak to Korean and vice versa). |
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Organizing a business matching meetings session for companies from Hong Kong
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| Completion: |
2009 - 09 |
| Target markets: |
CZ |
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Our consulting team in Prague was requested to organize a matchmaking session for 13 producers of consumer electronics, electrical appliances, household items, gifts, fashion and fashion accessories, watches, bags and shoes wishing to identify prospective buyers in the Czech Republic. The matchmaking session was held in conference rooms of Andel's hotel on 25 September 2009 as a part of a trade mission led by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council to Warsaw and Prague. |
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As part of the buyers' recruitment process EasyLink's team approached over 80 companies active in the sale of fashion accessories, 95 in the area of home products and houseware, 75 from the footwear sector and 66 from the electronics segment. We put a special emphasis on finding relevant and suitable well-respected companies with genuine interest in building long-standing relationships with their counterparts from Hong Kong. Altogether 28 Czech buyers pre-registered for the event and 57 meetings were scheduled. Each of the companies (Czech and from HK) held several meetings! EasyLink also provided interpreting services and arranged for drinks and refreshments for the morning and afternoon parts of the event as well as a networking luncheon.
The overall results of the matching meetings were quite positive! The Czech buyers commented on the good organization of the event and expressed satisfaction with the quality of their counterparts from Hong Kong. One of the Czech buyers immediately placed an order for jewellery and costume jewellery, while a large Czech importer and wholesaler of watch parts brought drawings of watch parts with exact measurements and also placed an order (worth over several thousand U.S. dollars) during one of his meetings. |
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Multi-sector trade mission to Prague and Warsaw for companies from Pennsylvania, May 2009
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| Completion: |
2009 - 05 |
| Target markets: |
CZ&PL |
| Objective: |
EasyLink was commissioned to prepare a trade mission to the Czech Republic and Poland for a group of 8 companies led by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. 2 companies also visited additional countries (Slovakia and Hungary). |
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The scope of our work included customized market research and partner selection, setting up individual meetings as well as organizing all related assistance, including venue selection and booking, travel arrangements, briefing and group networking events. Where requested mission participants were accompanied to their meetings by EasyLink's staff to provide in-market support and interpretation. Altogether EasyLink prepared 15 itineraries, and mission participants attended 60 meetings in 4 countries. EasyLink received very positive feedback from the mission participants: "... While I have had some great experiences with trade missions in the past; Canada (twice) Chile, China, South Africa and Mozambique etc.; I have to say that this was the most well organized, most thoroughly vetted and best run mission to date." |
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Region of South Moravia puts EasyLink in charge of organizing a business mission to Estonia and Latvia
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| Completion: |
2008 - 11 |
| Target markets: |
EE&LV |
| Objective: |
In order to promote and boost export volume and reputation of the region in the Baltic countries, the Region of South Moravia assigned EasyLink with conducting a profound market research aimed at identification of potential partners for 6 South Moravian companies from various industries, presenting them partnership opportunities offered by the participating companies and arranging meetings with entities with confirmed interest further discussion. Apart from business "matchmaking", EasyLink was in charge of all the organizational and logistics arrangements including transport, lodging or interpretation services for mission participants who included regional government officials and business representatives. |
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For each participating company a customized market research was conducted by EasyLink's local consultants who identified and approached over 270 potential partners and arranged 50 meetings with relevant managers. EasyLink also arranged media coverage through a round table with local Chamber of commerce representatives and journalists. |
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Multi-sector trade mission to Prague and Bratislava for companies from South Tirol, November 2008
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| Completion: |
2008 - 11 |
| Target markets: |
CZ&SK |
| Objective: |
EasyLink was commissioned to prepare a trade mission to the Czech Republic and Slovakia for a group of companies from South Tirol. |
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We conducted customized market research and partner selection to set up 47 face-to-face meetings, provided all related assistance including venue selection and booking, made travel arrangements and organized a briefing and group networking events. All mission participants were accompanied to their meetings by EasyLink's staff to provide in-market support. |
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Virginia multi-sector trade mission to Prague and Budapest, June 2008
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| Completion: |
2008 - 06 |
| Target markets: |
CZ&HU |
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Once again, EasyLink was commissioned to prepare a trade mission to the CEE region - this time to the Czech Republic and Hungary - led by the Virginia Economic Development Partnership. |
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The scope of work included all in-market services, from customized market research and partner selection to setting up individual meetings, as well as organizing all related assistance, including venue selection and booking, travel arrangements, briefing, group networking and other events. For the 4 mission participants EasyLink scheduled a total of 40 meetings in both countries leading to immediate business opportunities. One of the participants even signed a distributorship agreement with a local company less than two months (!) after the mission. All the mission participants praised EasyLink team for great service and invaluable market support. |
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Region of South Moravia puts EasyLink in charge of organizing a business mission to Slovenia
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| Completion: |
2008 - 06 |
| Target markets: |
SI |
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In order to promote and boost export volume and reputation of the region, the Region of South Moravia led a multi-sector mission for 6 companies to Slovenia. EasyLink was requested to identify potential partners, introduce the mission participants to them and arrange one-to-one meetings. In addition, EasyLink was asked to arrange all organizational and logistics aspects including transport, lodging and interpretation. |
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For each mission participant an individual market research was conducted by EasyLink's consultants who approached over 150 potential partners and arranged 25 meetings with their decision makers. EasyLink also arranged for media coverage, organizing a round table with local Chamber of commerce representatives and journalists. |
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Multi-sector trade mission to Prague and Bratislava for companies from South Tirol, April 2008
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| Completion: |
2008 - 04 |
| Target markets: |
CZ&SK |
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EasyLink was commissioned to prepare a trade mission to the Czech Republic and Slovakia for a group of companies organized by EOS. |
| Results: |
For each of the four participants we carried customized market research and partner selection and set up one-to-one meetings in both countries. We also organized all related assistance, including venue selection and booking, travel arrangements, briefing and group networking events. All mission participants were accompanied to their meetings by EasyLink's staff to provide in-market support. |
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EasyLink organizes a trade mission to Romania led by the Region of South Moravia
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| Completion: |
2007 - 11 |
| Target markets: |
RO |
| Objective: |
EasyLink was commissioned to organize a trade mission for 7 South Moravian companies across various sectors to Romania in November 2007. |
| Results: |
EasyLink's team in Romania interviewed over 130 potential partners and set up 40 meetings with relevant managers. EasyLink also made all logistics and media coverga arrangements. |
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Region of South Moravia again relied on EasyLink to organize its trade mission - this time to the Netherlands
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| Completion: |
2007 - 10 |
| Target markets: |
NL |
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EasyLink won a public tender to fully organize a business mission for South Moravian companies, starting with recruitment and leading up to post-event evaluation of business results generated by its participants. |
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EasyLink put together a group of 6 qualified and interesting participants. We then conducted tailor-made research for each one of them, using our own in-market consultants in the Netherlands. Prior to the mission, EasyLink held a workshop to brief all participants about the Dutch business environment and to provide them hints on doing business with the Dutch. Then, we held a 2-day visit to the Netherlands filled up with individual meetings for each participant. The event also included a dinner with top representatives of the Czech Embassy and the Utrecht province. In total, EasyLink communicated with 205 Dutch companies, and arranged 29 relevant meetings. All 6 participants valued the mission very positively, and 3 expected sales in near future. All six companies would happily consider joining another trade mission, especially if organized by EasyLink Business Services. |
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Malta Enterprise hired EasyLink to organize a 5-day trade mission to Warsaw (Poland) and Moscow (Russia)
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| Completion: |
2007 - 09 |
| Target markets: |
PL&RU |
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The client recruited a group of Maltese businesses interested in establishing partnerships with Polish and Russian customers, distributors and in some cases potential suppliers. The visit was planned for the last week of September 2007, and each company was expecting to have at least 6 meetings in each destination. |
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EasyLink conducted tailored market research for each of the participants, typically contacting 25-40 prospective partners in each country and evaluating prospects of potential partnership through several levels of contacts with their managers. As a result, 6-7 meetings were arranged for each mission member in each city, and travel, interpretation and other required arrangements were made to allow for a smooth and productive market visit. Feedback was largely positive. |
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Virginia multi-sector trade mission to Prague, June 2007
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| Completion: |
2007 - 06 |
| Target markets: |
CZ |
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As in previous years, EasyLink was contracted by the Virginia Economic Development Partnership to co-organize its trade mission to the Czech Republic and Poland in June 2007. The scope of work included all in-market services, from customized market research and partner selection to setting up individual meetings, as well as organizing all related assistance, including venue selection and booking, travel arrangements, briefing and group networking events. |
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The 5 participating companies held a total of 30 highly relevant meetings in Prague and in other cities of the Czech Republic, and the whole visit was assessed as very successful and productive by the majority of the participants. |
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Lisburn City Council leads a trade mission from Northern Ireland to Prague, Czech Republic
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| Completion: |
2007 - 05 |
| Target markets: |
CZ |
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EasyLink partnered with a Northern Ireland's consultancy to provide a one-stop solution to the Lisburn City Council wishing to support local companies interested in starting business in the Czech Republic. |
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The project deliverables spanned from mission member recruitment, launch seminar, and one-to-one export consultancy to fully customized individual market research and targeting, and preparation of meeting itineraries with pre-selected relevant local partners. The actual visit included a country briefing, 4-8 meetings for each mission member, on-site support (accompaniment, interpretation, consultancy), and other related services (venue booking, accommodation, travel arrangements). |
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VIP business delegation from Bielefeld, Germany meeting top businessmen in Prague
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| Completion: |
2007 - 03 |
| Target markets: |
CZ |
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A group of leading business people from Germany (state of Northrhine-Westfalia) intends to come to Prague to meet with top local managers and discuss potential cooperation. |
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EasyLink arranged targeted individual meetings for each of the 5 delegation members, including top-level managers at Prague's largest hospital Motol, Prague's leading facility management company, largest agricultural university, a key medium-sized brewery and a major manufacturing company of tanks and silos. The meetings resulted in specific agreements on partnership and cooperation. |
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Multi-sector trade mission to Prague and Bratislava for companies from Spain
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| Completion: |
2006 - 04 |
| Target markets: |
CZ&SK |
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EasyLink's task was to arrange targeted appointments for 4 companies - 3 real estate businesses and an exporter of dried nuts. |
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For this 4-day mission in April 2006, EasyLink's consultants prepared 3 separate itineraries for each country (two real estate companies attended the same meetings in both markets); the mission participants held altogether 34 meetings. |
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Organizing a trade mission to Varna, Bulgaria
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| Completion: |
2005 - 10 |
| Target markets: |
BG |
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EasyLink was commissioned to organize a trade mission led by the Region of South Moravia. |
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For the 3-day event altogether 39 meetings were scheduled for 8 participating companies active in construction, R&D and testing and sale of office supplies, environmental technologies and engineering. EasyLink also organized a country briefing, business luncheon and press conference. |
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Trade mission to Poland
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| Completion: |
2005 - 10 |
| Target markets: |
PL |
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We were commissioned to organize a trade mission to Warsaw and Krakow for 11 companies from Iceland involved in the manufacture and distribution of pharmaceuticals, information and communication technologies, infrastructure (cable & pipe-laying contractor), travel and tourism, airlines and food processing technologies. |
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EasyLink organized a total of 65 targeted business meetings as well as a series of accompanying events such as country briefing, workshop, business seminar, dinner reception, company site visits and sightseeing tours. |
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Trade mission of watch suppliers from Hong Kong to the Czech Republic, October 2005
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| Completion: |
2005 - 10 |
| Target markets: |
CZ |
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This time EasyLink was requested by Hong Kong Trade Development Council to organize a trade mission for 14 producers of watches & clocks. |
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We arranged the following events: country briefing, business dinner/reception, site visits, sightseeing and most importantly, a business matchmaking session during which the mission participants held a total of 46 meetings with prospective buyers (identified, approached and evaluated by EasyLink). |
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Trade mission of companies from Hong Kong to Prague, September 2005
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2005 - 09 |
| Target markets: |
CZ |
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Hong Kong Trade Development Council commissioned EasyLink with turnkey organization of a buying trade mission for 18 suppliers of electronics, houseware, toys and gifts. |
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The events EasyLink organized included country briefing, business dinner/reception, site visits, sightseeing and a business & matchmaking session. The mission participants held 82 meetings with prospective buyers from across the Czech Republic. |
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Organizing a textile industry trade mission to the Czech Republic
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2003 - 11 |
| Target markets: |
CZ |
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EasyLink was commissioned to organize a textile industry trade mission to the Czech Republic in November 2003. |
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EasyLink's consultants identified and approached potential local partners and/or customers for individual trade mission participants. Relevant decision makers within the closely pre-selected Czech companies were presented the event and proposed a meeting with one or more Turkish companies (based on Turkish firm's request and Czech firm's profile and interests), and invited to a personal meeting. EasyLink then supervised the meetings in the Marriott Hotel in Prague. EasyLink provided each Turkish participant with personalized schedule of meetings and detailed company profiles in printed form. |
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Please contact us for a full list of all trade missions completed in Central & Eastern Europe by EasyLink Business Services since 2000.
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