The First Dominican Tourism, Investment and Real Estate Trade Show is being planned for 18-19 February 2005 at the Radisson Hotel & Convention Center of Miami, Florida. In view of the estimated 375,000 Dominicans living in the state of Florida, the fair seeks to increase the flow of business and trade that exists between Florida and the DR. Florida is already the main port of entry for Dominican goods to the United States.
On the program of events, is a ribbon-cutting ceremony with First Lady Margarita Cedeno and a business luncheon with a speech by Eddy Martinez of CEI-RD and Enrique Eduardo de Marchena of Asonahores. Tourism Minister Felix Jimenez will be the keynote speaker at the Dominican dinner during the event. Simon Suarez, a past president of Asonahores and CHA, will introduce him.
Co-sponsors include the Dominican Consulate in Miami, the Ministry of Tourism, the Center for Export and Investments (CEI-RD), the Association of Hotels & Restaurants (Asonahores) and the Association of Dominican Real Estate Businesses. The event also has the support of the Association of Dominican Professionals in Florida, the Dominican-American Chamber of Commerce of Florida, and the Dominican-International Chamber of Commerce of Florida. Other sponsors are Fiduciary Investor Services, the Miami Herald and American Airlines. For more information, contact the Florida Dominican Business Development Group at fla-dombusiness@dibacorp.us