CT Group Travel in conjunction with UK Trade & Investment and The Middle East Association launch a trade mission to Kurdistan. Iraq is poised to be one of the world's leading emerging markets, driven by oil revenues and economic development across the board. Part of the government's five year development plan is to attract over […]
Britain's Energy Industries Council (EIC) is organising an oil and gas trade mission to Baghdad and Basra in Iraq in October. Missioners will have the opportunity to attend organised group meetings with key local players, as well as incorporating briefing meetings presented by qualified speakers with in-market experience and the opportunity to meet with local […]
The Middle East Association, in partnership with UKTI, will be taking a Trade Mission to Jordan from 9th to 13th May. The Mission will visit Amman and facilitate exposure to important business opportunities in the Iraqi and Jordanian markets. Over 200 Iraqi companies are registered in Amman, and the city serves as the preferred residence […]
Several major multinational companies last week came to see the business opportunities in the Kurdistan Region as part of a British trade delegation. The trade mission was led by the Middle East Association (MEA), which is the UK’s leading organisation for UK-Middle East trade and has brought eight delegations to Kurdistan. Mr David Lloyd OBE, […]
Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman, the representative of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in Britain, said on Friday that the unrest in Iraqi Kurdistan would not affect British companies intending to invest in Kurdistan. Ms Rahman was accompanying a delegation of British businesses to the region, the ninth such group to visit. They have met with […]
A delegation of companies from Northern Ireland has just completed its first trade mission to Kurdistan and deemed it an excellent introduction to the region that may lead to business in the future. Seventeen companies from Northern Ireland, which is one of the autonomous regions of the UK, spent five days in Erbil and met […]
CT Business Travel, a leading UK business travel agent which recently opened an office in Iraq, has successfully hosted its first trade mission in Erbil. CT Business Travel, an expert in corporate travel is the UK’s largest organiser of trade missions, organising and managing up to 3 trade missions every week of the year in […]
The Middle East Association will be leading its ninth trade mission to Iraqi Kurdistan in Spring 2011. This will be held from 27th Feb until 4th March, with the possibility of extending a stay to coincide with the Erbil Building Exhibition (3rd - 6th March). Kurdistan is an important emerging market, and the mission will […]
American companies should invest in Iraq now to avoid losing out on opportunities to other international firms, Under Secretary of Commerce Francisco Sanchez said during a trade mission to Iraq. According to the report in Reuters, he urged corporate leaders to hurry while acknowledging that security concerns remained high. "The time is now. I think […]
Francisco Sánchez, Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, will lead a historic trade mission to Baghdad, Iraq, in October. Sánchez will accompany representatives from 14 U.S. companies on the department’s first trade mission to Iraq since the end of the U.S. combat mission in Iraq. “The U.S.-Iraq bilateral relationship is entering a new phase […]
U.S. Commerce Department said on Wednesday that it will lead an historic trade mission to Iraq in October, the first since the end of the U.S. combat mission in Iraq. Francisco Sanchez, under secretary of Commerce for International Trade, will lead the mission, which will include representatives from 15 U.S. companies including Boeing and General […]
CT Business Travel will be the first UK travel management company to open offices in Iraq. It will organise business travel to Iraq and provide local support to help minimise the risk to UK companies who are involved in re-building and improving Iraq's infrastructure. Corporate travel specialists CT Business Travel has operated a number of […]
