Laredo Welcomes Mexican Tour, Conference Groups
Written by Post Public Information Representative, Apr 13, 2010, 0 Comments
Courtesy Xochitl Mora,
Bureau staff busy providing services
Conference Group
April 12, 2010– Laredo welcomes conference executive staff and attendees to the COMCE Noreste’s International
Customs, Logistics and Security Forum slated for this Wednesday, April 14 through Thursday, April 15, 2010, at the Laredo Country Club. The conference group is slated to have approximately 250 attendees from throughout northern Mexico focusing on topics of interest for their members in the exporting and importing industry and the Port of Laredo.
The Mexican Foreign Trade Council of the Northeast is a non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion and development of foreign trade between the United States and Mexico. The Laredo Convention and Visitors Bureau (LCVB) will be facilitating the first day of media briefings. Media availability continues on the second day of the conference at the same time, conference staff will facilitate any inquiries on the second day of the event. Contact Yvet Aldana, COMCE Noreste, by cellular phone at 14-76-6644 (Mexico) or Nextel radio at 62*142868*1.
Tour Group
A second group pulls into Laredo all the way from Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico on Thursday, April 15 through Saturday, April 17, 2010. This is the second of a series of student groups that have been hosted by the Laredo CVB. Organized by tour operator, Margarita de la Torre in Zapopan, Jalisco, and Laredo CVB staff and its satellite office staff from Casa Laredo in Monterrey, the students have an interest in international trade careers. They are currently enrolled at the Universidad del Valle de Atemajac, (UNIVA) Guadalajara, Jalisco. There will be approximately 25 students on this trip. They will be visiting various areas in Laredo and Nuevo Laredo, including port offices and Texas A&M International University.
“Laredo’s and Nuevo Laredo’s port status and trade handling community were very attractive to this particular tour operator and she thought to put together student focused tours to view this particular industry up close,” stated Laredo CVB Acting Director Blasita J. Lopez. “The first student group that we hosted from Guadalajara with this tour operator was in November 2009 and we are looking forward to having other similar groups in the near future.”
Laredo CVB staff in Monterrey and Laredo were able to assist both groups with planning their accommodations, meeting space, transportation, itinerary development, welcome packets and small souvenirs as well as staffing their events while they are in Laredo.
