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Trade Show Interviews
Service providers for hotels and resorts poured in Caribbean Motors today for the Belize Hotel Association Allied Trade show. The event was much bigger than last year's at the Biltmore due to its success. Jomarie Lanza was there and here's what she reported.
It's the second Belize Hotel Association Allied Trade show, connecting their members to service providers that cater to the industry.
Keisha Reyes, Membership and Services Coordinator, BHA
"So the Allied Trade Show is mostly for our members to network with each other as well as others in the hotel industry as well as the tourism industry on a whole so we want them to be able to get their goods their products and their services into more hotels, hopefully more hotels and also different companies here in Belize as well so networking is the main focus for the Allied Trade show."
The expo has grown since its first year, and with 37 booths, they moved to a larger venue this year.
Keisha Reyes, Membership and Services Coordinator, BHA
"So this year is our second year last year we had it, it was much smaller so this year we have more members that wanted to participate, so that's why we are having it here at Caribbean motors."
"So since the first one many of our members gave us feedback as they were able to build better business relationships with members as well as persons from outside that were invited. And another thing they got more exposure for their products and services."
Networking and product exposure are what participants showed up for. West a variety of services on display, ranging from shipping to printing and even hotel/resort improvement.
Karima Vasquez, Sales Representative, Belize Ship Handlers
"Well we are trying to get the information out about the services we offer because we ship weekly from Miami to Belize and we have small package rates that we offer, especially the small businesses where you can order upon your customers request and from there, it would be very cost-effective to bring it in from our Miami warehouse under Carib Trans Logistics. What we are trying to promote as well as the 30 days consolidation, which is absolutely free so you can take advantage of that."
"So today we are basically highlighting the Angelus Press Limited printing so with that we are here to show off all the different spectrum that comes with us being also a printing company as well so right now we have our calendar scenes for 2025 this year. It is a partnership with BTB that we have done so that is something that we are promoting as well and just encouraging businesses or just the public in general to come out and see what we can offer them when it comes to printing and what there is to do with printing as well."
Sal Magana, Sales Consultant, Design Depot
"So being an allied member with this expo we came out to represent what we are Design Depot we provide everything finishing for homes and resorts so when it comes to paint, Sherwin Williams Paint, tiles, the brand Kohler, and the brand GE providing that to our allies. So we just came here to represent Design Depot showing what we have to offer and trying to inform them that Design Depot is here and we are offering some of the best products at great prices and with the best technical support we can offer."
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