UBIFRANCE Launches its First Virtual Trade Show Next Week

June 10, 2011 - PRLog -- Chicago, June 10, 2011 (574 words)
UBIFRANCE is becoming the online reference for French export, extending its operations and events organized throughout its 63 offices, located in 44 countries, as well as the efforts of its partners to promote the development of French companies worldwide. UBIFRANCE’s mission is indeed to facilitate the access to foreign markets for French businesses by giving them the opportunity of increasing their exposure and generating business contacts with prospective foreign customers.

UBIFRANCE’s Trade Show will consist in five pavilions, representing the agency’s divisions:
   - Fashion, Home Décor and Health Sciences
   - Infrastructure, Transport and Industry
   - Food, Beverages and Agricultural Equipment
   - New Technologies and Services
   - As well as a UBIFRANCE pavilion

The platform will be the host to a large number of events, providing even greater visibility for UBIFRANCE’s physical shows; visitors will have a 24/7 access to both live and pre-recorded events – such as conferences, B-to-B meetings, live broadcasts of highlights, video chats, etc. – as well to the booths run by French companies, UBIFRANCE or its partners. At each booth, information and contacts forms will be available for download.

UBIFRANCE will promote online each event featured on www.ubifrance-events24.com separately, so as to generate targeted and qualified traffic, relevant to the showcased industry.

Join us on June 14 to 17, 2011 for the first series of events!
UBIFRANCE has the pleasure to invite you to the inauguration of its virtual trade show, with the following events:

The Nord-Pas-de-Calais’s “International Week”: discover what makes the region so attractive for business or leisure thanks to the complete program of conferences, workshops and contests. Over 400 visitors, coming from all around the world, are expected for the occasion. For more information please visit  www.international-week.net

The « SoFrenchSoGood » Event: come and immerse yourself in years of culinary traditions. This year, France launched a new international campaign to promote its savory French regional products worldwide and will reveal secrets dishes and recipes. Online tools are also to be developed to provide any French food lover worldwide with French restaurants locations and tips are already available for Madrid, Barcelona and Shangai. For more information, please visit www.sofrenchsogood.com

With over 160 booths, the virtual trade show will be a unique gateway to French companies, from all industries: it will be the opportunity to meet with top industry players as well as new and innovative companies. Among them will be the companies present at the Hanover Messe 2011 - the European tradeshow for industrial technologies, or at the French Tech Tour – the High Tech event in the Silicon Valley, as well as the French/Nigerian delegation and other famous events.

Registration is now open, please visit www.ubifrance-events24.com for more information.

About UBIFRANCE  
UBIFRANCE, the French agency for international business development, is an industrial and commercial public authority comes under the aegis of the Ministry for the Economy, Industry and Employment, the Secretary of State in charge of Foreign Trade, and the Directorate General of Treasury.
UBIFRANCE now possesses its own network of employees, both in France and abroad:
- 6 UBIFRANCE interregional departments, established in France and acting as local partners to the Chambers of Commerce and Industry, contribute to the recruitment of French companies with export potential.
- 63 integrated Trade Missions located in 44 countries to provide on-site support to businesses, and representing a total of over 1,400 multicultural employees devoted to supporting SMEs in their export activities.


Contact us for more information: marketingusa@ubifrance.fr