Testimonials

“If you asked me yesterday how my trip was to the US, I would have said OK, not great, but after all the meetings and reception in San Diego, it was wonderful.”

George Esswein, Chief Executive Officer,  Solar- Kable, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

 “Congratulations on the new International Relations Office.  The Abu Dhabi delegation you coordinated last week was impressive.  I am sure that international delegations will find great benefit in your expertise and coordination.  Receiving delegate information in advance of the arrival was detailed and helpful, and needless to say well-organized.”  

 Marilyn Hannes, Vice President of Marketing, Sea World

 “Thank you for all of your good work facilitating the recent visit of the delegation from Abu Dhabi. We receive international groups on a regular basis and one of the things missing has been the lack of consistent pre-visit preparation and coordination by any professional group. This was the best visit I have participated in and clearly your work at the WTC-SD is to be commended. Not only was this group well prepared and interesting, but it was a great fit in terms of both our interests. The success of this visit can be measured by the fact that they are returning next week to follow up on key areas of mutual interest we discovered during our discussions.”

I look forward to working with you in the future.

Again, thank you for taking the lead in this very important role in the region.”

Christina Luhn, Ph.D., Director,  MEGA Region Initiative, SDREDC

“It was a sincere pleasure to work with the World Trade Center San Diego as they facilitated meetings for a delegation from Abu Dhabi on September 28, 2009 with key community and business organizations.  We were happy to host the delegation at CONNECT office and to provide information on the formation of the innovation economy in San Diego.   The WTC demonstrated great professionalism in assisting the Abu Dhabi government to formulate a successful strategy in their future economic development.”

Camille Sobrian, Chief Operating Officer, CONNECT

“It is seldom more easy to prepare for a group like the delegation this week from Abu Dhabi- thanks to your advance communications, expectation outline and delegate information. We look forward to receiving the next group of visitors through the International Relations Office.”

Lauree Sahba, Chief Operating Officer, SDREDC

“This was a wonderful opportunity for everyone to connect and learn from each other.

Thank you for taking such a impeccable care of us all, the meeting was a great success.”

Elizabeth Goryunova, Executive Vice President & COO, World Trade Center Utah

“We are making lot of progress in terms of institutionalizing the organization and driving forward some of the initiatives. Of particular note would be the partnerships we are trying to setup with the San Diego state university and CONNECT, both of which materialized through the visit to San Diego. Further, Samvit has been in touch with Christina and they shot a video on the MEGA region effort. The video is in fact being used by the SDREDC for their internal marketing as well.
Overall, the trip has been remarkably successful and we are quite sure there will be several more partnerships and opportunities for collaboration with San Diego in the near future.
Thank you again for all your help and support.”

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