Business Expo: Highlights for local shopping
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The 1998 Chamber of Commerce Business Expo is organised by volunteer members of a Chamber task force which includes: • Chairperson, Mr. Woody Foster (Foster's Food Fair); • Vice Chairperson, Mr. John Wilks (Z99.9 FM); Mr. Christopher Galbraith (Advantage Graphics Advertising and Design Ltd.); Mrs. Tracy Burns (Foster Brothers Ltd.);
Mrs. Jacqueline Baldwin (Blackbeard's Liquor); Mr. K. Parker Tibbetts Jr. (Associated Industries); Mrs. Pam Parson (Worldwide Refinishing Systems Ltd.);
Site Coordinator, Mr. Howie Tipton (Lions Community Centre); and Events Coordinator, Mrs. Gwen Davis (Chamber of Commerce).
The Lions Community Centre will be transformed into a consumer marketplace with 68 booths in the main hall, 10 inside the airconditioned club house, and four in the airconditioned dressing rooms behind the stage.
The Expo will kick off with the grand ceremony and a "Business After Hours" event on Thursday, 24 September, for Chamber members only. The event is sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce; British Caymanian Insurance Company Ltd.; Car City; the Cayman Islands Restaurant Association; Jacques Scott & Co.; Bodden Beverages; Tortuga Rum Company; Cayman Distributors; Blackbeards Liquor CI Rum; and Mike's Ice.
On Friday, the Expo will be open from noon until 4 pm, with a "Business to Business" event between 4-9 pm. The public is welcome to attend. Raffles will be drawn throughout the day. The Expo will also be open to the general public from 10 am until 6 pm on Saturday. Food and drinks will be on sale.
Companies that have reserved booths at this year's expo are: British Caymanian InsuranceCompany Ltd.
Car City
Ace Paint Barclays Bank PLC
Associated Industries
Jacques Scott
Stereo City
Mike's Ice Island Electronics
Vision Marketing
Worldwide Refinishing
Systems Ltd.
Cable & Wireless
Foster Brothers Ltd.
Onions Bouchard & McCulloch (OBM)
Blackbeard's Liquor
Cayman Business Forms
Marine Power
Xanadu Distributing Co. Ltd.
ERA Cayman Paradise Realty Ltd.
CITN Tortuga Rum Company
Cayman Yellow Pages
On-Line
Z99.9 FM • Silvanaus Technology
• Dolphin Supply
• Best Buy Imports
• Exclusively Yours by Avon
• Fabri-Zone Cleaning Systems
• Cayman Flooring Specialists
• Green Thumb Nursery & Landscaping Lifestyles
• ST Bodden Construction
• Caribbean Creative Concepts
• CTI Cayman
• Paramount Carpets
• ICCI
• Peter White Holdings Ltd.
• Rapid Photo
Attendees can enter to win a seven-day, all-expensepaid trip to Las Vegas, plus many other prizes. Stop by the Chamber booth for more information.
