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WTC Beirut offers its members a wide range of facilities
and services that are essential for prospering in the
international trade field. Since WTC services are reciprocal,
members can access them at all operating WTCs around
the world.
These services and facilities are more thoroughly detailed
in the below listing:
WTCA Online:
The WTCA's e-presence through its website (http://www.wtca.org)
is a one-stop trade information hub for posting and
reviewing trade opportunities, and for communicating
easily with newly found business prospects. Its strength
comes from the combined power of nearly 300 WTCs producing
trade leads and other vital information.
Business Services:
A WTC offers both local and international business communities
a range of business services, which include: Short-term
& long-term office space, telecommunications services,
secretarial services, translation services, Virtual
Office, copy/graphics capabilities, and video-conferencing.
Trade Information Services:
A WTC offers pertinent, up-to-date and reliable
trade information related to the region it serves, as
well as a tailored research for specific markets. In
this capacity, a WTC is nothing less than a specialized
and a comprehensive trade library that provides and
interprets data on market conditions, local products
and services, government regulations, business culture,
and essential business contacts.
Trade Education Services:
A WTC provides practical international trade education
services addressing key local and global business issues.
Trade Education is offered through: Seminars, workshops,
lectures, conferences, certified courses.
Also among our services are online education programs
with prominent educational institutions such as Harvard
University and Columbia University.
Trade Missions:
A WTC organizes trade mission programs which provide
value-added and useful methods proven to be very effective
when it comes to promoting the interests of the business
community in the WTC region.
These programs can be of two kinds:
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Inbound, reception of visiting overseas missions.
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Outbound, visiting overseas markets.
Trade Fairs and Trade Marts:
Supported by professional staff and geared to take advantage
of the prime location that a WTC provides, WTCs play
a leading role in hosting trade oriented events. Furthermore,
WTCs have a year round display space, for local products
and services.
Business Tourism:
It is an online service for business travelers developed
by the WTCA (www.biztourism.com). The main concept behind
it, is to provide low-cost business travel. Biztourism.com
can help you to stay, drive, and fly when you travel.
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