Business-To-Business Linkages

Jose A. Orozco, purchasing director at Iberostar Rose Hall Beach Spa and Resort, talks about business prospects with Marlene Porter, export development manager at JAMPRO, at the business linkages event organised by the agency at Riu Ocho Rios, St Ann, on February 11. Suppliers of manufactured goods, processed foods, farm produce and various services had the opportunity to interface directly with buyers from the accommodation and attractions subsectors of tourism, through specially designed business matchmaking meetings organised by JAMPRO at the linkages event. An exhibition of products ranging from seasoning, sauces, honey, beverages, canned goods, furniture, souvenirs and apparel to spa and body care items was mounted by the suppliers. Among the buyers who attended the event were SuperClubs, Iberostar, Goblin Hill Villas, Pipers Cove Resort, Royal Decameron Club Caribbean and Runaway Bay HEART Hotel & Training Institute. - CONTRIBUTED