IFE AMERICAS SHOW A SUCCESS!

News Date January 07, 2008

       The Miami Beach Convention Center was thriving with trade and culture October 29 to 31, 2007, at the 10th IFE Americas Food & Beverage show as hundreds of buyers and suppliers came together to promote new food and beverage products and increase business deals through hands on, face-to-face promotion. Sponsored by the World Trade Center Miami and Montgomery International, the IFE Americas event is a unique mixing bowl for food trade in the Western hemisphere. The USA Pavilion at IFE Americas is sponsored by NASDA and Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS). While capitalizing on Miami's status as a regional trade hub and the center of the lucrative cruise business, the event also provides access to Caribbean, Central American, South American, Canadian, Mexican, and U.S. buyers. 
       "The show is a very good Latin American lead for us. It's very beneficial to our business and expanding our worldwide sales network. This is an excellent place to crack the barrier of international business without traveling to those [individual] countries." said Terry Jones of Jack Link's Beef Jerky in Wisconsin. 
       In addition to the USA pavilion, the IFE Americas event attracts exhibitors from 33 countries, and visitors from the entire Western hemisphere and as far away as China. 
       "We didn't know what to expect when we exhibited for the first time at the IFE Americas Show in November 2006. The show has translated into new sales and new distributors. The IFE Americas Show fits perfectly into our export marketing plan." said Courtenay Carr Russo with Tropical Delight Daiquiries, Inc.
       The USA Pavilion at IFE Americas Food & Beverage Show continues to present exhibitors with new perspectives on the global marketplace and helps them gain valuable exposure to the Caribbean, South America, Central America, Canada, and Mexico.  Exhibitors recruited to the USA pavilion by NASDA and individual state departments of agriculture benefit from a turn-key exhibitor package, pre-arranged meetings with buyers and a slate of educational programs.
       The 11th IFE Americas Food & Beverage show will be held September 24 to 26, 2008, at the Miami Beach Convention Center. For more information please visit http://www.nasdatradeshows.org or http://www.nasda.org. (Contact Megan McDonald or DeWitt Ashby)