Caribbean Business Hub, the network organization with an extra touch, has held a meeting on June 27th in the heart of Rotterdam, Manhattan at the river Maas.
Nico de Visser, chairman of Caribbean Business Hub (CBH), welcomed the members and guests and made an appeal to work together and grab the chances in Europe and the Caribbean.
The program of the night was ligth so there was a lot of opportunity to network. The other founders of CBH, Germaine and Corinne Hernandez-Croes, Lionel Martijn and Georgo Müller introduced people to eachother and talked about the possibilities in the Caribbean and The Netherlands.
There were professionals in transport, entertainment, ICT, healthcare, real estate, investments, politics etc.
There were also company's which are active in Cuba, but spreading there business to the Dutch Caribbean. Mister Hubert Maduro, former member of the State Councel in the Kingdom of the Netherlands for the memberstate Aruba, attended the meeting with his wife Maxima Werleman. He stressed the importance of a strong businessclub in Europe for the Caribbean to make trade easier.
It was remarkable that the majority of the participants were optimistic about the opportunities in The Netherlands and the Caribbean, like Aruba, Curacao, Bonaire. Sint Maarten and Surinam. Interesting deals were made.
Entrepeneurs and professionals in the Caribbean, South-America and Holland can become members of this active business club and participate in the next meeting in September and/or network via internet.