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Olympic schmooze paid off big, says mayor
Lower Mainland mayors claim that wining and dining business leaders during an Olympic schmooze campaign has paid off big.
Sixty days in the $1.5 million Metro Vancouver Commerce program, Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson told media they have already exceeding their two-year goal of attracting $50 million into the local economy.
In fact, Robertson announced five deals – which he says were created or helped along by MVC – worth $62 million have already been signed and teased bigger announcements are on the horizon.
“We’re way ahead of schedule,” said Robertson. “We’re seeing the results early out of the gate here.”
Three of the deals involve European companies (Greenlight PM, Pro-Special and EPCM) opening up North American headquarters in Vancouver, while web start-up Monetime has agreed to establish their head office in the city.
The fifth deal will see Vancouver energy management company Pulse Energy license their technology in the United Kingdom.
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http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/News/local/2010/04/28/13754401.html
This seems to be a positive news but I don't know how much the Winter Games reception by the City influenced those 4 companies to decide setting up headquarters in Vancouver. They may do that even without all the media exposure Vancouver got from the Winter Games.