Central Luzon Investment Expo promotes viable business opportunities in Region 3

The Central Luzon Investment Expo (CLIE), the leading trade and consumer exhibition and networking event promoting top property, financial, and business investments from Central Luzon and the Philippines was recently held at Angeles City, Pampanga last December 2 to 4.

The event was organized by Mediacom Solutions Inc., a leading Philippine exhibition and conference producer in the Philippines.

According to David Abrenilla, CEO of Mediacom Solutions Inc. and CLIE Managing Director, the expo aims to provide interested investors the perfect platform to source the best and latest investment opportunities, meet face to face with decision makers, and get professional advice on what businesses should they invest at or f r an ch i se.

“The agenda of this event is to give people from Central Luzon an opportunity to see different kinds of investment opportunities. We did this event for the first time in Manila last July and we saw that it was very successful. So now, we brought it out here in the region to help entrepreneurs uplift their businesses, and help aspiring investors see what’s out there and what they can get out of it,” he said.

He noted that the CLIE gathered over 60 companies from various investment industry sectors.

Abrenilla furthered that Central Luzon is poised to become one of the country’s investment hub, with the region gaining more and more investments in the long run.

“According to the Department of Trade and Industry, Central Luzon is the third highest GDP growth dominator in the country. We see a lot of developments going on around San Fernando and Angeles City, as well as Pampanga and the whole Central Luzon in general. We can see that the growth will continue,” he said.

He concluded that his company is steadfast and committed to bringing in more investments in the region and other parts of the country.

“Mediacom Solutions has been in the exhibition business for the past four years. Other brands that we have are the Philippine SME Expo, which supports small and medium enterprises; and the Entrepreneur and Franchise Expo. Our goal is to make every Filipino lives better in a way of staging exhibitions, giving businesses an opportunity to be seen, to market their brands, and eventually become larger organizations,” he said.

For his part, exhibitor and event sponsor Edwin Lisa said that the expo is an effective and viable platform to showcase one’s business and services.

“This is our chance to gain clients and promote our business. Through this event, we can inform aspiring entrepreneurs of our concept, the products and services we of- fer, as well as the rates and how they can get in touch with us,” he said.

During the three-day event, he said he was able to showcase his makeup business and franchise Edwin Lisa Eyebrow Embroidery, a cosmetic service venture with 13 years of experience in the field of face and hair craft.