Exhibition for a New Business
Franchising EXPO 2010
26-27 November, National Palace of Culture, Sofia
The second exhibition for new business in Bulgaria was held in Sofia on 26-27 of November in the National Palace of Culture. The visitors at Franchising Expo 2010, over 2700 entrepreneurs from all over the country, learned about the opportunities to start own business offered by over 50 international and Bulgarian franchise systems. Official partners of the exhibition were Eurofootball bookmaker and Investor.bg. General sponsor of Franchising Expo for a second consecutive year was Subway, Franchise №1 in the world according to Entrepreneur Magazine.
On the first day of the event the conference “Franchising business” took place with lecturers - international specialists in franchising and their Bulgarian colleagues. Among them were Tony Fitzpatrick – member of the Board of Directors of the Irish Franchise Association, Sotiris Yannakakis, Master in franchise law from Harvard University and General Manager of the Greek Franchise Association, Kalin Ganev, Marketing Director of Eurofootball. Also, Constantin Anton. President of the Romanian Franchise Association and First Vice President of the Black Sea Franchise Association, as well as David Holland, CEO of ActionCOACH, the biggest company for business coaching in the world with over 1000 offices in 32 countries.
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Franchising EXPO 2009
The first franchising exhibition in Bulgaria
After a year-long preparation and despite the economic recession, FRANCHSING EXPO 2009 took place on 2-3 November. The interest in the exhibition was great – in front of more than 2000 visitors in the Royal Hall of Sheraton Hotel, Sofia, 37 brands presented the opportunities they offer for starting an independent business. Alongside with the Bulgarian franchises, companies from the USA, Australia, Romania, Poland, Portugal, Greece, Italy, France, Russia and Spain took participation as well.
During the first day of the exhibition the conference “FRANCHISE BUSINESS IN BULGARIA” took place. It was attended by over 200 people – owners and managers of small and medium- sized companies from all over Bulgaria, representatives of the exhibitors, potential franchisees, specialists and experts in the field of franchising.
