Portugal shines in the US

A three-day US roadshow ‘Living in Portugal’ organised by the Open Media Group and which ran on Thursday, February 9 and Saturday, February 11 was a “great success” according to Bruce Hawker, the publishing group’s CEO.

The event in Los Angeles and San Francisco provided Californians interested in moving to Portugal or investing in the country with the opportunity to meet face-to-face with representatives of 14 companies from Portugal.
A total of 688 people registered to attend the events, ensuring a healthy turn-out with all the participating companies reporting serious interest from potential customers.
The events started with a welcome dinner hosted by Open Media in Los Angles for 40 guests, including representatives of the companies taking part in the roadshow and attended by Portugal’s Honorary Consul for Los Angles, Paulo Menezes.
The companies taking part were: Medal (insurance), Blacktower (finance and tax), The Sovereign Group (residency), Casas do Barlavento (estate agents), Ombria Resort (developers), Quinta do Lago (developers), Martinhal Group (developers), CMS (law), BlueCrow (investment funds), Dengun (tech), Castelhana (real estate), Fine & Country (Real estate), Currencies 4 You (Forex) and the Kronos Group (developers).
The success of these first US events cements Open Media’s plans to hold further roadshow events in the US this year, in June and October.
In the meantime, back on the ground here in Portugal, the company’s next ‘Living in Portugal’ roadshow will be in Lisbon and Cascais on March 31 and April 1 – events will take place at the Altis Grande Hotel in Lisbon and the Grande Real Villa Itália Hotel in Cascais, respectively. Whilst a total of five ‘Living in the Algarve’ events are scheduled to take place across the region starting on April 19 at the Tivoli Carvoeiro Hotel.
The Estoril-based Brightman Group with its partners is gearing up for a similar roadshow, this time on the other side of the southern United States in Miami Florida.
The roadshows are scheduled to take place on February 28 at the iconic Biltmore Hotel in Miami and on March 3 at the elegant West Palm Beach Hilton.
Informational seminars will focus on attracting investors and individuals interested in moving or investing in Portugal. This premier event is sponsored by top developers, financial institutions, tax experts, Real Estate attorneys, as well as financial and currency institutions.

Speakers will include:

Patrícia Viana who coordinates the real estate practice at Abreu Advogados and the immigration law subdivision handling complex real estate transactions.

Diogo Ferreira, Atlanticorp, a Venture Capital Fund, regulated by Portuguese Securities Market Commission (CMVM), is investing in Real Estate projects, mostly Hotels, Condo-Hotels and high-quality Residences in prime locations.

Taylor Sallery, Blacktower Financial Management Group.

Brian Bernal of Currencies Direct, a foreign currency exchange and international transfer company.

Hakan Kodal and Valentina Sofijanic from OptylonKrea, Pan-Mediterranean investment management group focused on real estate and hospitality businesses with a track record of €1.8 Billion investments managed in Portugal, Turkey and Romania which manages €500 million of investments in Portugal.

Jorge Fonseca, VillaNova – a successful marketing services company that nowadays boasts a global presence with offices spanning over 8 countries and 100 cities.

Ana Damásio, Wyndham Grand Algarve which offers the property investment opportunities that are eligible under various Portuguese investment programmes and come with a guaranteed annual net return, including private apartments in Quinta do Lago, the most exclusive and sought-after location in the Algarve, Portugal.

Image courtesy of the Open Media Group