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Italian Companies Explore Sochi 2014 Opportunities

Sochi 2014 President and CEO Dmitry Chernyshenko held a round table discussion with a delegation of Italian business representatives as part of a visit by the Italian Business Mission, to explore the “unique” opportunities for international companies on offer through the Sochi 2014 Winter Games.

According to a Sochi 2014 press release, several of the companies represented have extensive Olympic experience acting as official suppliers to Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, Turin 2006 and Beijing 2008.

Sochi 2014 experts also participated in a session on how the knowledge acquired by Italian companies could enhance preparations for the 2014 Games.

Opportunities range from engineering and construction to telecommunications. The delegation will also meet with members of the Krasnodar regional government to explore potential future collaboration.

Chernyshenko said, “commercial partners of Sochi 2014 will see unique benefits through the Games, from strengthened market position and platforms for innovation, to the opportunity to help shape the economic future of perhaps the most dynamically developing region of Russia”.

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