IPD - Import Promotion Desk

🚩 Let’s go! Ready for day 2 at World Travel Market (WTM) London 2024 Small Booth, huge impact! Yesterday, the wtm in London has started and today the IPD team welcomes you to our stand again. 📍 You can find us in the experience hall, stand S3-610. 🤝 Connect with our sustainable tourism partners from 🇪🇨, 🇹🇳, 🇳🇵, 🇱🇰, 🇲🇼 and 🇺🇿, all committed to making a positive impact. Our selected partner companies are redefining luxury with authentic encounters and nature-based experiences! 🌿✨ Inclusive adventure tourism providers also ensure that these immersive adventures are accessible to everyone, including those with disabilities! 👉 Discover exciting birdwatching, culinary trekking adventures, unique lodgings, eco-friendly safaris and so much more! We can’t wait to see you there! Check out our brochure for more details: https://lnkd.in/eHUkt3t4 Or contact IPD expert Marius Thuemmrich

🚀#InternationalFloricultureTradeFair (IFTF) 2024: Network and discover exceptional flowers! Are you attending the IFTF today - on November 6? Make the most of your visit! 🌱 Visit the IPD stand B4.20 for our NETWORKING EVENT 🤝 🕔 at 5 pm. Here you can learn more about the IPD concept, sourcing strategy and selection criteria, and talk to our experts and the companies in the IPD programme in a relaxed atmosphere. We look forward to seeing you! For more information contact IPD expert Dr. Andreas Gemählich Lucy Matthewson, Matthias Hucke; Milco Rikken

🎉 Today, International Floriculture Trade Fair (#IFTF) opened its doors. Splendour is the name of the game at the IPD stand at the show! With exotic flowers from Colombia, plus Ecuadorian roses🌹, Kenyan summer flowers 🌞, we bring colour and diversity to the show. AND you have the chance to see the highlight of the IPD stand - and possibly the entire trade fair: the ‘Flor de Inírida’ ! 🌺 This unique flower with its characteristic heads is cultivated by our partner ´Liwi Flor Eterna’", the first and only company to offer these special, long-lasting cut flowers from its own cultivation. ✨ Come along, meet new producers, experience the quality firsthand, learn about the benefits of direct trade, and discuss your individual requirements! We look forward to your visit: 📍 IPD Stand B4.20 Or contacr IPD expert Dr. Andreas Gemählich

❓ How often is a new product introduced in your industry? I'm not talking about a new variety or variation of an existing product, but something completly new. In cut flowers, that rarely ever happens. ✨ That's why I'm certain that the Flor de Inírida from the Colombian grower Liwi will be the big star of IFTF, that opens its doors today. Already during the set up of our stand, a lot of the florists passing by were asking questions about this cute red spiky flower. 🌍 When I first went to visit the company together with Matthias Hucke last year, my Colombian friends asked me what the heck I'm doing in Inírida. It's a remote - but hauntingly beautiful - place in the Colombian region Guainía, close to the border with Venezuela. Employment opportunities are scarce. Liwi took the endangered Guacamaya Superba plant and over years developed a method to propagate it. The company is remarkable case of the combination of sustainable production, biodiversity protection and economic development. 🇪🇺 Now they're finally able to market in Europe! I'm very proud to be part of their journey and look forward to introducing you to the company and Lucas toledo on the IPD - Import Promotion Desk booth B4.20. Thanks to my partners at PROCOLOMBIA Walter Castaño Giraldo, Christian Mauricio Garcia Alvarez and Jhazzbleidy Jaimes for introducing us. We'll also have many more "star" companies at our booth representing a large range of summer flowers, roses, tropical flowers, foliage, hydrangeas and more from Colombia, Kenya and Ecuador!

Food ingredients Europe is around the corner and the IPD has prepared some tasty surprises for you!   📅 From 19 - 21 November 2024 the leading global food ingredients event will once again take place in Frankfurt. Make sure you plan a visit to the IPD stand 4.1D81!   15 evaluated suppliers of natural ingredients from 11 partner countries await you there.     They will be bringing more than 100 natural ingredients products to the show, including highlights such as:   🇰🇪 The natural colorant bixin, obtained from the seeds of the annatto tree from Kenya. 🇲🇬 Moringa from Madagascar which can be used in cosmetics, pharmaceuticals or as a dietary supplement. 🇪🇨 Macambo, the fruit of the jaguar tree which is native to the tropical regions of South and Central America and is often referred to as the "white cacao fruit".   But also: ✔ Dried fruit and vegetables – from apples to tomatoes ✔ Natural powders, for example from bananas, quinoa or sweet potatoes ✔ Extracts from many plants from around the world ✔ and much more! You can see for yourself: our booth at FiE 2024 is a real treasure trove for all importers of natural ingredients that you shouldn’t miss.     📍 Stop by our stand 4.1D81 and discover the unsurpassable variety of natural ingredients!   For a little sneak peek, download our free exhibitor brochure here. 👉 https://lnkd.in/eKemzCw7   Or contact IPD expert María Paula Gómez S

🌟 Grateful for Positive Feedback! 🌟 « I would like to express my sincere gratitude for the opportunity to be a part of the group of enterprises selected to work with the IPD team. It was an immensely profitable and enriching experience for our company, and I truly appreciate the dedication and support provided throughout the program.” I just received this nice feedback from Johanna Ibujes Andrade one of the IPD - Import Promotion Desk participants to the Export Market Orientation Mission (EMOM) Fruit Attraction 2024 📒 EMOMs aim at updating the companies on market requirements and trends as well as guiding them in sharpening their export market strategies. The focus is less on immediately selling and more on learning, getting to know the EU market . 🙌A big thank you to all our participants for their dedication and enthusiasm. 🙂 Thank you also to Arno van der Maden for the great coaching and trainings given to the companies ,and to  Mario Martínez Calleja ! Gracias Mercamadrid, S.A. for the guided visit and Grupo Plátanos López for receiving us ! IPD - Import Promotion Desk Daniel Oppermann Thomas Derstadt #PositiveFeedback #frechproduce #IPD

Would you like to connect with evaluated and sustainable tourism companies at World Travel Market (WTM) London from 5-7 November 2024?   📍 Then meet us at our IPD stand: S3-610   We will introduce you to 18 reliable IPD tourism partners who offer unique tourism experiences! For example, you can look forward to: 🌿 Quinti offers sensory tours that engage all five senses - taste, touch, sound, sight, and smell. Their inclusive approach creates enriching experiences for travellers with and without disabilities.   🤝 #LatinAmericaForAll: A pioneer in accessible tourism across Latin America! With over 15 years of experience, they offer safe and accessible adventures to iconic destinations like the Galapagos, Machu Picchu, and Patagonia, plus wildlife experiences in private reserves in the Amazon.   ✨ WildyNess from Tunisia, specialising in authentic, high-impact travel experiences. From cooking classes in the medina of Tunis to desert nights with nomads, they offer over 100 activities that celebrate Tunisia’s cultural heritage. As a TO DO Award 2025 finalist, they’re a must-see!   For more details about our partner companies from Ecuador, Malawi, Nepal, Tunisia, Sri Lanka, and Uzbekistan, check out our exhibitor brochure 👉 https://lnkd.in/eHUkt3t4   Or contact IPD expert Marius Thuemmrich.   🌟 See you in London!

🇪🇨 Back from Ecuador and Ecuador in Europe! 📍 Two weeks ago, I was in Ecuador with European importers to visit Expo Flor Ecuador and IPD’s new partner companies. 🙌 And I have to say, I was really impressed! After only the first few months in our program, I could already see great developments at the farms. I am very happy with the growers that Matthias Hucke and I selected during our visit back in May. For example, we started working with one of only two Lisianthus growers in Ecuador. Flores de Tumbabiro is currently building up a premium line specifically for the European market. 🌹 But also our new rose growers, Blumexpression, Golden Stems and Rose Success have to offer great quality product. 💡 And the good news is, you don’t have to travel to Ecuador to meet these suppliers, IPD - Import Promotion Desk is bringing them to #IFTF in two weeks 😊 You can find their profile (and many other farms) in our brochure: https://lnkd.in/eUsANUNH Contact me if your interested in meeting one of our suppliers or just visit our booth at B4.20 from November 6-8.

Special flowers, special contacts! 📢 International Floriculture Trade Fair (IFTF) 📅 05.11. - 07.11.2024 The "Flor de Inírida" and 15 evaluated cut flower growers from Colombia, Ecuador, and Kenya await you at the IPD booth. 🌟 An absolute highlight at the IFTF will be the "Flor de Inirida". 🇨🇴 IPD is bringing a flower farm from Colombia to the trade fair that offers this unique flower - the so called "eternal flower"! The "Flor de Inirida" is characterised by its bright red and white heads. The endemic flower grows in a harsh environment and can survive droughts and floods. And that's just the beginning of your floral journey of discovery at 📍 the IPD stand B4.20. 🇰🇪 Summer flowers from Kenya Alstroemerias, Hypericum, Anigozanthos (kangaroo paw), Echinacea, Carthamus, or Limonium from Kenya will also light up the IPD stand. 🇪🇨 Our Ecuadorian partners supply numerous rose varieties of outstanding quality with strong stems, large flower heads in intense colours, including magnificent garden roses and coloured roses. You can find a first overview of the product range in our brochure 👉 https://lnkd.in/dPhS6aAi Or contact IPD expert Dr. Andreas Gemählich

✨ Just back from inspiring days at the SIAL trade fair in Paris, and I’m still buzzing with ideas and new connections! One of my highlights was moderating the panel at our IPD #Women_in_Global_Trade kick-off event on Sunday. What a powerful moment! 🌍💼 Our mission at IPD - Import Promotion Desk is clear: to provide targeted support for women in global trade, and build a network where women can connect, empower, and elevate each other. Seeing exporters, importers, and business support organizations come together for this cause was truly motivating. We had the privilege of hearing from three incredible women, each sharing their personal journeys: - Yvette Tetteh, CEO & Co-Founder of Pure&Just (Ghana): Talked about reshaping female leadership, stressing that women don’t need to conform to traditional leadership roles. Yvette also reminded us to celebrate the journey, not just the results. Her belief that top-down interventions in female empowerment aren’t always effective resonated deeply. - Madurika Menikpura, Assistant Director, Sri Lankan Export Development Board: Highlighted the crucial role of governments in supporting female entrepreneurs and providing gender-sensitive services. Sri Lanka, with its history of female prime ministers and women in key roles at the EDB, serves as a powerful example. - Mariana Zamora, International Purchaser at Naturkost Übelhör (Germany): Shared her personal battle with gender bias when moving to Germany and applying as a mother for full-time positions. Mariana also stressed the importance of private-sector initiatives - importers can drive change by creating more opportunities for female producers in the Global South. The panel was so engaging that it flew by—and from the feedback, it could have gone much longer! Thank you to these remarkable women for sharing their wisdom. 🙏 I’m leaving Paris excited for the future of Women in Global Trade and what’s to come. Stay tuned for more initiatives that will further strengthen this global movement! 💪🌏 If you would like to know more about IPD’s support for women in business, have a look on our website: https://lnkd.in/eE-3Vgif