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Article: TAMPA an international HUB.
- Article from:
- Revista Latin Trade
- Article date:
- July 1, 1999
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WITH ITS AWARD-WINNING AIRPORT, BUSTLING seaport and cosmopolitan atmosphere, Tampa is the international business center for Florida's Gulf Coast.
"We offer a number of advantages to companies in Latin America and the Caribbean doing business in the United States," says Don Barber, president of the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce. "Our transportation facilities, manufacturing and service expertise, and high-quality workforce are tremendous assets for international companies."
Located on Florida's west coast, Tampa and surrounding Hillsborough County have a population of 934,000. Overall, the Tampa metropolitan area has 2.25 million residents and ranks ...