LATINA Style Business Series Celebrates the 10 Year Anniversary Tour in
Atlanta, GA
WASHINGTON, June 6 /PRNewswire/ -- LATINA Style Magazine, the premier
magazine addressing the needs of established Latina & Women entrepreneurs in
the U.S., will celebrate the 2008 LATINA Style Business Series (LSBS) 10 Year
Anniversary Tour in Atlanta, GA, June 19, 2008, from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm at the
Renaissance Atlanta Hotel Downtown, 590 West Peach Tree NW, Atlanta, GA,
30308.
The LATINA Style Business Series is the most successful ongoing business
development program for Latina business owners in the nation. Over 17,000
Latina entrepreneurs and professionals have benefited from participating in
this exciting and informative one-day business program since it first launched
in 1998. The focus of the 2008 Series will be to provide a platform for women
business owners who are looking to position their enterprises to succeed at
the next level.
The 2008 LSBS title sponsor is Macy's Inc. National sponsors include:
AFLAC, Principal Financial Group, Sam's Club, State Farm Insurance, United
Healthcare and Wal-Mart. The series beverage sponsor is PepsiCo and its brands
Aquafina and Propel.
Macy's has partnered with one of their cosmetic brands, LANCOME, to
feature an all-day cosmetics lounge. Additionally, Macy's will host a Fashion
Seminar "Do's and Don'ts in Business Attire" that will feature how to
transform business outfits into evening wear. Ms. Xanthe Tilden, fashion and
entertainment correspondent and producer for CNN en Espanol, will moderate the
Macy's Fashion Show.
The event Co-chairs are Sandra Font, Interim President, Georgia Hispanic
Chamber of Commerce and Judith Martinez-Sadri, Editor-in-Chief, Atlanta
Latino. The GHCC is the leading Hispanic business organization whose mission
is to promote domestic and international economic development of Hispanic
businesses and Hispanic business people to link businesses in Latin America
and in Georgia. Atlanta Latino is the largest bilingual weekly newspaper with
an audited circulation of 30,000 copies. Atlanta Latino is distributed to over
2,100 points of distribution throughout 13 counties in the Atlanta area in 38
cities. The company also owns and operates metro Atlanta's premier bilingual
website: http://www.atlantalatino.com .
According to the 2002 Economic Census, a report issued by the U.S. Census
Bureau, there are over 18,310 Hispanic-owned firms in the state of Georgia
generating over 4.2 billion dollars in gross receipts. In the city of Atlanta
alone there are 14,988 Hispanic-owned businesses generating over 3.2 billion
dollars in sales.
In addition, LATINA Style has partnered with the Association of Latino
Professionals in Finance and Accounting (ALPFA), League of United Latin
American Citizens (LULAC), LatinVision, Latinos in Information and Sciences
Technology Association (LISTA), National Association of Hispanic Publications
(NAHP), National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials
(NALEO), National Society of Hispanic MBA's (NSHMBA), PR Newswire, SCORE, the
Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) and Women Impacting
Public Policy (WIPP). The U.S. Small Business Administration will provide
local support and have a presence at the event.
Local Partners include: Atlanta Latino, Atlanta Women's Network, Georgia
Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Georgia Minority Business Enterprise Center,
Georgia Minority Supplier Development Council, Georgia Women's Business
Council, Groupo Laza, LLC, and Mundo Hispanico. Local radio media partners
include: Viva 105.7 and El Patron 105.3.
The event includes exhibits and expert presenters who will speak on the
topics of "Securing Capital to Build Capacity," "Protecting You and Your
Investments," "Successful Marketing Strategies to Sell You and Your Business,"
"Latina Entrepreneur Spotlight: Lessons Learned" and "Macy's Fashion Seminar."
We will feature local business leaders and hear first-hand how they were able
to find true business success! These women will share the obstacles they have
overcome, their secret to work-life balance, and how they stay motivated in
their business. The audience will have the opportunity to interact with all
of our panelists during the luncheon.
Registration fee includes: free makeovers at the cosmetic lounge by
LANCOME, dynamic panels, high power networking opportunities in the exhibit
area, breakfast, lunch, commemorative gift bag, and a two-year subscription to
LATINA Style Magazine, for a tremendous value of only $30! Over 70 cities have
been visited since the inception of the Business Series in 1998. Since then,
it has received an overwhelmingly positive response from the Latina, Hispanic,
and small-business communities. The Series has been featured on NBC News, ABC
News, FOX network, Univision, Telemundo, the San Diego Tribune, the Washington
Post, the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, the Dallas Morning News, and
SBTV.
LATINA Style Magazine, a lifestyle magazine for the professional Hispanic
woman, hosts the LATINA Style Business Series bringing resources to
entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs in the local area. For more
information or to register for the Atlanta Business Series, visit
http://www.latinastyle.com or call 1-800-651-8083.
Contact: Randy Ramat
(703) 312-0904
randy@latinastyle.com
SOURCE LATINA Style Business Series
Randy Ramat, LATINA Style, +1-703-312-0904, randy@latinastyle.com
