Business destinations

Adrien Dubourg, Business Intelligence Analyst for Galderma Canada Inc.

Thanks to skilled immigration and a dynamism based on cutting-edge technologies, Toronto is facing up to its economic challenges and taking its place among the world's major metropolises.

"Over the last ten years, more and more young women are setting up their own businesses".

Diversifying its economy and overcoming its dependence on imports are the challenges of the next decade. In addition, five major new cities are due to be built, with the aim of becoming technology parks.

"I realised the enormous potential of Tunisian products and created a brand for export".

Contrary to popular belief, agriculture and tourism are not the real wealth of Tunisia, which is making its mark in fields as diverse as electronics, biotechnology, aeronautics and services.

By making relocations - in the call centre and aeronautical sectors - one of its key areas of development, the city is further strengthening its economic ties with France.

Hacène Hebbar is a consultant in bioclimatic construction, with projects in Algeria and France.

Syhem Belkhodja is the director of the "Rencontres chorégraphiques de Carthage" festival, as well as the Tunis documentary film festival and the "Design et mode à Carthage" festival.

Kölle alaaf" - "Cologne above all". This is what the inhabitants of the large metropolis in North Rhine-Westphalia are getting ready to sing during a major Carnival that doesn't end until February, the day after Shrove Tuesday. Three months full of festivities that each year put the spotlight back on a city that is strangely unknown across the Rhine.

"French houses have always been very popular with local customers".

The France-Russia Year is punctuated by a myriad of political, cultural and economic events. With luxury as its banner. Continuing a tradition that is reaching out to new consumers.

"Moscow, with its population of nearly 15 million, is bound to be an interesting market".

"City is the body that, like Epad in La Défense, will manage the operation of the new business district and its economic activities", says the CEO...

Getting the country out of a cash economy and attracting foreign investment are now the priorities of a Russian capital that is setting the tone for the whole country.

Singapore: A cultural hub