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Students Win National Morocco Competition
27/12/06 23:28 Filed in: Morocco
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In a national competition focused on
developing a small business-marketing plan
that could be viable in Morocco, students
in Bellevue University have beaten
top-ranking schools from California to
Massachusetts. And, their grand prize you
might ask?
Each group member, made up of
non-traditional students who attend school
after their working hours, have received US
$3000 and a trip to
Morocco in May of 2007 to present
their ideas to tourism officials. The
team is made of up Jodi Tripp, Kelly
Carpenter, Cory Kusleika, Aretha
Prodjinotho, and Nanci Borg. Ms.
Heather Nelson, their business
professor, claims that it was their
team’s non-traditional, yet real world
approach that greatly her group.
The team ventured to San Diego as a part of the final round in order to present their marketing plan. The team decided that they should focus on Morocco’s handcrafts, along with works in stone and marble. The Moroccan American Trade and Investment Council, or MATIC, paid for the competition in order to see what real-world theories might be applied to Morocco.
With only US $1 million in "fake" money to work with, the team had to construe a plan that took into consideration the Free Trade Agreement that will be implemented over the next several months between the U.S. and Morocco. The students are going to meet the ambassador to Morocco when they visit this May, along with top tourism officials in the country. The group is still surprised at their success and now they are preparing for their presentation that might just impact how future trade and business relations will work between the two countries that have always claimed the other as a solemn “friend”.
Brought to you by: Morocco News by Journey Beyond Travel
Source: Daily Nonpareil 2006
The team ventured to San Diego as a part of the final round in order to present their marketing plan. The team decided that they should focus on Morocco’s handcrafts, along with works in stone and marble. The Moroccan American Trade and Investment Council, or MATIC, paid for the competition in order to see what real-world theories might be applied to Morocco.
With only US $1 million in "fake" money to work with, the team had to construe a plan that took into consideration the Free Trade Agreement that will be implemented over the next several months between the U.S. and Morocco. The students are going to meet the ambassador to Morocco when they visit this May, along with top tourism officials in the country. The group is still surprised at their success and now they are preparing for their presentation that might just impact how future trade and business relations will work between the two countries that have always claimed the other as a solemn “friend”.
Brought to you by: Morocco News by Journey Beyond Travel
Source: Daily Nonpareil 2006
