by Tom Hornyak,
In late July ’09, the Administration announced that the 2009 G-20 conference of the top economic powers in the world would be held in Pittsburgh, PA, This presented a once in a lifetime opportunity for Micro Rental Service to provide equipment for the countries attending the conference. We immediately got in touch with the Washington embassies of all of the invited countries and virtually every hotel in the Greater Pittsburgh area. In addition, I informed several members of the ITRA about the event to try to leverage any contacts that they had and to get some marketing ideas.
One of the biggest problems encountered was dealing with security. The Secret Service took overall responsibility for all of the security for the event. They provided very little information to the media as to which portions of the city would be off limits to not only the business located in the security perimeter but also to outside vendors. With essentially the entire Golden Triangle in Pittsburgh being shutdown for the event, it made logistics interesting.
Fortunately for us, the countries that we were able to secure, Mexico, Brazil, The Netherlands and India were all based outside of the security perimeter that made that hectic week a little more bearable.
Overall, it was a good opportunity to show off the beauty of the city to the world that hopefully will result in long term economic benefits but more importantly, it gave us a lot of work.
About the author
Tom Hornyak, is a CPA, and Owner/President of Micro Rental Service located at:
4390 Rt. 8
Allison Park, PA 15101
412-487-5226
tomh@mrsmmc.com
Celebrating 25 years in business!!
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
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