Malta BNI will be celebrating International Networking Week being held from tomorrow to Friday.

A tremendous opportunity for business people across the globe to grow business through the development of powerful new connections, International Networking Weekis being held for the second consecutive year in Malta.

For this purpose, Malta BNI is inviting visitors to participate in the event, to take place at The Meridien Resort and Spa in St Julian’s.

Business networking organisation BNI offers its members the opportunity to share ideas, contacts and, most importantly, business referrals. BNI chapters, of which there are three in Malta, with a fourth one being set up this month, comprise members who build long-term relationships and are sincerely committed to helping one another find more business through networking and word-of-mouth referrals.

“International Networking Week is an initiative of BNI and its focus is to celebrate the key role that networking plays in the development and success of business around the world. It’s about creating an awareness of the process of networking. Not just any kind of networking, but relationship networking – an approach to doing business based on building long-term, successful relationships with people through the networking process,” said Steve Micallef, president of Verdala Chapter, based in Sliema

Nicolette Micallef, president of the Attard-based De Paule Chapter, said: “The weekly business meetings held at Malta’s three Chapters in Sliema on Tuesdays, Attard on Wednesdays and Valletta on Thursdays are no different from other weekly meetings held at BNI’s 6,200 chapters across the world.”

“Our business is to help your business do business,” said Ivan Azzopardi, president of La Vallette Chapter in Valletta. “We invite business people to come and learn how they can generate more business through this dynamic structure called the business referral organisation.”

“On Friday, visitors will learn more about the structure, friendship and the successes BNI members enjoy across the world and now, for the last three years, also in Malta. They will find out how our members are profitting from the structure, camaraderie and personal development delivered through our three chapters in Malta, which all lead to one thing – more business,” explained BNI ambassador Jankarl Farrugia, who is also mentoring a team for the new Chapter De Redin.

Invitations are open to the wider business community. More information about BNI and International Networking Week in Malta can be obtained from jankarl.farrugia@regus.com and tel: 2546 6601, or carmel.bonello@bpc.com.mt or by visiting www.internationalnetworkingweek.com.