Houston Mayor Visits London, Promoting Trade and Businesses Investments between London and Houston

From July 7^th-July 15^th Mayor Sylvester Turner and the Greater Houston Partnership will visit London, England in order to market Houston, as a business and trade destination, including enhancing relationships between the City of Houston, the City of London and London based businesses considering investing in Houston. The Mayors efforts portray a cheap and innovative way to bring businesses to Houston. The Mayor has made similar visits in Mexico and Cuba. A pattern not followed by previous Mayors. During the trip, the Mayor gave this statement. “As key investors in the region, both the United Kingdom and Germany are important markets in our efforts to expand Houston’s economic and cultural reach around the world.”

After the trip, Mayor Sylvester Turner and Bob Harvey of the Greater Houston Partnership, will visit Istanbul, Turkey in order to accept the nomination  for Houston to host the World Petroleum Congress in 2020.

The Mayors plan to market Houston to other countries, highlights a way Houston can cheaply bring foreign business investments into Houston.