A $119 million acquisition in Brazil will help Sinch, a provider of messaging systems to help companies engage with customers via texts, calls and video messaging on their mobile phones, broaden its Americas outreach from Atlanta. The Stockholm, Sweden-based tech company has agreed to buy Wavy, Brazil’s second largest business messaging service with a headquarters in Sao Paulo, […]
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Atlanta Posts New Resources on Covid-19, Including Multilingual Health Information
The City of Atlanta has published a slew of new information related to Wednesday’s shelter-in-place order and the broader fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, including loan assistance for businesses and health handouts published in more than 20 languages. A centerpiece of the city’s outreach is the new #ATLSTRONG website, which allows citizens to get notifications about […]
Kemp Asks Georgia Businesses for Help Averting Medical Supply Shortages
Gov. Brian Kemp is requesting help from Georgia companies to produce or provide medical equipment and supplies to fight the coronavirus outbreak in the state. The governor Tuesday in partnership with the Georgia Department of Economic Development asked companies to declare their ability to supply “critical items” to avert potential shortages in the coming weeks as an expected rise in Covid-19 […]
Georgia Ports’ Strategy to Stay Open Amid Covid-19: ‘Isolate and Operate’
The Georgia Ports Authority remains up and running, this week announcing 17 perfect growth in container traffic for February even as it braces for a potentially dramatic decline in March due to the Covid-19 outbreak sweeping the globe. Still, in recent days leaders have struck a more optimistic note, pointing to healthier bookings out of […]
Bastian: Delta to Park Half Its Fleet, Cut International Flights by 80 Percent
Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian says traveling by air in the time of coronavirus can be done safely, but that restrictions that now cover 40 countries during the pandemic are forcing the airline to drastically slash services both domestically and abroad. International flights will be cut back by 80 percent, part of a 70 […]
Commentary: Franchisors Must Serve, Sacrifice to Save ‘America’s Hidden Small Businesses’ During Pandemic
As we brace for the economic impact of the global Covid-19 pandemic, now is not the time for business as usual, especially when it comes to the franchising model at the heart of some of Atlanta’s biggest businesses. Franchising is a primary form of distribution in almost all sectors of the U.S. service economy, one […]
World Trade Center, Other Global Organizations Taking Key Events Online
The World Trade Center Atlanta is moving ahead with an event tonight where it is slated to make an announcement about its future operations — but you’ll have to grab your own hors d’oeuvres and drinks. The meeting, like many in the new normal during of the Covid-19 outbreak, has moved online and will be […]
Immigration Limbo: How Trump’s Covid-19 Bans and Border Measures Are Affecting Foreign Travelers, Workers
Editor’s note: In an address just one week ago (which already seems to many like an eternity) aimed at inspiring confidence in his administration’s efforts to contain the fallout from Covid-19’s global spread, President Trump enacted a ban on travel from 26 European countries, setting travelers scrambling to their nearest airports to get back home. […]
How to Access Consular Services Amid the Coronavirus Outbreak
Note: Last updated March 25, 4:51 p.m. with the Hungarian honorary consulate’s information repatriation info. Consulates in Atlanta, the physical outposts of foreign governments serving their nationals living in the Southeast U.S. from Georgia, face a balancing act as state and local governments issue “social distancing” directives to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus. […]
Georgia’s ‘State of Trade’ in Flux as Outbreak Clouds Outlook
Last Thursday, as a panel of trade experts took the stage, it was still unclear how Georgia‘s economy would be just a few days later. For the most part, the Georgia Department of Economic Development and World Trade Center Atlanta’s State of Trade breakfast was looking back at a year where Georgia posted a 1.5 […]
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