MOVING ABROAD

When it comes to moving large volumes or covering long distances, it is preferable to let professional movers take charge of the removal process.  Here are some moving tips to help you prepare for your move: Prepare at LEAST 3 months in advance: You may have to obtain visas, work permits or vaccines, or cancel services which require a notice period. Make a list of all you need to do. Being well-organized will help the move go more smoothly. Sort through your belongings: Choose which goods you want to bring with you and which goods you want to leave behind, with a friend or in a storage unit.  Seek advice: It might be more advantageous to buy goods instead of transporting them.

Choose the right moving company:
Finding a good moving company is essential to any expatriation project. 

Independent regulatory bodies like FIDI will help you find reliable moving companies. 

Internal quality processes, specialized packing materials and 

a large network will guarantee high standards of quality and service.

But also social media can help you out. On linkedin f.i. you can get in contact with people specialising on different countries. Look for groups concerning EXPATS.

Prevent the risk of breakage:
Zero risk does not exist. But a good packing can reduce it to a minimum.

The only thing that went broken was a cooffee cup when I unpacked at home :) .

Material damage insurance is highly recommended.

Get the right LEGAL information:

This topic was although we were well prepared getting us real nightmares. First on the they we were shipping the goods, en then again, 3 weeks later when arriving in Casablanca.

This topic is very specific and depends which country you are LEAVING from and which country you are GOING to.

If you want to have specific help on this, concerning shipping your goods 

from ABROAD to  MOROCCO, 

just give us a comment on this article and we will contact you!

SPLENDID VACATION APARTMENT IN ESSAOUIRA

A new and traditional styled holiday apartment at a 10 minutes walk from the beach and about 15 minutes to the Medina of Essaouira in a quiet area that offers room for 5 people.

We offer special reductions for reservations made directly at: info@livingmogador.com
Book and spent a holiday with 4/5 before the end of March and pay only 195 Euro for 1 week!

you can also visit online here!

NORTH - SOUTH FORUM A MARRAKECH

North South Forum, a Florida-based Think Tank institute, announces the North South Forum 2013 International Conference at Palmeraie Hotel Resorts Palais des Congres in Marrakech on March 11 to 13, 2013 under the theme  
"Rethinking North + South Trade & Development Cooperation Model".

One of North South Forum's main difference with other competitors is to make an event not only for ideas and expertise sharing BUT also a platform for business alliance building, projects discussions and executions between players from North and South.
The third day of the international conference i.e. Wednesday 13 March, 2013 will be dedicated to Expo and delegate one to one business meetings and projects discussions in order for exhibitors from South to present their major infrastructure, industrial, commercial and service projects can be from government space or private sector and for their partners from North to showcase their industry expertise, funding sources, service offerings and needs.
To get a full view on invited and attending speakers visit: northsouthforum.org/speakers
Special registration fee before february 28! at northsouthforum.org/register

MILOUD CHAABI ENTRUSTS RYAD MOGADOR

Moroccan Miloud Chaabi, boss and billionaire of the YNNA Holding Miloud Chaabi entrusted his hotel chain Ryad Mogador to Golden Tulip Hotels.The collaboration was announced late last week during a press conference of the Ynna Holding. Golden Tulip acquired the contract for eight years, with a five-year renewal option.Thanks to Golden Tulip, the Moroccan hotel chain will get a better international visibility, said Miloud Chaabi. The chain is now called "Ryad Mogador by Golden Tulip".Thanks to the new cooperation, the management of the largest hotel chain in Morocco, will also meet international standards. Alcohol however remains banned and the hotel sticks here to his authentic Islamic Golden Tulip, originally a Dutch hotel chain, is present all over the world with 1072 hotels. With the Ryad Mogador chain another 12 hotels will be added with hotels in Marrakech, Tanger, Agadir and Essaouira. The former name of Essaouira is Mogador and the hotelchain refers with its name to Essaouira and the little place of Chiadma near Essaouira where Chaabi was born in 1929.Chaabi is also owner of the supermarket group Aswak Asalam  .In 2003 his daughter, Asma Chaabi became mayor in Essaouira and was the first woman ever elected mayor in Moroccon in history.Both Father and daughter are know for their philanthropic and charity works.

TOURISM 2012 IN MOROCCO: 58,2 BILLION DIRHAM

Tourism brings 58.2 billion Dirham to Morocco The tourism income reached 58.2 billion dirham in 2012. 

The tourism sector in Essaouira, El Jadida-Mazagan enCasablanca grew the most last year. However, top destinies were Marrakech and Agadir with 60% of the nights.

A year earlier, in 2011, 9.3 million tourists visited Morocco and spent 56.7 billion dirham.Morocco is very depending on tourism. Therefore, the Government has developt the "Vision 2020" promotion strategy to get Morocco onto the next level when it comes to tourism.Ambitious target is to get 20 million tourists by 2020 and 150 billion dirham tourist revenues. The Kingdom also wants to get into the top 20 of best destinations in the world.

Morocco still has great potential hidden in places like Fez, the Eastside of the country, upcoming golf sport and is more and more focussing on ECO tourism. There still is a long road to go but it is obvious to every one that this is one of the programs that most easily involves  the lowest social classes where there still needs to be done a lot.

AIR-PORT 2013 in ESSAOUIRA

 

Ninette Nurk, founder and creative director at Designers Against AIDS and Beauty Without Irony, a Belgian NGO is bringing art to Essaouira.

The project with a big heart will unite Moroccan and international artists (including Olaf Breuning, Daniel Riera, Mustapha Fakir, Mohammed Laouli, Baki, Ben Ali, Felix Richter, Tom Tosseyn, Nick Hannes, Marie-Françoise Plissart, Thierry Van Biesen and many more) as well as young students in an exhibition and in helping concretely some of Essaouira’s most disadvantaged youth get on their feet again and begin a professional life.

After the exhibition the original art works will be auctioned, with the proceeds going to 2 charities, so the most disadvantaged youth in Essaouira will get a chance to step into their adult professional life in the best and healthiest possible way.  One of the charities is the Association Lutte Contre le SIDA (ALCS), as HIV/AIDS is a big problem in Essaouira too, the other charity is called  Project 91.

Essaouira is verry enthousiastic about this and somehow it all comes together. 
The energy that is filling the air here is screeming for something more and this wonderfull initiative is just coming as an answer to change lives for the better.

If you want to know more about it, or support this project, please visit 
http://www.indiegogo.com/Air-Port2013
or to see participating artists: http://beautywithoutirony.com/?p=207