Advantage Wollongong is showing Sir Richard Branson how good the City of Innovation is when Wollongong becomes the first regional city to exhibit at the World Business Forum in Sydney.
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The Virgin Group founder is speaking at the forum on Wednesday NSW Department of Industry Office of Regional Development business development manager Donatella D'Amico has been told it can present him with a We Love the Gong gift.
Mrs D'Amico said Wollongong was being actively promoted as a business location to more than 2300 CEOs and CFOs from around the world. She said when she heard of Lisa Burling’s invitation for Sir Richard Branson to visit she thought why not present him with a gift from the Wollongong community. “I have been told I can give it to his PA. Our stand will be there and he will see it.”
Wollongong City Council, the University of Wollongong and the department are all promoting the city as a place to do business and Mrs D'Amico was involved in getting Lord Mayor Gordon Bradbery to support Mrs Burling, of LBPR, in her quest.
Destination Wollongong helped the #richardbransonvisitsthegong campaign by putting a gift pack together. Ms Burling said if he put an I Love the Gong shirt on it would be amazing.
