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Business Overview
Being a major seaport, Lisbon is today the major commercial center and wealthiest region in Portugal. Further being the center of country’s transportation network and home to the largest international airport of the nation, the capital city is the ideal venue for international business conventions, seminars and expos.

The international exhibition center of Lisbon attracts many business visitors every year who participate in various international trade shows and fairs including Horexpo, TEKTONICA and Intercasa.

Where the Metropolitan Area of the city is heavily industrialized, most of the headquarters of multinationals operating in Portugal are also concentrated in Greater Lisbon sub-region.

The city’s economy is highly driven by services sector as well.

Major Business Centers
Feira Internacional de Lisboa (FIL, Lisbon International Exhibition Center):
Latest exhibition and conference center of Lisbon, Feira Internacional de Lisboa consists of three auditoriums for 500 people each, four meeting rooms and four exhibition halls with 10,200m2 of space.

The center is located at the former Expo98 at Park of Nations organizing fairs and events of national and international scope and promoting exchange of experiences.

The nearby Art’s VIP Executive and Tryp Oriente hotels provide luxurious accommodation for thousands of delegates who attend the various events in the center every year.

Euronext Lisbon:
Euronext is the Lisbon Stock Exchange, which is part of the pan-European Euronext system together with the stock exchanges of Amsterdam, Brussels & Paris.

It was formed in 2002 when the shares of Bolsa de Valores de Lisboa e Porto (BVLP) were acquired by Euronext N.V. whereas, the BVLP, the Portuguese exchange, was formed in 1990s restructuring the Lisbon Stock Exchange association and the Porto Derivatives Exchange Association.

Euronext Lisbon trades equities, public & private bonds, participation bonds, warrants, corporate warrants, investment trust units and exchange traded funds. The official index of the exchange is General index, which includes all listed shares on the official market.

Major Commercial Areas
Parque das Nacoes (Park of Nations or Nations Park):
The bustling business and leisure area of Lisbon, the Park of Nations is the former Expo98 site fabulously located on the riverbank of Tejo (Tagus). The office towers in the area have become very popular for establishing new businesses and commerce.

The park boasts the world’s second-largest Oceanarium, a water-sports center, a 145m high Vasco da Gama Tower (Lisbon’s tallest building, to be transformed into a hotel), a cable car, a 30-lane bowling hall, a science & technology center, a shopping mall along with dozens of bars.

Designed for all manners of public events, the Atlantic Pavilion is a highly successful venue for concerts, fairs and other functions including 2005 MTV Europe Music Awards.