Amanda Smith Caterers: Amanda Pilar Smith is the owner and operator of Amanda Smith Caterers, a catering and event planning company established in 2002.

Originally from Mexico, Amanda is a graduate of Cornell University’s Hotel and Restaurant School, where she also received a Masters in Agriculture Economics.

Amanda honed her skills in Thailand, Singapore, Hong Kong, and South Africa before moving back to her native Mexico to work for the multi-national company Del Monte Fresh Produce. There she traveled from coast to coast on the hunt for quality produce to export to the United States, Europe, and Japan.

In 1996, she moved to Paris where she researched and wrote a book about the open-air food markets and their impact on the city’s culture. The book, Paris in a Basket (Könemann, 2000), is fully illustrated with more than 70 recipes and 400 photographs by Amanda and co-author Nicolle Meyer.

Amanda Smith Caterers has catered events for as many as 1,000 guests for prestigious private, corporate and non-profit clients including Aeromexico; Alice Temperley; American Illustration + Photography; Central Park Conservancy; Community Voices Heard; Dominican Republic Tourism Board; Greg Carr Foundation; Head Start; Latin Vision Media; Little John Contemporary; Dine, Murphy, Wood Architects; Kathmandu Valley Preservation Trust; Plum Blossoms Gallery; The Rockefeller Group; US Mexico Chamber of Commerce and WITNESS.

Amanda lives in CT with her daughter Maruca and is fluent in Spanish, English, French and Italian. Go the her website www.amandasmithcaterers.com

BMI is a performing right organization: It collects license fees on behalf of its songwriters, composers and music publishers and distributes them as royalties to those members whose works have been performed.

As a performing right organization, BMI issues licenses to various users of music, including television and radio stations and networks; new media, including the Internet and mobile technologies such as ringtones and ringbacks; satellite audio services like XM and Sirius; nightclubs, discos, hotels, bars, restaurants and other venues; digital jukeboxes; and live concerts. It then tracks public performances of its members' music, and collects and distributes licensing revenues for those performances as royalties to the more than 375,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers it represents, as well as the thousands of creators from around the world who have chosen BMI for representation in the U.S.

BMI currently represents some more than 6.5 million compositions — a number that is constantly growing. As a result, BMI has, over the years, sought out and implemented a number of technological innovations in its continuing effort to gather the most accurate information available about where, when and how its members' compositions are used as well as ensuring that payment to those whose works have been performed is made in as precise and timely a manner as possible.

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When you purchase a Coca Cola product, you count on its quality. We market more than 450 brands and over 2,800 beverage products in more than 200 countries, giving our consumers a choice of still or sparking beverages that refresh, hydrate, energize or nourish. Each of those products must be of the highest quality and must meet consumers' changing tastes, needs and expectations.

In each of the more than 200 countries where we operate, we are an active member of the business community, working hand in hand with local individuals, merchants and governments to improve the health and prosperity of the local economy and environment. We know that the continued health and sustainable growth of our business depends on the long-term health of the communities that surround it. We must be profitable in order to sustain our investment in communities around the world. After all, we need healthy consumers, communities, environments and economies for our business to thrive. And, those consumers and communities depend on businesses like ours to strengthen local economies and invest in social and environmental programs to help their communities grow.

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Diageo is the world's leading premium drinks business with an outstanding collection of beverage alcohol brands across spirits, beer and wine.

These brands include Johnnie Walker, Crown Royal, J&B, Windsor, Buchanan's and Bushmills whiskies, Smirnoff, Ciroc and Ketel One vodkas, Baileys, Captain Morgan, Jose Cuervo, Tanqueray and Guinness.

Many of our brands have been around for generations, while some have been developed more recently to meet new consumer tastes and experiences. Our great range of brands and geographic spread means that people can celebrate with our products at every occasion no matter where they are in the world. This is why 'celebrating life every day, everywhere' is at the core of what we do.

Trading in approximately 180 markets, we employ over 20,000 talented people around the world. With offices in 80 countries, we also have manufacturing facilities across the globe including Great Britain, Ireland, United States, Canada, Spain, Italy, Africa, Latin America, Australia, India and the Caribbean. And the people who work for us across these markets really care for the legacy of each of our brands.

We want them to be enjoyed by consumers for generations to come, which means we also take our role as a producer of alcohol very seriously. Diageo is at the forefront of industry efforts to promote responsible drinking.

The company is listed on both the London Stock Exchange (DGE) and the New York Stock Exchange (DEO). The following information is registered with the Registrar of Companies for England and Wales.

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Heineken is one of the world’s great brewers and is committed to growth and remaining independent. The brand that bears the founder’s family name – HEINEKEN – is available in almost every country on the globe and is the world’s most valuable international premium beer brand.

Our aim is to be a leading brewer in each of the markets in which we operate and to have the world’s most valuable brand portfolio. Our principal international brand is HEINEKEN^®, but the Group brews and sells more than 200 international premium, regional, local and specialty beers and ciders, including: Amstel^®, Primus^®, Birra Moretti^®, Sagres^® , Cruzcampo^®, Star^®, Foster’s^®, Strongbow^®, Kingfisher^®, Tiger^®, Newcastle Brown Ale^®, Zywiec^®, Ochota^®.

We have the widest presence of all international brewers, thanks to our global network of distributors and over 125 breweries in more than 70 countries in 2009. In Europe we are the largest brewer and we are the world’s largest cider producer.

We achieve our global coverage through a combination of wholly-owned companies, licence agreements, affiliates and strategic partnerships and alliances. Some of our wholesalers also distribute wine, spirits and soft drinks.

Our brands are well established in both profitable and mature markets, and with recent agreements and proposed acquisitions in India, Asia and Latin America, are growing in emerging beer markets.

For more information go to Heineken

Jas Hennessy & Co., or more simply Hennessy, is a world-leading cognac house with headquarters in Cognac, France. Today, the company of Jas Hennessy & Co. sells about 50 million bottles a year worldwide, or more than 40 percent of the world’s Cognac, making it the world's largest Cognac producer.

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Today, with production still centralized in Tain l’Hermitage and an international presence driven by innovation, Valrhona serves over 13,000 clients - with whom the brand has built a special relationship that distinguishes it out from the competition – across over 73 countries. The story of alrhona is, in fact, a long tale about TASTE. Expertise of fine cacao beans and mastery of taste, pâtisserie creation, and in-depth understanding of the culinary trade, are the key factors in the Valrhona success story.

Wines of Argentina es la entidad que, desde 1993, promueve la marca y la imagen país de los vinos argentinos por el mundo dando a conocer todas las regiones productoras de Argentina. Además, ayuda a orientar la estrategia exportadora de Argentina estudiando y analizando los cambios que se dan en los mercados de consumo.

Su visión y misión es colaborar en la consolidación de Argentina entre los principales países exportadores de vino del Nuevo Mundo y contribuir al éxito global de la industria vitivinícola argentina a través de la construcción de la marca “VINO ARGENTINO”, procurando elevar la percepción positiva en el trade, los líderes de opinión y los consumidores.
Actualmente presta servicios a bodegas de todas las regiones vitivinícolas del país para que puedan promover sus productos en el mundo. Realizan numerosas actividades entre las que se destacan ferias, giras y actividades en el exterior, degustaciones en Estados Unidos, Canadá, Latinoamérica, Asia y Europa.

En respuesta al gran crecimiento registrado por la vitivinicultura en la última década, Wines of Argentina detectó la necesidad de contar con una nueva identidad que refleje la profesionalización, el crecimiento y el lugar que los vinos argentinos han sabido conseguir en el mundo.The Argentine wine industry is the fifth largest producer of wine in the world.

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