PropertyGuys.com to Join Team Atlantic Canada on Florida Trade Mission

May 12, 2006 – Moncton, NB: Fifteen New Brunswick companies will join next month’s Atlantic Canada trade mission to Florida, considered by many as the Gateway to the Americas.

A total of 47 companies and organizations are registered for the May 14-18 mission to Miami and Orlando, Florida, with the New Brunswick contingent to be led by Premier Bernard Lord on his first official mission to that state.

Lord said New Brunswick is Canada’s “most trade-active province, and it will take advantage of the Team Canada Atlantic model to generate diverse leads for business.

“We are continually looking at new ways in which to grow the province’s exports, which reached a record $10 billion in 2005,” he said.

Information released by the provincial government said 11 previous Team Atlantic missions to U.S. points helped 329 Atlantic Canadian entrepreneurs meet with more than 2,750 buyers, agents and business owners from across the U.S. resulting in export sales totalling more than $36 billion.

“It’s all part of building a strong, united Canada – one that reaches its true potential. And nowhere is that potential more important than in efforts to assist Atlantic Canadian exporters,” Peter G. MacKay, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, said.

Companies taking part in the trade mission to Florida are in the areas of advanced manufacturing, agri-food and seafood, building and construction products, consumer products, information-communications technology, life sciences and ocean industries.

Included in the 15 New Brunswick companies participating in the trade mission is Moncton based PropertyGuys.com of Moncton. Established in 1998, PropertyGuys.com Inc. is Canada’s leading private sale, real estate marketing company with over 65 licensed franchise units. The company is a member of the Canadian Franchise Association (CFA) and has been recognized as one of the Top 25 Most Successful Canadian Franchise systems. The PropertyGuys.com website receives over 20 million hits a month and helps connect home buyers and sellers directly, one on one, thus eliminating the high cost of a middleman.