Red Carpet Dinner

A warm welcome to newly arrived international companies

At the prestigious annual Red Carpet Dinner, we provide a warm welcome to international companies who arrived during the last 12 months with the support of Rotterdam Partners. With this event we express our sincere appreciation to the companies for choosing Rotterdam as a business location and being the heartbeat of Rotterdam’s entrepreneurial spirit. And also we want to give a big thank you to all guests for being an important part of our network.

Main networking event

The Red Carpet Dinner is considered one of the most important networking events for international companies in the Rotterdam region. It provides unique opportunities to meet and mingle with representatives and directors of national and international enterprises, innovative SME’s, (foreign) startups and scale-ups, ambassadors, (honorary) consuls and aldermen of local authorities.

An important part of the Red Carpet Dinner is getting together with the newly arrived companies and celebrating the value and impact of collaboration. Every year this special event has a theme in line with Rotterdam’s values and which reflects on the year.

 

 

 

Red Carpet Dinner, edition 2024

On 7 October 2024, at the iconic de Doelen venue, Vice Mayor Robert Simons warmly welcomed our 22 new arrivals, international companies who set up business during the last 12 months with the support of Rotterdam Partners, and who became a part of our thriving business community. This year’s theme “Tomorrow is now” reflected our mission as Rotterdam Partners to strengthen the economic resilience of Rotterdam every day.

This year’s Red Carpet Dinner featured a pre-event during which personalized Feyenoord t-shirts with the companies’ logo on the back were handed out to the new arrivals. Furthermore, Berkshire Grey, Swancor, and Gulf Turbo shared their reasons for choosing Rotterdam for their businesses, and their vision for the future of the city. The guests also enjoyed performances from Codarts Pop Orchestra and Amara van der Elst, a spoken word artist. After the plenary part, there was plenty of opportunity to network during a walking dinner.

"For me, the Red Carpet Dinner illustrates the real value of collaboration. Building a better future together in Rotterdam today!"

Jorn Douwstra, Manager International Trade & Investment

Impression of the Red Carpet Dinner, edition 2024

Photos by Daniël Verkijk. Click here to see more photos of the Red Carpet Dinner 2024 and download them.

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