May 10 E-Newsletter. THE TOURNAMENT SEASON 2010 AmCham is getting ready for two big tournaments on May 22nd and June 3rd

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1 May 10 E-Newsletter In This Issue: The Tournament Season 2010 Other Big Upcoming Events Calendar of May Events Welcome our new members A Glance at April Events THE TOURNAMENT SEASON 2010 AmCham is getting ready for two big tournaments on May 22nd and June 3rd MAY 22 Foreign Chamber Soccer Tournament 2010 A le Coq Football Arena Dear AmCham Members and Partners, Please get ready for a fun family day out at A le Coq Arena on Saturday, May 22nd to watch and cheer for the 2 AmCham Soccer Teams that will represent our chamber in the Foreign Chamber Soccer Tournament 2010 (SampoCup 2010)!! We are so excited that there were so many of you who promptly responded to our call for players and are delighted to announce the following team members 2010: 1. Reigo Tõnsberg, Pärnu Summer Cup 2. Tanel Joon, Deloitte Audit 3. Andres Kiviselg, AmCham Estonia 4. Clinton Hailey, Versio2 5. Evgenij Gaston, Fotki Inc. 6. Niels Hollender, Sky Tackle 7. Olivier Rochefort, Radisson Blu Hotel 8. Reino Hürünen, Barons Hotel Group 9. Joel Bezzaborkin, Barons Hotel Group 10. Dmitri Gostev, CSC Telecom 11. Aleksandr Gostev, CSC Telecom 12. Vitali Makejev, Meriton Hotels 13. Toomas Mälberg, Luiga Mody Hääl Borenius 14. Peeter Kutman, Luiga Mody Hääl Borenius 15. Mihhail Burõhh, Meriton Hotels 16. Juri Medvedev, Meriton Hotels 17. Sergei Drobjatski, Meriton Hotels 18. Priit Sepp, Swissotel Tallinn 19. Taavi Hinno, Shipco Transport Upcoming Events in May: AmCham Speaker Luncheon with Ambassador Polt May Business After Hours Foreign Chamber Soccer Tournament For more information about these events, please see page 3. We will send out the event details and tournament schedule shortly. Stay tuned! AmCham Soccer Team Sposor 2010:

2 JUNE 3 AmCham Golf Tournament 2010 Estonian Golf & Country Club We need more corporate teams for the tournament!!!! If you and your colleagues play golf (any level) or if you would like to get a professional introduction to this great sport, please sign up ASAP!! It is going to be a very fun and memorable event as we will be joined by the Founding Members of AmCham Finland and have a lot of activities planned for this day. TOURNAMENT MAIN SPONSOR: A beautiful day on the Golf Course Brunch and Award Reception& Networking Fantastic Prizes Potential Business Contacts All this and more for just a small tournament fee of 700eek/person! This event has a limited number of participants, so please sign up your team/yourself early! Wine & Prize Sponsors: SAVE THE DATE: Annual USA Independence Day Family Picnic Sunday, July 4th, 2010! AmCham Estonia has already begun its preparations for one of the biggest events of the year the Annual USA Independence Day Family Picnic! To stay in tune with the American traditions, we try to celebrate this holiday in the open air & family picnic style. This year, we will have a priviledge of celebrating the holiday on its actual date and together with the US Embassy Tallinn at Ambassador s residence in Pirita! More information on the event will follow! EVENT MAIN SPONSOR: Main Sponsor CSC Telecom Event Sponsors and Partners:

3 AmCham Calendar of Upcoming Events May 2010 Meet & Greet Ambassador Polt AmCham May Speaker Luncheon Wednesday, May 5th 12:00-14:00 Radisson Blu Hotel Tallinn Registration for this event is ongoing. To register, please visit our website at Event Sponsor: May Business After Hours & Speed Networking Thursday, May 13 17:00-19:00 Invitation with all event details will go out shortly. : What Stories Will Be Told? AmCham-SCCE Speaker Breakfast Foreign Chambers Soccer Tournament An all day family event at A le Coq Arena Saturday, May 22 For the first time ever, AmCham Estonia Soccer Team will play in a Soccer Tournament with other foreign chambers in Estonia. Please don t miss this fun event! Come out to cheer for our teams with your colleagues, friends and family! We need your support!!!!!!!!!!

4 AmCham News & Announcements New Corporate Members Nordic Hotels OÜ Viru väljak 3, Tallinn 10111, Estonia Phone: Fax: Skype: nhf.reception General Manager: Feliks Mägus Nordic Hotel Forum is one of Tallinn's newest hotels located in the heart of Tallinn within just walking distance from business and entertainment areas. There are 267 guest rooms in the hotel: 231 standard rooms, 18 business class rooms with Skype telephones, 10 double deluxe rooms and 8 suites. The conference centre has 6 multifunctional conference halls in different sizes. The largest hall Sirius accommodates up to 200 people and the smallest Miitsar up to 12 people. There is free wireless Internet in the hotel. Underground parking is available for an additional fee. Nordic Hotel Forum was the first hotel in the Baltic States to introduce Skype phones into business class rooms, and earned a prestigious International Skype acknowledgement for that. Great service, excellent cuisine, Skype-enabled rooms, and a location in the very heart of the city will meet your every expectation. At the heart of things - this is Nordic Hotel Forum. Altex Marketing Jõe 9, Tallinn 10151, Estonia Phone: Altex Marketing is a Multilingual Internet Marketing Agency. The company specializes in training, campaigns and consultancy in the areas of web strategy, search engine marketing (paid and organic), marketing, web analytics and social media marketing. Altex Marketing regularly works in English, Estonian, Russian, Swedish and Finnish but also occasionally in Danish, German, Italian and other languages. Its client base extends throughout Europe. Altex Marketing partners and suppliers include a number of US companies. Most of the company clients are looking to improve the visibility and performance of their websites.

5 New Associate Member Pärnu Summer Cup MTÜ Address: Haraka 25, Pärnu, 80023, Estonia Pärnu Summer Cup MTÜ is a non-profit organization that has organized soccer tournaments in Pärnu during the last 7 years. This annual tournament has become one of the leading youth soccer tournaments in the Baltic states. The mission of the organization is to develop youth football in Pärnu and Estonia in general. They are aiming to bring different cultures together through football and to develop tourim in Pärnu and Pärnumaa. Play Soccer Make Peace A Glace at April Events April Speaker Breakfast with Mikko Fritze TOPIC: " Tallinn 2011: Opportunities for Businesses in Estonia" Guest Speaker: Mikko Fritze, CEO of Tallinn 2011 Foundation On Thursday morning, April 8th, 2010 AmCham Estonia members as well as members of the Swedish Chamber of Commerce in Estonia gathered at the Banquet Hall of Reval Hotel Olümpia to learn more about the projects that will take place next year when Tallinn will officially be the European Capital Our April Guest Speaker Mikko Frtize captured everyone's attention with his interesting presentation and great, sometimes very humorous comments that left all 50 event participants happy and inspired. All event participants had a chance to hear first-hand from the main organizer of this big project about the initial idea, its development and the projects that are already planned for next year. Participants were also delighted to find out that there is definitely room for cooperation, sponsorship, volunteer work as well as business partnership.we thank our Charter Gold Member - Fotki Inc. for taking the photos and our Corporate Member- Reval Hotels for their help in organizing this event.

6 April Business After Hours at Ipanema Rodizio Restaurant BRAZILIAN FESTA! Thursday, April 15 th 17:30-20:00 Live Brazilian music, Samba lessons, wine tasting, hotel tours and limbo contest were just some of the many delights of the April Business After Hours in Ipanema Rodizio Restaurant. The hosts at Unique Hotel Mihkli greeted more than 40 participants that evening with ice-cold caipirinhas, and tasty Brazilian meats off the skewers as they showed off their great cozy and family-friendly restaurant in the center of the city.

7 AmCham Pillar Members 2009/2010* *AmCham Pillar Members are Charter Gold members recognized for their significant additional contribution to the chamber budget during AmCham Charter Gold Members AmCham Estonia Tallinn Business Center Harju Tallinn Estonia amcham@amcham.ee Web Site: