Celebrity Speakers Associates (CSA) announced on November 30 the opening of its Bulgaria Associate office in Bulgaria's capital.

CSA has grown from Celebrity Speakers Ltd. in the UK, which specialises in the management of speakers' services, with motivational, business, keynote and guest celebrity speakers from the fields of professional business, academia, politics, sport, entertainment and the arts.

CSA Bulgaria will be headed by Christina Vlahova, founder of strategic marketing consultancy agency Intellecta.

Emilia Knight, CSA Global Business Development Manager, said that “with Bulgaria’s recent entry into the European Union, CSA sees this as an opportune moment to expand its business practises in the area. As the area has been rather untapped by us in the past, this is an ideal time to get involved by offering our services to companies in order to implement the concepts presented by our experts to boost the Balkan economy. The European Union entry will offer many benefits to the vicinity, and CSA wants to be present to help accelerate the region’s progress.”

Vlahova said “Bulgarian professionals have always been keen on gaining more expert knowledge and adopting the latest business practises. That is why training courses have for decades been one of the best benefits corporations can offer their employees, one of the strongest loyalty building incentives. And now, what we are witnessing is that the whole region is opening upto organising events both in-house and open for the public, where established international experts are invited to share their knowledge.”