August marked the tenth anniversary of the partnership between the Silicon Valley Workplace of Protocol (SVOP) and the San José Mineta Worldwide Airport (SJC). Throughout the decade-long collaboration, the 2 entities provided a respectful and dignified welcome to guests to Silicon Valley.

The Entrance Door of the Tech World

SJC is the doorway to Silicon Valley and has witnessed the arrival of heads of state, authorities ministers, worldwide enterprise professionals, and cultural delegations. The partnership between SJC and SVOP ensures that the VIP visits are meticulously coordinated and applied with the best diploma of protocol experience and cultural consciousness. This professionalism reinforces Silicon Valley’s status as a world innovation hub and gracious host. 

“At SJC, we take nice delight in being the area’s gateway to the world. Working with SVOP permits us to ship an expertise that displays each the significance of the visitors and the worldwide nature of our group,” says Mookie Patel, Director of Aviation at San José Mineta Worldwide Airport. 

The SJC and SVOP have hosted over 40 delegations from over 25 nations. Collectively, the entities have ensured clean arrivals and departures and managed the diplomatic logistics to make every go to profitable. 

The partnership additionally oversaw red-carpet arrivals and ceremonial courtesies. 

“Protocol is about greater than ceremony. It’s about exhibiting respect, constructing belief, and creating house for significant change,” stated Deanna Tryon, Chief of Protocol for the Silicon Valley Workplace of Protocol. 

The SVOP diligently works behind the scenes to make sure that all visits, whether or not worldwide commerce discussions, strategic funding dialogues, or civic partnerships, are executed seamlessly and with out points.

A Decade of Engagements

These culturally delicate and politically delicate engagements can embody varied occasions, equivalent to enterprise roundtables, group visits, and formal ceremonies. Coordinating these occasions has been pivotal to making sure that enterprise and cultural delegations witness Silicon Valley in one of the best mild and as greater than only a middle of technological innovation, however as a middle of worldwide cooperation.

“Bringing our Minister and delegation via San José Mineta Worldwide Airport with the help of the Silicon Valley Workplace of Protocol was an distinctive expertise. Even with restricted lead time, the coordination was clean and extremely environment friendly. SVOP’s professionalism and a spotlight to element ensured all the things ran in line with plan, permitting us to focus absolutely on the aim of the go to. Their partnership with SJC is an amazing useful resource for the diplomatic group within the Bay Space. In what was actually an emergency, they managed to get us checked in, bagged, parked, and circled in simply 10 minutes, a outstanding demonstration of airport courtesy and effectivity that far exceeded our expectations,” says Micheál Smith, Consul Basic of Eire.  

This 12 months, the State Division and the White Home formally acknowledged SJC and SVOP for his or her fast facilitation of the President of Senegal’s go to to Silicon Valley. The State Division acknowledged the profitable go to by commending SVOP for his or her steering on protocol and the “important help” they gave the US.

The collaboration between the SJC and SVOP has helped solidify Silicon Valley’s identification as a world chief.

As Mayor of Santa Clara, I’ve seen firsthand how this partnership opens doorways, not only for dignitaries, however for our total group. These visits generate alternatives for financial progress, cultural enrichment, and civic delight,”  says Mayor Lisa Gillmor.