Las Vegas - Shows had mixed results. The Premier Show invested a lot to market its new location but it did not seem to help its attendance.
The Antique Show had a strong presence to start and tapered off towards the last two days, up to par with previous years.
The JCK Show was well attended in comparison but still diminishing in numbers over previous years. The CVD “Lab Created Diamond” Pavilion did not show much promise, and was a large topic of discussion by GIA and Rapnet.
“Antique was excellent, the Polygon trading rocked and the JCK was slow” -V.G
“On Sunday, the Lab Grown Diamond Pavilion was like an empty bowling alley” -M.H.
" Luxury show was a good show, overall the flow of traffic was good and spacing of the booths was very well organized. The furnishing was good and the ambiance was prestigious and there were a lot of people and it seemed everyone was pleasantly pleased."-N.J
"JCK is the ‘premier’ show of our industry, the rest of the shows are taking away from its importance. Attending JCK should be required as ‘continued education’ for anyone in the business.”
-SG
