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AGTA Welcome Kit Sent to Centurion Attendees January 18, 2011 (1 comment)
Tucson, AZ--The American Gem Trade Association has sent Centurion attendees a special advance welcome package for its 2011 GemFair, set for February 1-6 at the Tucson Convention Center. The invitation includes a complimentary valet parking ticket, complimentary lunch buffet ticket, and complimentary drink ticket to be used at the Tucson Convention Center during GemFair days.
"We'd like to take this opportunity to extend a special welcome to both retailers and manufacturers attending the Centurion Show to come down the hill and join us at GemFair," says AGTA CEO Douglas Hucker. Many Centurion retailers do a lot of custom design, he said, and GemFair is a great resource to find unique gems and materials for them, as well as for manufacturers who need to shop the show.
"As we have in the past, we're running a shuttle bus from the Westin La Paloma to the Convention Center, and we've also mailed show admittance badges in advance of the event. But this year we're also mailing the amenities kit in advance instead of distributing it at the [Centurion] hotel."
The AGTA shuttle will run Wednesday, February 2. It will begin going to GemFair from the La Paloma lobby at 9:30 a.m. Departure times from La Paloma to the TCC are 9:30 a.m., 11:00 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 2:00 p.m., and 3:30 p.m. Attendees may return on any of these runs back to La Paloma. The last shuttle departs from the Tucson Convention Center back to La Paloma at 6:30 p.m.
Centurion attendees who have not yet received a GemFair badge by mail can go to Member Services in the Galleria at the Tucson Convention Center, says Hucker, and AGTA will gladly print a replacement badge. This year AGTA also has added a Cyber Lounge on the GemHall floor, with free wi-fi, for visitors' convenience. A newly added feature of the show also is the Preview Promenade, in the Spectrum of Design pavilion in the ballroom of the convention center.