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Who's Who JLF has launched Meadow Lighting, and simultaneously appointed Ken Koneck as vice president to steer this new venture. This team was born from a customer-driven need for a new guestroom and public area lighting source. From awards to promotions, see what your fellow NEWH members are up to Aaron Vure, a BA Interior Design student at the University of Huddersfield, has won the New Designers IDA Panaz Award, which comes with a six-month paid placement at RPW Design. Séura, as a result of its continued growth, has expanded its team with the addition of Susan Peltier as hospitality sales manager, and Jill Last as its newest project coordinator. Maurizio Bussolari is the new hospitality division manager at BELLINO, which supplies luxury linens and bed products to hotels. Patrick and Kim King of Two Kings Hospitality are celebrating two years in business and 20 years of marriage. While the birth of Dalton, Georgia, as the capital of the carpet industry is primarily owed to a woman, today’s carpet manufacturers are typically led by men. One Dalton company is bucking that trend. B Carpet has been granted official woman-owned business certification by the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council. A shareholder in the company since she was 17, Elizabeth Moore serves as the CEO of B Carpet. She began working as director of sales and marketing in 2009, when her father, company chairman Burton Brown, turned over his share of the business to Moore and his other daughter, Louise Lochner. Shortly thereafter, Moore became the company’s vice president. B Carpet’s special niche in the market has been earned through careful attention to detail and quality in its specialized products—the company’s newest is its eight-plus-color Octacia technology. The company’s certification comes at a time when women-owned businesses are on the rise. According to the 2013 State of Women-Owned Business Report commissioned by American Express OPEN, there are now more than 8.6 million women-owned businesses in the U.S., generating more than $1.3 trillion in revenue and employing nearly 7.8 million people. “We are thrilled to be part of a movement that encourages the success of women in business,” says Moore. “And to be able to support the increasing demand for companies that seek women-owned businesses as partners and vendors, including our customers in the hospitality industry.” http://www.movelinehospitality.com http://www.movelinehospitality.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of NEWH - Fall 2013

NEWH - Fall 2013
Table of Contents
News
Who’s Who
Sustainability
Conference Roundup
Q&A: Julia Marks
Q&A: Scott Pope
Icon of Industry
Have You Seen?
Product Know How
On the Scene
Cover Story
Project: A Bar
Project: Trademark
Save the Date
New Members
Partner Profiles
Ad Index

NEWH - Fall 2013