JCK Events has announced that its LUXURY 2016 jewelry show, held each year at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, will boost its square footage and number of exhibitors. 

Mirroring the renovations of its host property, Mandalay Bay, the exclusive show will be moving into newly renovated ballrooms and bringing with it Prestige, a section normally found within the floor of the annual JCK Las Vegas show. Along with Prestige and the Elite Enclave section, the show is welcoming LUXURY Watch, bringing together under one roof elite brands and designers and making it possible for fine timepiece brands to balance appointments with traffic from invitation-only retailers. The ballroom promises to offer a new opportunities for exhbitors seeking a larger, highly customized salon setting to match their upscale brands.

“We are thrilled to be able to meet the demands of the LUXURY community with the addition of Prestige to the LUXURY family,” said event director Sarin Bachmann in a press release. “The brands from each group have always been like-minded and of matching caliber, so it’s nice to officially celebrate that synergy and provide even more value and convenience for our retailers.”

Joining the LUXURY lineup with Prestige are notable brands such as A. Link, Lauren K, Oscar Heyman, Lika Behar, Mémoire, John Buechner, and the Mazza Co., to name just a few of the 40 already-committed exhibitors for 2016.

LUXURY also continues to grow its retailer community, offering additional hosted packages for premier buyers with exclusive access to suites at the Four Seasons and Delano properties. Amenities such as daily networking breakfasts, world-class keynotes, lunches, afternoon snacks and cocktails, salon floor lounges, Retailer of the Year awards, a LUXURY evening gala event, and daily merchandise credit drawings await those attending the event.

LUXURY kicks off Las Vegas jewelry week on May 31 and runs through June 2, 2016, and is invitation-only. The show will open to all badge holders of JCK Las Vegas June 3–6. For more information, visit luxury.jckonline.com.

Brittany Siminitz

JCK Contributing Editor