Welcome to the spectacular May preshow issue of JCK! All of us around here are getting very excited about the upcoming JCK show in Las Vegas. We hope this issue and the beautiful ads within are the source of inspiration for your week in Vegas.I’m just back from my first Baselworld show in two years, and it was a fantastic time! I missed last year’s show, so this was my first view of the extraordinary new Herzog & de Meuron–designed main hall and the restaurants and pavilions beneath it. As always, seeing friends from around the world was a blast, and the nightly beer fests outside hall 1 were lively and packed. Sharing a beer with our McMurry/TMG colleagues Tracie McLaughlin, Heidi Bressler, and Marisa ­Zappaterreno from The Ritz-Carlton Magazine was a highlight!Evenings are always fun during the show, and the warm weather (70 degrees) made strolling Basel’s charming Old Tow