Jewelry Information Center has announced the recipients of the association's sixth annual Gem Awards, honoring leaders in the jewelry industry and in the media, who excel at building the image and recognition of fine jewelry and watches to the consumer.
Terry Burman, Group Chief Executive of Signet Group plc and Chairman of Sterling Jewelers will be honored at this event with JIC's Gem Award for Lifetime Achievement.
In the category of Corporate Communications and Marketing, Bulgari, a leader in its field for more than 120 years, will be recognized for excellence with the Gem Award.
And author and writer Roberta Naas, whose reporting and writing on fine jewelry and watches are well known, will be presented with the JIC Gem Award for Excellence in Journalism. The awards will be presented at a gala dinner to be held on January 11, 2008 at Cipriani 42nd Street, in New York City.
Now a well-established event and annual gathering of industry leaders and professionals, the Gem Awards honors retailers, manufacturers and media who meet the stringent criteria to be leaders in their field.
In all, some 600 people from the jewelry industry in the US, Europe, and throughout the world attend this highly anticipated event each year.
In addition to honoring the recipients of the Gem Awards, the event celebrates JIC's tradition of more than 60 years of providing public relations and marketing services to the jewelry industry.
The Gem Awards committee, made up of industry leaders, determines the selected honorees each year. The co-chairmen of this year's Gem Awards committee are Steven Kaiser, of Kaiser Time Inc and John Green of Lux Bond & Green.
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