It's Vegas baby!

Where else could I possibly be this week but at World Market Center Las Vegas?

A great turnout of buyers and press from around the world at the USA's favourite furniture and furnishings show. I've been thrilled to welcome international journalists on my client's behalf from Italy, Thailand, China, Germany, the UK, Brazil, Belgium and Canada and I think they're having a great time! Last night's highlight was a keynote speech and question and answer session with Bill Clinton - what an amazing evening.

Silver medal for LOROS Garden of Light and Reflection

What a week! It's certainly been a great one for the team behind the LOROS Garden of Light and Reflection which has been at RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show all week - a silver medal for the show garden. Featured last night on BBC2, the garden is looking fabulous and I had the pleasure of being 'on duty' there on Tuesday, meeting the RHS members and explaining about the therapeutic planting and special features which will travel back to Leicester to their permanent home at the LOROS hospice in the Autumn. Have a look, it's all online at http://www.lorosgarden.org.uk/ - we're still fundraising, so all donations gratefully received, there's a link to the Virgin Money online donation facility on the website.

It may be June, but we're already thinking Christmas!

It may only be June, but for some of our clients we're preparing for Christmas. The Belmont Hotel in Leicester for example has just launched its Christmas party brochure, together with a teaser video.

The Bowie family which runs the hotel took over the business in 1934, so it's particularly fitting that they should choose a 1930s style Christmas this year. It'll be glamorous, sophisticated and fun - Christmas parties where you can elect to dress in costumes of the era or simply look lovely in your party frocks!

For a taste of what to expect, visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2g7_j8x5Gg or if you'd like a laugh, have a look at the 'making of' video on our facebook page

LOROS Hospice Garden Appeal - event on 29th May

If you love inspiring gardens, then it's worth a trip to Wing in Rutland on Sunday to the preview of the Art Dejardin summer garden sculpture exhibition. A fund-raiser for the LOROS Garden Appeal, the garden which is at 5 Top Street in Wing will be open from 12-3.00 p.m. and entry is by donation of a minimum of £4.50 per person which is the normal ticket price. All proceeds will be going to the LOROS Hospice Garden Appeal. There will be wine, canapes and music and a fabulous six acre sculpture garden. Well worth a visit - http://www.artdejardin.co.uk/ and it's all in aid of http://www.lorosgarden.org.uk/

Cape Westerly's new summer collection

Fab new summer collection has just been launched by my client Cape Westerly. Some really cool colours for what I hope will be a hot summer! Polo shirts, short sleeved rugby shirts and an extremely robust sailing jacket - just what I need for my sailing holiday!

The model stopped for a coffee and seems to have caught a duck!

Great Pageantry

We Brits do know how to do pageantry don't we? I loved the Royal wedding last week and did all those girly things like comment on people's outfits and hats and sip champagne! But I also loved it because the bride and groom managed to make it feel like a very personal wedding, which of course is what's it's really all about. I haven't heard a single bad comment about it from anyone this week - everyone seemed to have enjoyed the additional time off work and got into the whole spirit of the event. Well done the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge!

Social media strategy

Went to a great online conference on Monday this week - it's one of several online events we attend during the year, simply to ensure that we're up to date with what's new and what's happening online. The most interesting elements really were how vital 'social' is becoming for online strategy and also how mobile is becoming more and more important. Speaking as someone who has just about got to grips with my i-phone two years after buying it, I can see that for the younger generation mobile is the 'big thing', but I'm sure there will still be a few Luddites around for whom a mobile is about making and receiving telephone calls! I'll watch this space ...