PEOPLE LOVE LAS VEGAS, WHETHER
THEY'RE AT SURFACES OR
THE WORLD MARKET CENTER
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SURFACES: Reza Momeni, center, president of Momeni, with  Anthony Palreiro, left, merchandiser for Macy's West, San Francisco, and Keith Arlinghaus, right, senior buyer for Macy's Home.


SURFACES: John Shepherd, center, chairman of 828 International Trading, with Joe Mascari III, left, and Joe Mascari. Jr., of Joe Mascari's Carpets & Rugs International, Allentown, PA.


LVMC Pavilions: Happy Hellenic, from left, Ankush Gupta, president of Hellenic Canada; Steve Roan, Hellenic vice president; Dan Powell, Western Canada sales agent ; Dan Westervelt, West Coast sales agent and product design; Steve Mazarakis, president, and Mike Shupp, northeast sales.

SURFACES: George Couri, chairman of Couristan, and Len Andolino, national sales manager for residential broadloom.


WMC: At Abbyson, from left:Kristian Madsen, KLM Trading Co., Kansas city; Leslie Lovell, Town Center Interior Design, Las Vegas; Michealena Perry, Abbyson's Las Vegas showroom manager; Yavar Rafieha, vice president of sales and marketing for Abbyson; Kayrene Larsen of Abbyson and Roxanne Simmons of Abbyson.

AT WMC: Massud Parvizian of  Parvizian's, Dallas, TX,and Nasser Rahmanan, principal of Masterlooms.

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SURFACES: Scott Hayim, president of CCA Global's Rug
Decor Stores, headquartered in St. Louis, with Shields Smith, who recently joined Home Depot, Atlanta.


WMC:  Lana Seagren, Verve Interiors, Chandler, AZ,  with Sarah Rahall, director of marketing and sales for Abbyson.


MANDALAY BAY: Linda Harlow, vice president of merchandising for Trans Ocean Imports, with Etran Chane of Globelink, La Jolla, CA.


SURFACES: Magnificent Carpet Awards held a place of honor at the Loloi booth. From left, Charlie Johnson,  Loloi sales agent; May Elliott, The Rug Store, Gainesville, GA; Amir Loloi, Loloi, and Ron Elliot, The Rug Store.

SURFACES: Scott Burnham and Tom Rypkema of Kent's Carpetland, Accord, MA.

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SURFACES:  Randy Kremer of RugsDirect.com, Winchester, VA; Ali Momeni of Momeni and Victor Cucuz, Carpet Crafters, Tampa, FL.

MANDALAY BAY: Sandy and Bill Chabra of Rite-Way Furniture, Abbotsford, BC, Canada, with Ravi Tiwari, vice president of new vendor Chandra Rugs.

SURFACES: Al Einheber of National Floor, Jenkintown, PA, with sales agent Handsome Herb Cantor.

MANDALAY BAY: Kashanian booth was busy all week. From left, Firouz Kashanian, principal of FJ Kashanian; Mian Yaquoob, Design Textures, Inc., Denver; Robin Boyer and Patrice Blasco of Patrice Blasco Interior Design, Las Vegas; Jonathon Kashanian  and Gilda Kashanian of FJ Kashanian.

SURFACES: Larry Chiprut, vice president of broadloom for ABC Carpet & Home with Paul Chapman , president of ABC.

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WMC: Hey, didn't we just see you guys on the other side of town? Larry Chiprut, vice president of broadloom for ABC Carpet & Home and Paul Chapman , president of ABC. said they wanted to check out the action at the new World Market Center show.

SURFACES: During Las Vegas market, Couristan was honored as vendor of the year by the International Design Guild. Shown here with the prestigious IDG award are Len Andolino, national sales manager; Amy Chato, styling consultant, and Ron Couri,  ceo of Couristan.



SURFACES: Peter and Tina Fricano of Seashore Floors, Sea Isle City, NJ, with Don Newton, exec vp of Orian.


WMC PAVILIONS: Dawn Hornelaz, Debbie Reitz and Joe Reitz of Joe's Furniture, Prescott, AZ, with Surya rep Sue Black.

SURFACES: Brian Hall, newly-named  midwest regional sales manager for Central Oriental, with Laurie Hoffman, Carpet Outlet Plus, Adrian, MI.



SURFACES: Sales agent Ralph Long, left, with Cindy Gerald, owner of Simply Rugs, Mandeville, LA, and Ali Momeni, vice president of Momeni.

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SURFACES: Diane Carleo, marketing manager of United Weavers USA; Dee and Mike Anderson of Anderson Carpet Sales, Lingle, WY, and Kurt Von de Bur
 Eastern Sales Manager,
 United Weavers USA

SURFACES: Mohamed Farid, left, chairman of Oriental Weavers Worldwide joins Rugnews.com's Lissa Wyman

SURFACES: Tim Schantz, right, manager of national accounts for  Dynamic Rugs, with Mike, Cheryl and Roger Sensing of Pruitt's, Phoenix.


SURFACES: Taylor Hastie, director of design and trend analysis and Jeanne Love, product merchant for soft flooring of Expo Design Center; Rita Karmiol, sales vp for Nourison, and Stephen Peykar, Nourison principal.

WMC PAVILIONS: Surya's winning rug in the recent Atlanta Magnificent Carpets Awards was prominently featured in Las Vegas. Here is the rug, with Satya Tiwari, Surya president; sales agent Sue Black and Rohit Singh, Surya sales manager.

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SURFACES: Cy Cohen, president of Stanton, left, and Jim Allan, Einstein-Moomjy, Paramus, NJ. They are admiring Stanton's Enchantment design in the Shalimar collection, which was honored with the Wools of New Zealand's best-in-show award.

SURFACES: Last day of market is always the time to visit with industry friends. Here are Mena Peykar, principal of The Decorative Motif; Alex Peykar, a principal of Nourison, and Jim Thompson, vice president of sales and marketing for Central Oriental.

SURFACES: Stairway to the stars: Patty Wanta, special accounts manager, and Hussein Zoroufy, vice president of Zoroufy, show off Zoroufy's dramatic new stair rod display.


SURFACES: Jim Howell, Orian national sales manager; Laura Luquire and Meri McDonald of CIT Factors, and Don Newton, exec vp of Orian.

MANDALAY BAY: Chandra Tiwari, president, and son Ravi Tiwari, vice president, of the newly-formed Chandra Rugs.

SURFACES: Alan Platner, VIP Sales & Marketing, Boca Raton, FL,  with Dr. S.K. Chaudhuri of the Woolmark Co., New Delhi We'll be seeing Dr. Chaudhuri again  later this month at  the International Carpet Fair in New Delhi, India.

WMC PAVILIONS: Steve  Mazarakis, president of Hellenic, joins Lissa Wyman, editor and publisher of Rugnews.com to wave bye from Las Vegas.  We'll be in New Delhi, then New York and then High Point. We'll catch up to you soon!

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