New gifts and a new team at LUNT SILVERSMITHS: Alex Lunt, Director of Product Development and Design, with Creative Director Paula Zanger and Sales Manager Edgar Manson.

TIM DEVINE (center) introduces the new Alberto Pinto design to Bergdorf Goodman tabletop honchos Nicholas Manville, VP DMM, Paula Constable, Assistant Buyer, Decorative Home, and Allyson Ferrel, Buyer.

Established more than 60 years ago in Murano, Italy, CENDESE MURANO has opened its doors to the U.S. Silvia D’Avila, Customer Service representative is pictured with one of the whimsical, multi-colored, hand-crafted, decorative glass objects.

WILLIAM YEOWARD CRYSTAL’s Darren Shick and Neiman Marcus Crystal Buyer Lisa Taylor with Haley Felchlin, Special Accounts Manager, and Alexa Stevenson, succeeding Haley, who is relocating to the U.K.

A special guest in the SEGUSO VIRO showroom: Consul General of Italy Francesco Maria Talò (c) visits with Simonetta Garzino, Seguso VP, and Gianluca Seguso.

LUIGI BORMIOLI President Marcel Trepanier and Jim Eckert, VP (r), flank Dillard’s DMM Linda Mihalick, Arlington, TX at the launch of their revolutionary, high-tech crystal, SON.hyx, guaranteed for 25 years against chipping or discoloration.

Tableware pro Margi Dorger opened a permanent showroom on the 9th floor, MARGUERITE DORGER, INC. distributing J. Seignolles Porcelaine de Limoges, aimed at brides, designers and high-end customers. Holding “Petrouchka Rouge,” Dorger plans to add Faiencerie de Quimper in 2009.

RALPH LAUREN HOME launched a new showroom on the 9th floor where a trio of Macys.com tabletop buyers from Stone Mountain, GA checked out the new designs. Maria Young, Bianca White, VP Planning, and Charlena Escartin, with Ralph Lauren, Director of Sales, John Teilborg, and VP & General Manager Shannon Merson.

Isabelle von Boch, Villeroy and Boch, with Stacie Francombe, founder of GetMarried.com. The popular website features all the resources needed for brides, the wedding party and planners and provided eco-friendly bright orange totes to help organize all the Tabletop Market handouts.

Enjoying the WATERFORD WEDGWOOD festivities during their showroom gala, Jim O’Leary, Waterford Design Director, catches up with Bloomingdale’s China Buyer Mark Selig.