{"id":22184,"date":"2018-10-29T15:13:12","date_gmt":"2018-10-29T15:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cowdray.co.uk\/?p=22184"},"modified":"2018-10-29T16:33:03","modified_gmt":"2018-10-29T16:33:03","slug":"cowdray-visits-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cowdray.co.uk\/cowdray-visits-new-york\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Visit"},"content":{"rendered":"
British Luxury Media Showcase<\/p>\n
Cowdray\u2019s Director of Events Iain Beaumont and Sales and Business Development Manager Guy Pridie swapped Cowdray House for New York last week. (Tuesday 23rd – Thursday 25th October) This is the second year in a row that Cowdray have attended the Walpole US Trade Delegation<\/a> and British Luxury Media Showcase. Walpole has been the official home of British Luxury for more than 25 years, Walpole represents over 250 of the UK’s finest Brands.<\/p>\n The trip began with an Insights Briefing morning held at J.P.Morgans’ Private Client Offices followed by a lunch at Hearst Tower with Glenda Bailey OBE, the editor-in-chief of US Harper’s Bazaar –\u00a0<\/em>who was recognised for her incredible contribution and support of British Luxury Overseas.<\/p>\n The iconic Spring Studios was the venue for a drinks reception and panel discussion on British Luxury. Speakers included Andreas Neophytou, ECD Spring Studios; Helen Brocklebank, CEO Walpole; Mark Johnson, CEO Molton Brown and Mark Harvey, MD Chapel Down. The evening discussion as moderated by James Fallon from WWD.<\/p>\n Day two consisted of a private tour at department store; Bergdorf Goodman followed by commercial meetings at The Glasshouses and the opportunity to set up ahead of the Luxury Media Showcase. The evening came to a close with a special dinner at the fabulous, Belmond 21 Club to promote British Luxury.<\/p>\n The final day of the trip started with a British Luxury Media Breakfast, a round-table discussion, featuring a specially-commissioned report from Brand Finance looking at the latest insights and trends in the world of British Luxury.<\/p>\n The British Luxury Media Showcase commenced at 9am, also held at The Glasshouses, an impressive event space in Chelsea, with floor-to-ceiling windows framing the New York skyline. Cowdray was one of the 17 brands who joined this year’s delegation.<\/p>\n