Alice Alessi
Board Member at Alessi Domenico Spa, Italy
“Dubai surprised us yet again this year. These days, the aim of trade shows is for us to meet new customers and understand other areas and markets that we do not usually deal with. At JGTD, we came into contact with buyers from countries that we rarely reach, such as different parts of Africa, like Angola and Tunisia; Southeast Asia, and even Australia and New Zealand. We gathered interest in particular types of products, which also gave us the impetus to develop new references.”
Shreyans Dholakia
Entrepreneur and brand custodian at Shree Ramkrishna Exports (SRK), India
“The show for us is good. At the exhibition, our strategy is not to make sales but to do networking and marketing, showcase our products and then take potential future orders. We met with buyers from Dubai, Doha, Bahrain, Switzerland, Singapore, Australia and Israel, among others.”
Jose Miranda da Costa Jr and Cam Li Miranda
Miranda Gems e Mine Ltda, Brazil
“We met with serious buyers and they like our coloured gemstone layouts. We have our own mine for Paraiba tourmaline and we source other coloured gemstones from our associate mines. In terms of production, we cut the material direct from the mine to our company.”
Ioannis Alexandris
Founder and CEO of Gemolithos Group GmbH, Germany
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Tousif Ausaf
CEO of Precious Pebbles Inc, US
“This is the second time that we are in this show. We did very well the first year, and we did better this year. The clientele is very serious here. Everybody has a purpose and they are fulfilling it. We are one of the larger buyers of rough emerald in the market today and we are cutting a wide variety of items. We make everything from singles, matched pairs and layouts, and we have a very deep stock. We also have sapphires, and we have set up a cutting factory in Sri Lanka as well.”
Guillermo Galvis
President of ACODES (Colombian Emeralds Exporters Association), Colombia
“This market has a lot of potential for Colombian emeralds. People are looking for different types of goods in different qualities. Since the customers are coming from different places, they all have different preferences. We also introduced at the show the Colombian emerald industry’s Butterfly Conservation Project, which aims to conserve and protect Colombia’s beautiful butterflies and their habitat.”
Michel A. Zeidan
Ruwi Jewellers LLC (Oman)
“This first edition of JGT Dubai was great. I think Dubai will be the future hub in the region for the jewellery industry, and it’s very important to build connections among all the major jewellery and gemstone centres, from India and Israel to Europe. It was good to be back in a B2B show such as JGT Dubai."
Mehemet Diribas
ZEN Diamond (Turkey)
“We are very happy about our performance at JGT Dubai. We met with so many new customers from South America, Europe and Russia. We will continue to exhibit here.”
Alice Alessi
Alessi Domenico (Italy)
“JGT Dubai’s first edition was amazing and outstanding. We had new customers coming from all over the world, and our customers reached us here in Dubai.”
Paolo Bettinardi
Better Silver (Italy)
“We have very positive feedback for JGT Dubai. We saw customers from Russia, Israel, Turkey, Dubai and India. Dubai is also the perfect place to meet customers who are no more than a three-hour flight away from the city. The show’s timing is also ideal since it allows buyers to replenish their stocks at the beginning of the year.”
Ashish Garg
KGK Diamonds & Jewellery DMCC (Dubai)
“We are very pleased to be a part of JGT Dubai and we strongly believe in this show. We met a lot of customers from different countries, particularly from the US, Europe and the Middle East.”
Dhiraj Kapoor
Alexander Laut Company Limited (Hong Kong)
“JGT Dubai is very well organised!! There are many serious buyers.”
Farog Giligrian
Varouj Jewelry (Egypt)
“JGT Dubai presented us with a good opportunity to speak directly with our existing suppliers and new vendors. I found new companies offering interesting products and discovered a wide variety of goods, especially within the diamond product category. Participating in this exhibition was also very useful when it came to coloured gemstone purchasing since you could not buy these goods without seeing and touching them first. We can’t wait for the next edition of JGT Dubai."
Larissa Apollaro
VIVARA (Brazil)
“JGT Dubai was a great opportunity to meet new suppliers of fine jewellery from Italy and Turkey, and buy coloured stones. The show was a big surprise."
