ship at the show. Following is a sampling of some of the activities that took place during the show, followed by show highlights. COVERINGS RECAP βββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββββ Vives: Boutique Design Grespania: Organic Inspiration Two Tile of Spain manufacturers earned Booth Awards: Vives (l.) for Boutique Design and Grespania for Organic Inspiration. It was good to see NTCA Five Star Contractors Dan Lambert and wife Elizabeth of Lambert Tile & Stone, Eagle, Colo., after Dan suffered a back fracture over the winter. Mike Franceschelli and Luca Setti accept the CTDA Supplier of the Year Award, for Florida Tile. This is the second time CTDA distributor members voted Florida Tile as their Supplier of the Year, based on a survey that ranks suppliers based on leadership, marketing training, technology, communications and product shipment and support. From Mourelatos Tile in Tucson, John Mourelatos (l.) and Ed Siebern trained to be regional evaluators at Coverings. At Marazzi, (l. to r.) Massimo Ballucchi, Shelly Halbert, April Wilson and Gianni Mattioli cluster around an issue of TRENDS to admire Halbertβs story on tile design and color. A NASCAR race simulator at the NTCA booth drew crowds to test their driving skills, win prizes and find out a bit more about NTCA. 68 TileLetter | June 2017