NEWS BRIEFS Coverings show reflects strength of industry: Over 1,100 global exhib- itors took part in the event, which offered over 45 e d u c a t i o n a l sessions at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, and nearly 25,000 visitors. The show, held May 8-11, reflected a 20% increase from 2013, the last time Coverings took place in Atlanta. https://bit.ly/2sEGuhR Clean the World volunteers assemble hygiene kits for home- less veterans: Four teams of vol- unteers from MAPEI, Florida Tile, NTCA and the press assembled 800 hygiene kits to be distributed by Clean the World to area homeless veterans. https://bit.ly/2sFcWAv Chris Walker, John Cousins receive NTCA Tile Person of the Year and Joe A. Tarver Awards, respectively. https://bit.ly/2xaeTtv There was so much going on at Coverings ’18 last month – products, conference sessions, round tables, events, special features – that the only way to experience it all is well, to attend it! And you’re in luck, since Coverings ’19 will be held April 9 -13 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla. This year, however, we’ve posted a range of news and information on TileLetter.com. Included here are synopses of many of these news stories, with links to TileLetter.com for you to view the entire story. For more news from Coverings, go to TileLetter.com and enter COVERINGS in the search bar. If you are on Facebook, also check out #ntcaatcoverings18 on the TileLetter, National Tile Contractors Association and NTCA Members Only pages. Christopher Walker (l) with NTCA President Martin Howard. Walker was awarded the NTCA Tile Person of the Year Award. 100 TileLetter | June 2018