Rediscover Vantage LED with the launch of their new generation of LED Signs: Phoenix Color and Raven Grayscale LED Display Series


Corona, CA (PRWEB) August 06, 2012

Chris Ma started Vantage LED in 2003. After several years in the LED sign industry, he saw the need for a LED sign manufacturer that would not only build the highest caliber product, but dedicate itself to being a valuable support resource to its dealers and OEM partners. He committed himself to crafting a product that was friendly to the dealer, their client, and to the installer in the field.

“This is a perfect storm brewing for Vantage LED with a strong team of industry professionals, high caliber products, and valuable resources for our clients,” Paul Martin, Director of Marketing

After 9 successful years, Vantage LED proudly announces the launch of its new branding showcasing a new generation of LED sign products: Phoenix Color and Raven Grayscale LED Display Series. Vantage LED has a streamlined, systematic production team that delivers this superior product line in an attractive lead time for the industry dealer. All designed, manufactured, and supported with pride in the USA.

The Phoenix Color and the Raven Grayscale Series.

With bold colors, the highest contrast ratio, and superior quality construction, sign dealers will recognize a difference in appearance and performance to other LED displays. Vantage LED hosts a variety of features and benefits for dealers to help set them apart from the competition. The Phoenix and Raven Series is the result of meticulous engineering with attention to every detail featuring:


High Contrast Quick Release LED Modules: High quality LEDs for superior color coupled with a unique louver design for a high contrast ratio. Quick release two point latch system that has no screws to lose.

Conformal Coated Power Supplies: A protective coating on the internal electronics further protects the power supply from condensation and breakdown increasing the life by 25%.

Dragon Skin High Performance Coating: An industry first, this resilient, environmentally safeand green highly scratch resistant coating that allows general expansion/shrinkage of metal cabinets.

Darwin Solid State Control Unit: An internal video PC controller (powered by Intel) that handles the most demanding high resolution graphics or video featuring a 40 gig solid state drive for low heat and increased performance.

Vantage LED has an in-house software team that developed powerful, yet simple to use, software called LightSpeed Media Software to operate their new product line with features like:

Hotel Valencia Riverwalk & Hotel Valencia Santana Row to Color Your Summer Orange


San Antonio, TX (PRWEB) July 13, 2012

Hotel Valencia Riverwalk in San Antonio, TX and Hotel Valencia Santana Row in San Jose, CA are sweetening up the last days of summer with a new guest campaign: Color your Summer Orange. Through September, the two, award winning properties aim to surprise and delight visitors with unexpected appearances of the brands signature color through avenues designed to impact a variety of senses.

From subtle scents wafting through the lobby and more dramatic visual effects like an exterior lighting wash at night to refreshing agua frescas at Citrus restaurant or tasty, infused cocktails at Vbar, the joy and playfulness of orange the color of summer sun and fun will touch each guest experience.

The Valencia brand was inspired by the namesake Mediterranean community in Spain, which is known for its sweet orange trees. That growing history also influenced the naming of Californias Valencia Orange.

As Jeff Miraglia, Creative Director with Taylor West explains, This campaign naturally fits into everything that the word Valencia stands for and reinforces elements as well as attitudes of the brand. We hope that the integration of all things orange will further connect these emotional and experiential cues to the name while rewarding guests with a quicker step, a looser tie and a brighter outlook.

The overriding hope is that the effort will heighten Hotel Valencias connection to a summer stay, encouraging guest to let orange paint their next Valencia vacation too.

About Valencia Group

Houston-based Valencia Group provides management, development, branding and repositioning services for independent, full-service boutique hotels owned by the company, in addition to third parties. Recognized both nationally and internationally for their exceptional service and style, Valencia Group hotels fuse a crisp, globally-inspired modern design aesthetic with warm Mediterranean influences. Valencia Group continues to forge a niche with anchor hotels in mixed-use environments where the right balance of residential, restaurant, retail and office coalesce to create full-spectrum accretive value in sought after urban settings. Signature properties such as Hotel Valencia Santana Row in San Jose, CA, Hotel Sorella CITYCENTRE in Houston, TX and Hotel Valencia Riverwalk in San Antonio, TX have become destinations and gathering places within their respective communities, some further benefitting from and enriching their location within the cultural heart of a city. 2013 marks a year of substantial growth for the company with the second Sorella – Hotel Sorella Country Club Plaza slated for a fall opening in Kansas City, MO and the launch of a new concept: Lone Star Court. A 21st Century reinterpretation of the nostalgic motor court. Lone Star Court will premier in early 2013 with an Austin flagship in The Domain. For more information, please visit http://www.valenciagroup.com.







J.O. Spice Offers Personalized Spice Labels Printed by the Vivo! Touch and Zeo! Color Label Printers


West Warwick, RI (PRWEB) June 19, 2012

QuickLabel Systems, a brand of Astro-Med, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALOT), is pleased to announce that its customer JO Spice Company now offers a line of custom labeled spices and seafood seasonings ideal for wedding favors and for restaurant brand spices and seasonings.

JO Spice has been custom blending crab seasonings for 67 years, and its seasonings, spices, batters, breadings, and soups are used in virtually every crab house and seafood restaurant along the East Coast of the United States. J.O. Spice is the flavor of Maryland! said Kathleen Duncan, the companys graphic designer. When you enjoy seafood in our state, especially crabs, I can almost guarantee that you are tasting J.O. Spice.

Recently, JO Spice expanded its custom labeling program to include personalized seasonings and spices, often paired with laser-engraved personalized crab mallets. Weve always offered custom labeled seasoning and spices, said Duncan, but as technology has advanced so has the demand for custom labels.

When J.O. Spice realized they needed to bring label printing in-house in order keep up with the demand for custom labels, they had some decisions to make. One was to find an in-house label printer capable of printing the kind of labels they wanted to offer to their customers.

When they discovered QuickLabel Systems, J.O. settled on two of our color label printers: the Zeo! light-duty inkjet label printer and the Vivo! Touch production-capacity label printer. The Vivo! Touch and the Zeo! label printers have advanced the quality of our label printing needs, said Duncan.

Our QuickLabel printers have proved to be a great business investment, said Duncan. Printing our own labels in house has allowed us to print a quality label at an affordable price which allows us to offer custom labeling with a smaller minimum requirement. The customer service and support from QuickLabel has been great.

Now that we have our Vivo! Touch and Zeo!, our color selection is endless. Its amazing how much personality you can bring out in a label by the use of design and color. With vivid and bold label colors, Duncan said that she can create personalized label designs from bold and sassy to simple and understated.

Duncan strives to tailor each personalized spice label especially for each wedding couple or for each special event. Its always fun to let your imagination run wild while designing, she said. Seeing the finished product is rewarding. Most times it comes out better than I imagined! The emails and referrals I receive from happy customers is overwhelming and makes my job very rewarding.

To order a custom labeled spice or seasoning, simply contact Ginger at JO Spice at 1-800-537-5714 and ask for a custom label to be created. Duncan will then take over, developing a personalized spice label design to please any restaurant marketing executive or bride-to-be. Most customers approve their proofs the first time around and are very happy!

About JO Spice Company

J.O. Spice Company was established in 1945 and is a Baltimore, Maryland based manufacturer and distributor of a wide range of seafood seasonings, spices, batters, breadings and soups. The JO brand crab seasonings are used in almost every crab house and restaurant on the East coast that serves Maryland steamed crabs and is the preferred crab seasoning around the Chesapeake Bay area. The J.O. Crab Seasoning is a custom blend using ingredients and a special salt, which adhere to the steamed crab. To taste what JO Spice has to offer, visit store.jospices.com or call 1-800-537-5714.

About QuickLabel Systems and Astro-Med, Inc.

QuickLabel Systems is a leading manufacturer of digital color label printers used by manufacturers and processors who want to print their own labels in-house, as well as barcode label printers, thermal transfer ribbon, labels, and custom label printing services. QuickLabel Systems is a brand of Astro-Med, Inc., a manufacturer of high tech specialty printing systems, electronic medical instrumentation, and data acquisition systems for test and measurement. Astro-Med, Inc. (NASDAQ:ALOT) is a member of the Russell Microcap

Leatrice Eiseman, Executive Director of Pantone Color Institute, to Speak at the Mane, Style, & Face Forum on October 20


Las Vegas, Nevada (PRWEB) June 18, 2012

Vegas Beauty Unbound, the worlds premiere fashion, beauty, and style competition, education, and networking event, is proud to announce that international color guru and Pantone Executive Director, Leatrice Eiseman, will serve as a featured speaker at the Mane, Style, & Face Forum on October 20.

An author of eight books on color, a pioneer in color palette development for many industries, including fashion and cosmetics, and Director of the Eiseman Center for Color Information, Ms. Eiseman will discuss and demonstrate new color trends and viral communication strategies that will influence the future of makeup, cosmetics, and styling.

About the Forum

From October 20-21, 2012, the Mane, Style, and Face Forum will present educational classes for beauty professionals to introduce exciting new tools, colors, and opportunities to market their skills in the ever-changing social media marketing realm. The event will culminate in a spectacular runway fashion show styled by Celebrity Master Colorist Kim Vo. The latest products will be unveiled in the New Generation of Beauty Trade Exhibit. The Forum will also feature the Art & Beauty Unbound Student Competition.

“We are thrilled to have Leatrice Eiseman from Pantone as one of our featured speakers, states Erin Utter, Director of Vegas Beauty Unbound. She has been a color expert, authority, pioneer, and trendsetter across industries for many years. She has much wisdom to share.

About Vegas Beauty Unbound

From October 20-22, 2012, Vegas Beauty Unbound will descend on Las Vegas to create a conscious awareness of the transforming Beauty Industry. Beauty professionals and industry icons will participate in strategic education and networking sessions, experience new tools, and witness and participate in explosive battles that challenge them in new ways.

In addition to the Forum, Vegas Beauty Unbound will host the Beauti Gras Halloween Celebration at Body English, October 21st, a Mardi Gras done Vegas style. Vegas Beauty Unbound culminates in the epic final salon showdown on October 22 of Battle of the Strands 2012: Xtreme Beauty, the most extreme salon competition in history, where five salons compete head-to-head at the Joint, Hard Rock Hotel & Casino to create a hair, makeup, and wardrobe masterpiece as a living, breathing artistic participant in a chosen production number to highlight their work.

About Pantone

Pantone LLC is the world-renowned authority on color. For nearly 50 years, Pantone has inspired design professionals with products, services and leading technology for the colorful exploration and expression of creativity. From its beginnings in accurate color matching for the graphic design industry, Pantone has expanded to other color-critical industries, including digital technology, fashion, home, plastics, architecture and contract interiors, and paint.

For More Information

For more information about the event or to request media credentials, please contact Erin Utter, Director of Operations, Vegas Beauty Unbound, at 702/990-3368 or 702/612-0394, email erin(at)emailbestbeauty(dot)com or visit vegasbeautyunbound.com