GIFT WRAPPING AND MERCHANDISING EXPERT ARONA KHAN
Seminars and Demonstrations at trade shows
UK:Spring Fair, Autumn Fair, Top Drawer, Card & Wrap, Craft Hobby + Stitch, The International Party Show, Pulse, Speciality & Fine Food Fair
Ireland:Autumn Fair
Germany: Soennecken Expo
USA:The RPA Show, The Retail Packaging Manufacturers Association Show, The PGA Show, The National Stationery Show. Gift shows in Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Miami, New York and Seattle.
Japan: GIFTEX
Seminars and Demonstrations at other events
Events include a seminar at The UK Chocolatiers Conference 2007 and demonstrations in the village hall at East Preston, West Sussex for customers of local retailer A Touch of Frost. Guests at Champneys Health Spa in Tring, Hertfordshire, and visitors at The Spirit of Christmas Fair and The Festive Gift Fair also enjoyed Arona's presentations. Overseas, clients of Sotheby’s in New York learnt how to lay a Holiday table using ribbons and bows and gifts from the Sotheby Arcade.
Client list
Many independent retailers, and large companies including Aria, Asda, Avoca, Banana Republic, Boots, British Midland Airways, Champneys, Faber Castell, GAP, The Garden Centre Association of Ireland, GlaxoSmithKline, Hallmark, Hamleys, Ironbridge Gorge Museums, Jack Daniels Whiskey, The John Lewis Partnership, Katharine Pooley, Liberty, Marks & Spencer, National Museum of Ireland, nextday-champagne.co.uk, Parfums Christian Dior, Procter & Gamble (Fine Fragrances), Royal Albert Hall, Selfridges, Sotheby’s New York, tesa tape, The Law Society, Thorntons, Tigerprint, The Royal Horticultural Society at Wisley, Vidal Sassoon, WH Smith. 10 Downing Street.
Television and Radio appearances
BBC1: A series of short films for Good Morning with Anne and Nick, Daytime UK, The Eleventh Hour, The Really Useful Show
BBC2: The Antiques Show Christmas Special, Ready Steady Cook
ITV: This Morning, The 6 O’Clock Show
GMTV: LK Today
TV3: Ireland AM
Satellite: Lifestyle Television – David Hamilton’s Coffee Break guest for a week, Sky News, The Children’s Channel
Radio: BBC, London News Talk, Colourful Radio, Radio 5 Live, BBC Radio Ulster, ABC Radio Australia
Newspapers and Magazines
Arona’s work has been featured in numerous national newspapers and magazines including Crafts Beautiful, Harpers & Queen, Homes and Gardens, Homes & Ideas, House and Home (Ireland), Inspirations, My Weekly, The RTE Guide (Ireland), The TV Times, Woman’s Journal, The Evening Standard, The Daily Mail, The Irish Times, The Telegraph Sunday Magazine, The Mirror and The Weekend Telegraph
In addition, in trade journals including Beauty Magazine, Craft Business, Craft Focus, Flower, Gift Buyer’s Club, Gift Focus, Gifts Today, Giftware Review, Greetings, Greetings Today, Home & Living (Netherlands), Party Party Magazine, Profitable Greetings, Progressive Gifts, Progressive Greetings, Progressive Party, Picture Business, Select (Japan), Speciality Food Magazine and The Lingerie Buyer
In North America her work appeared in Gifts and Decorative Accessories, Giftware News, Gifts and Tablewares, The Crafts Report and FTD in Bloom as well as being highlighted in Instyle Magazine, Giftware Business and Greetings Etc
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