January 27-31, 2024, ARIZONA BILTMORE RESORT, PHOENIX, AZ

Agenda

The event's full hourly schedule

23 Years of Great People and Great Times!

  • Discover new jewelry technologies
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  • Accelerate business growth by staying ahead of the curve

Friday, January 26, 2024 


Noon - 1:00 am Next Day

Shuttle Buses from Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport to the Arizona Biltmore Resort for early arrivals. Upon arrival into Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, please proceed down the escalators to the baggage claim area. After claiming luggage, please proceed to the following door numbers in your respective arrival terminal and look for staff holding Centurion signage. DO NOT go outside the terminal. Should you have trouble locating staff, please call Destination & Conference Services at 520-820-4402.  Shuttles run about every half hour:

Terminal 4-Inside Door #1
Terminal 3-Inside Door #9

4:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Come to Registration and Badge Pick-Up in the Aztec Room just off the entrance lobby of the Arizona Biltmore for touchless badge pick-up via QR Code sent to all attendees in advance of the show by email. Be sure you have your QR Code email ready on your phone when you arrive to save time. Badge Lanyards and Show Bags are sponsored by Smart Age SolutionsM-T1 (front of McArthur Ballroom) and TAB4 (front of Arizona Biltmore Ballroom).

Badge Lanyards & Show Bags Sponsored By


Saturday, January 27, 2024


7:30 am - 3:00 pm 

Golf Tournament

(warmups and Continental Breakfast 7:30-8:30, shotgun tee off at 8:30AM) at the Arizona Biltmore Golf Club, just across the road from the hotel's front drive. Lunch will also be served. Scramble-style tournament includes prizes for Men's and Ladies' Longest Drive, Closest to Pin and Winning Team. This year the tournament will be on the tougher of the two courses!


7:30 am - 8:00 pm

Come to Registration and Badge Pick-Up in the Aztec Room just off the entrance lobby of the Arizona Biltmore for touchless badge pick-up via QR Code sent to all attendees in advance of the show by email. Be sure you have your QR Code email ready on your phone when you arrive to save time. Badge Lanyards and Show Bags are sponsored by Smart Age SolutionsM-T1 (front of McArthur Ballroom) and TAB4 (front of Arizona Biltmore Ballroom).

Badge Lanyards & Show Bags Sponsored By


8:00 am - 1:00 am Next Day

Shuttle Buses from Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport to the Arizona Biltmore Resort for early arrivals. Upon arrival into Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, please proceed down the escalators to the baggage claim area. After claiming luggage, please proceed to the following door numbers in your respective arrival terminal and look for staff holding Centurion signage. DO NOT go outside the terminal. Should you have trouble locating staff, please call Destination & Conference Services at 520-820-4402.  Shuttles run about every half hour:

Terminal 4-Inside Door #1
Terminal 3-Inside Door #9

10:00 am - 6:00 pm 

Exhibitor Set-Up


1:00 - 3:00 pm

Centurion Tennis Tournament

Tennis is back for Centurion 2024, with the beautiful Arizona Biltmore Tennis courts now fully updated. Racquets and Tennis Balls will be provided. Wear proper Tennis attire. Arizona Biltmore Tennis Courts (facility has three tennis courts and 4 pickle ball courts). Refreshments and Snacks will be served.


9:00 pm- Midnight 

Late Night Open Bar, Spire Lawn

Open Bars are sponsored by LOUDR, A BOTTOM LINE AGENCY,  F-T5-6, Frank Lloyd Wright Ballroom.

Access with proper show badge.


Sunday, January 28, 2024


7:00 am - 7:00 pm

Come to Registration and Badge Pick-Up in the Aztec Room just off the entrance lobby of the Arizona Biltmore for touchless badge pick-up via QR Code sent to all attendees in advance of the show by email. Be sure you have your QR Code email ready on your phone when you arrive to save time. Badge Lanyards and Show Bags are sponsored by Smart Age Solutions, M-T1 (front of McArthur Ballroom) and TAB4 (front of Arizona Biltmore Ballroom). (front of Arizona Biltmore Ballroom).

Badge Lanyards & Show Bags Sponsored By


7:30 am - 9:30 am 

Exhibitor-Set-Up


8:00 am - 9:30 am 

Exhibitor Breakfast

Served In Respective Exhibit Areas


8:00 am - 9:30 am 

Retailer Breakfast

Arizona Biltmore Ballroom

BREAKFAST EDUCATION TODAY from 8:30-10:00 am. Details and morning sponsor TBA


All Day

Watch this website for download instructions for our Official Show App sponsored by NATURAL DIAMOND COUNCIL (NDC). NDC will also lead a very special at-show "Influencer" effort to editorially cover products and happenings at Centurion 2024 and broadcast the many posts to NDC's (and our influencers') wide consumer audiences! Featured Influencers for Centurion 2024 are: Tracey Ellison, The Diamonds Girl; Benjamin Guttery, Third Coast Gems; Jennifer Heebner, jenniferheebner.com; Grant Mobley, Jewelry and Watch Editor at Only Natural Diamonds; and Kyle Roderick, Forbes.com. NDC will be based in the Prescott Room, adjacent to both Centurion's Meeting Room Exhibitors and the Arizona Biltmore Ballroom, site of Centurion Breakfasts and Lunches.

Sponsored by


10:00 am - 6:00 pm 

Show Hours


10:00 am - 6:00 pm 

Excellence In Design Awards Voting!

Retailer attendees will be able cast your votes for your favorite designs through 5:00 PM Monday, January 29, 2024 right at the "live" Centurion Excellence In Design Awards Cases in the foyer of our fashion-forward McArthur Ballroom exhibit area. Retailer Buyer Personnel each receive a Gift Card when they stop to cast their vote!

CENTURION Excellence in Design Awards Sponsored By:

Official Insurer of CENTURION 2024


11:00 am - 5:00 pm

Coffee & Cappuccino Service

Enjoy a delicious cup of coffee or cappuccino. Stations will be located in all exhibit areas. Sponsored by Luxury Display Group, F-T17, front of Frank Lloyd Wright Ballroom.

Sponsored by


12:30 pm - 2:00 pm

Lunch

Arizona Biltmore Ballroom, with 'Grab And Go ' Lunches for those in a hurry available on the Patio in front of the MacArthur Ballroom, as well as in the North Foyer of the Frank Lloyd Wright Ballroom.


4:30 pm - 5:30 pm

Open Bar ON THE SHOW FLOOR

Open Bars are sponsored by LOUDR, A BOTTOM LINE AGENCY,  F-T5-6, Frank Lloyd Wright Ballroom.

Access with proper show badge.


7:30 - 9:00 pm

Dinner On Your Own

Click Here or follow the link below for Top local restaurants. Be sure to make reservations.

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10:00 pm - Midnight

After Dinner OPEN BAR,  SPIRE LAWN

Open Bars are sponsored by LOUDR, A BOTTOM LINE AGENCY,  F-T5-6, Frank Lloyd Wright Ballroom.

Access with proper show badge


Monday, January 29, 2024


7:00 am - 6:00 pm

Come to Registration and Badge Pick-Up in the Aztec Room just off the entrance lobby of the Arizona Biltmore for touchless badge pick-up via QR Code sent to all attendees in advance of the show by email. Be sure you have your QR Code email ready on your phone when you arrive to save time. Badge Lanyards and Show Bags are sponsored by Smart Age Solutions, M-T1 (front of McArthur Ballroom) and TAB4 (front of Arizona Biltmore Ballroom). (front of Arizona Biltmore Ballroom).

Badge Lanyards & Show Bags Sponsored By


7:30 am - 9:30 am 

Exhibitor-Set-Up


8:00 am - 9:30 am 

Exhibitor Breakfast

Served In Respective Exhibit Areas


8:00 am - 9:30 am 

Retailer Breakfast

Arizona Biltmore Ballroom

BREAKFAST EDUCATION TODAY from 8:30-10:00 am. Details and morning sponsor TBA


 


All Day

Watch this website for download instructions for our Official Show App sponsored by NATURAL DIAMOND COUNCIL (NDC). NDC will also lead a very special at-show "Influencer" effort to editorially cover products and happenings at Centurion 2024 and broadcast the many posts to NDC's (and our influencers') wide consumer audiences! Featured Influencers for Centurion 2024 are: Tracey Ellison, The Diamonds Girl; Benjamin Guttery, Third Coast Gems; Jennifer Heebner, jenniferheebner.com; Grant Mobley, Jewelry and Watch Editor at Only Natural Diamonds; and Kyle Roderick, Forbes.com. NDC will be based in the Prescott Room, adjacent to both Centurion's Meeting Room Exhibitors and the Arizona Biltmore Ballroom, site of all Centurion Breakfasts and Lunches.

Sponsored by


10:00 am - 6:00 pm 

Show Hours


10:00 am - 5:00 pm 

Excellence In Design Awards Voting!

Retailer attendees will be able cast your votes for your favorite designs through 5:00 PM Monday, January 29, 2024 right at the "live" Centurion Excellence In Design Awards Cases in THE FOYER OF our fashion-forward MacArthur Ballroom exhibit area. Retailer Buyer Personnel each receive a Gift Card when they stop to cast their vote!

CENTURION Excellence in Design Awards Sponsored By:

Official Insurance Company of CENTURION 2024


11:00 am - 5:00 pm

Coffee & Cappuccino Service

Enjoy a delicious cup of coffee or cappuccino. Stations will be located in all exhibit areas. Sponsored by Luxury Display Group, F-T17, front of Frank Lloyd Wright Ballroom.

Sponsored by


12:30 pm - 2:00 pm

Lunch

Arizona Biltmore Ballroom, with 'Grab And Go ' Lunches for those in a hurry available on the Patio in front of the MacArthur Ballroom, as well as in the Frank Lloyd Wright Ballroom.


4:30 - 5:30 pm 

Open Bar ON SHOW FLOOR!

Open Bars are sponsored by LOUDR, A BOTTOM LINE AGENCY,  F-T5-6, Frank Lloyd Wright Ballroom.

Access with proper show badge.


7:30 pm to 9:00 pm

ARIZONA BILTMORE BALLROOM

Gala Opening Dinner & Design Awards Winners

Enjoy a wonderful dinner under the desert night sky and congratulate all of the winners of the Centurion 2024 Excellence in Design Awards! We are grateful to JEWELERS MUTUAL GROUP ,the OFFICIAL INSURER OF CENTURION 2024, for their kind sponsorship of tonight's Dinner & Design Awards. Jewelers Mutual Group (F-T2, F-T3 and TAB-12 in the Frank Lloyd Wright Ballroom and opposite the entrance of the Arizona Biltmore Ballroom.

CENTURION Excellence in Design Awards Sponsored By:

Official Insurance Company of CENTURION 2024


9:00 pm - 11:00 pm 

After Dinner Open Bar, Spire Lawn

Open Bars are sponsored by LOUDR, A BOTTOM LINE AGENCY,  F-T5-6, Frank Lloyd Wright Ballroom.


Tuesday, January 30, 2024


7:00 am - 6:00 pm

Come to Registration and Badge Pick-Up in the Aztec Room just off the entrance lobby of the Arizona Biltmore for touchless badge pick-up via QR Code sent to all attendees in advance of the show by email. Be sure you have your QR Code email ready on your phone when you arrive to save time. Badge Lanyards and Show Bags are sponsored by Smart Age Solutions, M-T1 (front of McArthur Ballroom) and TAB4 (front of Arizona Biltmore Ballroom). (front of Arizona Biltmore Ballroom).

Badge Lanyards & Show Bags Sponsored By


7:30 am - 9:30 am 

Exhibitor-Set-Up


8:00 - 9:30 am 

Exhibitor Breakfast

Served In Respective Exhibit Areas

8:00 am - 9:30 am 


Retailer Breakfast

Arizona Biltmore Ballroom

BREAKFAST EDUCATION TODAY from 8:30-10:00 am. Details and morning sponsor TBA

 


All Day

Watch this website for download instructions for our Official Show App sponsored by NATURAL DIAMOND COUNCIL (NDC). NDC will also lead a very special at-show "Influencer" effort to editorially cover products and happenings at Centurion 2024 and broadcast the many posts to NDC's (and our influencers') wide consumer audiences! Featured Influencers for Centurion 2024 are: Tracey Ellison, The Diamonds Girl; Benjamin Guttery, Third Coast Gems; Jennifer Heebner, jenniferheebner.com; Grant Mobley, Jewelry and Watch Editor at Only Natural Diamonds; and Kyle Roderick, Forbes.com. NDC will be based in the Prescott Room, adjacent to both Centurion's Meeting Room Exhibitors and the Arizona Biltmore Ballroom, site of all Centurion Breakfasts and Lunches.

Sponsored by


10:00 am - 6:00 pm

Show Hours


11:00 am - 5:00 pm

Coffee & Cappuccino Service

Enjoy a delicious cup of coffee or cappuccino. Stations will be located in all exhibit areas. Sponsored by Luxury Display Group, F-T17, front of Frank Lloyd Wright Ballroom.

Sponsored by


12:30 pm - 2:00 pm

Lunch

Arizona Biltmore Ballroom, with 'Grab And Go ' Lunches for those in a hurry available on the Patio in front of the MacArthur Ballroom, as well as in the Frank Lloyd Wright Ballroom.



4:30 - 5:30 pm 

Open Bar ON SHOW FLOOR!

Open Bars are sponsored by LOUDR, A BOTTOM LINE AGENCY,  F-T5-6, Frank Lloyd Wright Ballroom.

Access with proper show badge.


6:00 pm - 8:00 pm 

Exhibitor Move-Out Hours


7:00 - 9:00 pm

Open Bar, ARIZONA BILTMORE BALLROOM

Prior to and during Dinner our relaxing dinner ahead of our Featured Entertainer, Nate Bargatze,  from 7:00-9:00 pm.

Open Bars are sponsored by LOUDR, A BOTTOM LINE AGENCY,  F-T5-6, Frank Lloyd Wright Ballroom.

Access with proper show badge.


7:00 - 9:00 pm 

Grand Finale Dinner in the Arizona Biltmore Ballroom, Immediately Followed by Centurion's Featured Entertainment for 2024, NATE BARGATZE!!!, in the Arizona Biltmore Ballroom

Enjoy a wonderful, wind-down dinner and drinks together with your many industry friends and then... Centurion's 2024 Featured Entertainment, NATE BARGATZE!!!

NATE BARGATZE will perform Tuesday Night, January 30, 2024 at about 9:30 PM, Arizona Biltmore Ballroom, Conference Center. Get there early to get your seats!

Hailed as “The Nicest Man in Stand-Up,” by The Atlantic Magazine and a “Rising Star,” by CBS Morning, 2021 Grammy nominated comedian and podcaster Nate Bargatze is selling out shows around the world.

An Old Hickory, Tennessee native, Bargatze followed in the showbiz footsteps of his father, a former clown turned world class magician, who’s influence is seen on his’s 2015 debut Comedy Central special, Full Time Magic and his debut album, Yelled at By a Clown, which reached #1 on the iTunes Comedy Charts and remained on Billboard’s Top Ten Comedy Charts for weeks.

Bargatze’s half-hour Netflix Special The Standups, premiered in 2017 and his first solo one-hour Netflix special, The Tennessee Kid, premiered globally with rave reviews in 2019. In 2021, he released his critically acclaimed second Netflix special, The Greatest Average American, which received a Grammy nomination for Best Comedy Album. On January 31st, Nate released his latest and third 1-hour special, Nate Bargatze: Hello World, on Amazon Prime which now holds the record as Amazon’s most-streamed original comedy special in its first 28 days of viewership.


Wednesday, January 31, 2024


4:00 am - 2:00 pm 

Shuttles to Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport--Arizona Biltmore Front Drive

Go to the Arizona Biltmore Front Drive to board departure shuttles heading to Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport.


8:00 am

Bus to Tucson--Arizona Biltmore Front Drive

We are pleased to bring back the Bus to (and from)_ Tucson, provided courtesy of CENTURION ans AGTA. The bus will leave the Arizona Biltmore at 8:00 am and head to the AGTA Show in Tucson and will return from its drop-off point at 6:30 pm the same day. You can of course bring your bags and stay on in Tucson if you wish.


2025 DATES

Hope You Enjoyed CENTURION 2024, Our 23rd Anniversary Show!

WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU BACK HERE NEXT YEAR AT OUR ANNUAL HOME, THE ARIZONA BILTMORE RESORT.

ARRIVALS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, JANUARY 31st AND FEBRUARY 1, 2025;

SHOW DAYS: SUNDAY, MONDAY AND TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 3 AND 4, 2025.

DEPARTURES: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2025.

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