Biz News: Cabana swim trade show coming to Newport Beach
Cabana, a high-end swim and beach lifestyle trade show, will hold its first West Coast show on Aug. 13 and 14 in Newport Beach, Cabana co-founder Janet Wong told California Apparel News.
Cabana made its debut in 2013 in Miami Beach. Wong said vendors and retailers requested a West Coast show because not every swim label or boutique can travel to Miami.
Forty brands are expected to be displayed at the Newport Beach event in a ballroom in the Balboa Bay Resort. Among them are 9Seed, Acacia, Cali Dreaming, Boys & Arrows, Mara Hoffman,Tori Praver, Norma Kamali, Vix and Kiki.
Cabana plans to provide shuttles between its show and Swim Collective, a trade show scheduled for the same dates at the Hyatt Regency Resort and Spa in Huntington Beach.
Newport councilman joins board of financial-services company
Newport Beach Councilman Keith Curry has been named to the board of directors of MBIA Inc., a holding company based in Purchase, N.Y., whose subsidiaries provide specialized financial services.
Curry, a City Council member since 2006, retired in May 2011 as a managing director of Public Financial Management Inc. after a 24-year career in public finance.
He teaches public policy and leadership at the Concordia University Graduate Business School.
Ex-Costa Mesa police chief joins PR firm
Dave Snowden, a former Costa Mesa police chief who retired June 13 as chief in Beverly Hills, has joined Los Angeles-based public relations agency Englander Knabe & Allen as a senior advisor and will head its new law enforcement executive search and training practice. He also will work in crisis management, media training and consulting on pension issues.
Snowden was chief of police in Costa Mesa from 1986 to 2003. He also was a police chief for Baldwin Park.
Irvine software firm acquires Phoenix theft-recovery device maker
Irvine-based software maker Spireon has acquired Inilex Inc., a Phoenix-based tech firm that provides the GPS-connected theft-recovery device Skylink.
The acquisition expands Spireon’s GPS theft-recovery portfolio, which now includes new-car dealers. It already had used-car dealers, fleets, lenders, insurance companies and rental car fleets, according to Shawn Hansen, Spireon’s chief marketing officer.
Alliant acquires agribusiness-focused insurance agency
Newport Beach-based Alliant Insurance Services, the nation’s largest specialty insurance brokerage, has acquired Lodi-based Todd Garibaldi Insurance Agency Inc., continuing Alliant’s growth plan and focus on specialty industries such as agribusiness, construction, energy and employee benefits.
Garibaldi is the second agribusiness-focused agency that Alliant has acquired this year. Alliant now has 10 offices in California dedicated to farmers and growers.
Irvine pharmacy lab gets more space
Irvine-based Praxsyn Corp. has finalized a lease on a new building for its pharmacy lab and billing services.
The new 1,800-square-foot space in Irvine’s Sky Park Circle, across from the Praxsyn corporate office, will enable Praxsyn’s wholly owned subsidiary Mesa Pharmacy to increase the size of its lab. The expansion also will provide additional space for another subsidiary, NexGen Med Solutions, a billing and collections company.
Irvine firm completes renovation of San Bernardino hotel
Irvine-based DKN Hotels, a hotel management, development and ownership company, announced the completion of a $10-million renovation of the 251-room Hotel San Bernardino and its reopening as a DoubleTree by Hilton. The renovation includes updated guest rooms, meeting spaces and public areas.
Building company promotes executive
McCarthy Building Cos. Inc. in Newport Beach has promoted John McRitchie to be senior vice president of commercial and education services in the Southern California division, according to a news release.
McRitchie, who has more than 21 years of construction industry experience, joined the division in 2012 as vice president of operations for commercial services.
He now will oversee operations and development of projects for commercial and education business units, according to the release.