Diamond giant puts on the bling

De Beers hosted a two-day celebration to mark the opening of its first Hong Kong flagship store earlier last month. In addition to a VIP dinner banquet at Grand Hyatt's Plateau on January 21, the firm also threw a cocktail reception in its new 2,200-sq-ft Landmark store the next day. To add to the bling, a 52-carat D-colour diamond was flown in for the event.

De Beers CEO Guy Leymarie and marketing director Christina Hudson were busy greeting guests on both nights, and the society figures in attendance included Lane Crawford Joyce Group's Alice Wong, Andrew and Lumen Kinoshita, Andy Kwok Wing-leung and Margaret and Jeffrey Yau.