(IDEX Online News) – The summer edition of the US & International Diamond Week in Israel recorded the busiest week ever experienced on the trading floor of the Israel Diamond Exchange (IDE) with more than 1,200 traders, buyers and sellers crowding the IDE's trading halls, organizers of the event reported in a summary of the event.

 

There were positive sales reports from the 400 Israeli diamond firms that had booths at the event, particularly among traders dealing in larger stones.

 

"From an organizational point of view, this was a major effort," IDE General Manager Moti Besser noted. "The logistic requirements and arrangements were huge: screening registered buyers, finding 600 hotel rooms, receiving, hosting and getting the visitors into the buildings, the business matching breakfasts, the educational program and the social events and, of course, the complicated but airtight security arrangements," Besser explained.

 

Marketing itself as the most secure, but also the most user-friendly diamond exchange in the world, the IDE has a huge reputation to uphold, IDE head of security Israel Vantsovski said: "We literally had hundreds of additional security officers on call during the US & International Diamond Week. Most of our security team members were not noticed by the visitors."