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New Destination Travel Continuing Education Partnership Announced

VuePoint IDS announces destination CE partnership with Carlson WagonLit Travel (CWT) a world leader in leisure and business travel management services, part of Carlson Companies headquartered in Paris, France.

Through this exclusive partnership, VuePoint’s CE Solutions division and CWT will provide a series of luxury class destination programs for accredited Continuing Education courses for eye care professionals.   CWT has the expertise to source outstanding travel experiences on land and sea and has over 15 years of experience in accredited Continuing Education travel arrangements with health care professionals.

“We’re pleased to bring CWT into this partnership.  Their expertise in leisure and business travel arrangements is indispensable to making destination CE work seamlessly,” said David Pietrobon, President of VuePoint IDS.

Kathleen Loewen, CWT Canada, Manager, Group & Specialized Travel, said “We are very pleased to be expanding our destination CE travel service to eye care professionals. We are excited about the opportunity to arrange many pleasant memories for our future clients.”

The Destination CE approach is a complement to the online Continuing Education courses offered through VuePoint’s platforms, and part of the philosophy of education when and where you want it.

VuePoint provides online courses accredited by the Vision Institute of Canada and others through its online optometry platform and have recently launched an opticianry platform. More information on VuePoint CE Solutions may be found at  http://CE.VuePoint.ca.

 

Vuarnet Introduces Their First Titanium Collection

Crafted from a single piece of titanium, featuring balanced and fluid design lines, the Swing collection is ultra-light, durable and elegant. The collection features Vuarnet’s mineral glass lenses with unique treatments including a two-tone gold and silver mirror lens.

Swing is available in three colourways across three silhouettes: Rectangle (VL1612, photo), Pilot and Round.

www.vuarnet.com/ca

Opti Munich 2017 Gets Top Marks from Visitors

opti 2017 offered its 27,500 national and international trade visitors and 557 exhibitors from 35 countries many new experiences. In return, opti received top reviews from 95% of surveyed visitors – an evaluation that was reflected in the relaxed and happy atmosphere in the four trade show halls. According to first projections – which do not include the trade show’s follow-up business – the trade show visitors ordered products with a value of €163 million for the first quarter.

opti 2017 placed a focus on the connection from pre-measurement to refraction, on consultancy software, on ordering glasses, and on grinding the lenses. 86% of the visitors were happy about this year’s thematic focus “OPTIC 4.0 – Digital Solutions”, since they classified digitalization as “very important” for the industry.

More than 30 companies presented new developments in the areas of phoropters, keratoscopes, fundus cameras, or industry software.

The next opti will take place from Friday, January 12 to Sunday, January 14, 2018, in Munich. In addition to the traditional four trade show halls C1 to C4, Hall B4 will also be used.

 

Source: http://www.opti.de/en/presse/press-releases/press-release/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=38

 

Italian Panache, Rich Colours, Exquisite Craftsmanship

Ladies and gentlemen, brace yourselves for the latest and greatest release from Etro Eyewear. The Bloomsburg (photo) model for the ladies, Cambridge for the men, are made of rich acetate, and sophisticated shapes created for the modern individual.  Both models are adorned with their distinctive paisley pattern in a variety of timeless colours, featuring the Etro logo discretely positioned on the left temple.

Etro Eyewear is distributed by Marchon: www.marchon.com

Novartis Delivered Solid 2016 Performance, Alcon Q4 Sales Flat

Sales were in line with last fiscal year due to strong performances from growth products (Cosentyx, Entresto, Gilenya, oncology, Sandoz Biopharmaceuticals)

Net income up 1% for the fiscal year, acquired Encore (presbyopia) and Ziarco (atopic dermatitis). Free cash flow was USD 9.5 billion.

Alcon Division “continues to make progress with turnaround.” Alcon sales were flat for the fourth quarter of 2016, though contact lenses delivered its third consecutive quarter of growth.

Options are being considered to maximize shareholder value for the Alcon division, including either retaining the business, or separating via a capital markets transaction. A review is to take place during 2017.

Joseph Jimenez, CEO of Novartis, said, “Novartis delivered a solid performance in 2016, absorbing Gleevec US loss of exclusivity while investing in key launches and the Alcon Division turnaround.” He went on to say,  “Today we are proposing an increase in our dividend and initiating a share buyback of up to USD 5 billion. Additionally, we are reviewing options for the Alcon Division to maximize shareholder value.”

Read the full press release here.

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