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competitors.” The aforementioned Starwood status
has additionally enabled Venus Group to get its prod-
ucts into upscale hotel brands like W and Sheraton on
a global scale, and the company has also forged other
impactful relationships with MGM, Caesars and the
Holland America cruise line.
Plans for in-house expansion include a manufacturing
plant that could ultimately be located in either North
or South Carolina, which would both enhance overall
market share and better enable service to customers
on the East Coast, the Midwest, into South America
and with cruise line partners.
A final decision on the plant, Patel said, will be made
within the “next few months.”
And as for the longer term, more growth is a definite
priority.
“In the next five years, we’d like to double the volume
of the business we are doing right now,” Patel said.
“We really want to expand back east and do better
there than what we’re already doing in manufactur-
ing out on the West Coast. We’re going to hire people
there, all the management people and manufacturing
people. It’s a stage in the business that we’re really
looking forward to.”
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