CalExotics, JOPEN Receive Multiple XBIZ Awards Nominations

LOS ANGELES — CalExotics and its sister company JOPEN have received a combined ten nominations in the 2017 XBIZ Awards, to be held on Thursday, Jan. 12 at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles and hosted by Ron Jeremy. 

“My team is determined and hardworking,” said Susan Colvin, founder and CEO of CalExotics. “It’s incredible to see their efforts being recognized with an astonishing ten nominations. Thank you to XBIZ and all of our colleagues; we appreciate your support.”

The nominations are:

  • Pleasure Products Company of the Year: CalExotics
  • Luxury Toy/Line of the Year: Callie by JOPEN
  • Sex Toy of the Year, Powered: Luxe Touch-Sensitive Vibrator by CalExotics
  • Sex Toy of the Year, Non-Powered: Inspire Silicone Dilator Kit by CalExotics
  • Innovative Sex Toy of the Year, Design: Opal by JOPEN
  • Gay Sex Toy/Line of the Year: Colt Gear by CalExotics
  • Fetish Product/Line of the Year: Scandal by CalExotics
  • Sexual Health and Wellness Brand of the Year: Inspire by CalExotics
  • Soft Bondage Product/Line of the Year: Scandal by CalExotics
  • Progressive Pleasure Products Company of the Year: CalExotics

For more information on CalExotics, visit their official website or follow them on Twitter.

For more information on JOPEN, visit their official website or follow them on Twitter.

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