We offer in-person training on-site at your hotel or resort to certify your staff in On-site Wedding Consulting, Planning, and Coordination.
We have gone on-site to train the Wedding Coordinators for our clients at:
- Sandals Resorts in Jamaica and St. Lucia
- Palace Resorts (8 times)
- Hard Rock All Inclusive Collection (including the Hard Rock, Nobu, Unico, Residence Inn properties located in Dominican Republic, Latin America, and Mexico x 4)
- Majestic Resorts (Dominican Republic and Mexico)
- Atlantis Resort (Bahamas)
- Jewel Resorts (Jamaica)
- Couples Resorts (Jamaica)
- The Bahamas Bridal Association
- Antigua & Barbuda Hotel and Tourism Association
- The Barbados Hotel and Tourism Association
- Barcelo Riviera Maya
- Oceans 2 (Barbados)
- Accra Beach Resort (Barbados)
- Radisson (Barbados)
- The Eaton Chelsea (Toronto), etc.
The course is made up of Lectures, Interactive displays, PowerPoint presentations, Group work and Home-study. A Course Manual will be provided, but it is designed to be enhanced by the Student’s own note-taking. Therefore, the manual helpfulness is determined by the student them self.
2 Days of In-class Instruction + 2 weeks Home Study + Final Exam = Certification
Wedding Coordination and Planning
- Coordination of the Wedding Day from start to finish
- Client Interviews
- Creating Wedding Schedules
- Developing the Theme
- Vendor Relations
- Contracts
- Site Visits
- Rehearsal Planning
- Coordinator’s roles throughout the Planning
The Business of Weddings
- How to Build a Portfolio
- Building a Vendor Base
- Professionalism
- Office Requirements
- Equipment Requirements
Marketing
- Networking
- Social Media
- Advertising your resort
- Generating Business
- And many more topics
In-class Testing
- There will be three in-class tests
- Group Assignment and presentations based upon your resort wedding packages and amenities
2 Week Home Study
Two weeks of Home Study is a review of all of the above, as well as studying the provided Manual which also includes:
- Social Media and Public Relations
- Wedding Marketing Statistics
- Everything a Wedding Professional should know about Wedding Etiquette
- Rehearsal Dinner
- Wedding Attire
- Second Marriages
- Gift Registration
- Bridal Showers
- Stag/Bachelor Parties
- Thank you cards
- Dinner Place settings
- Who traditionally pays for what
- The Wedding MC and announcements
- Receiving lines and their order
- Cash Bars
Final Certification Exam
The Final Certification Exam is web-based and can be completed from any computer.
The student will have 120 minutes to complete the Exam. There are 80 questions drawn randomly from a pool of 120 questions. The Certification Exam is worth 40% of your Final Grade and must be passed with an overall mark of 60% or higher.
Cost:
Is a flat-fee based on how many students will be getting certified. If you are interested in having your team trained and certified by WPIC, please contact us at 1-416-390-9292 or info@wpic.ca
*Upon completion of the final exam, a certificate will be mailed to successful students 4-6 weeks after the course (International mail may take longer.)
