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May 11, 2015 by WPIC

Keeping Your Sanity During Wedding Season

By: Tracey Manailescu Typically wedding season is at it’s best from May-October. All of the months meeting with clients and vendors prepping, organizing, and planning has come to this. Hopefully you are organized, and have kept client files to keep everything in order so that you can focus on the next steps. Depending on how many clients you, and yourRead More

May 7, 2015 by WPIC

A Recap of the Wedding Professionals Conference in Calgary

by Kaley Campbell, WPIC Office Manager The Hotel Arts is one of the most stunningly edgy hotels in all of Calgary, and of course this was the perfect choice for Danielle and Tracey to host the Wedding Professionals Workshop. This two day workshop was not the average workshop, this workshop targeted Alberta’s finest wedding professionals.Read More

May 4, 2015 by WPIC

WPIC Alumni Winners of 2015 Canadian Event Industry & Readers’ Choice Awards!

Congratulations to our talented Alumni! The Canadian Event Industry Awards are celebrating their 19th year. This year’s winners were announced live at the Star Awards Gala on April 16, 2015 at Daniels Spectrum in Toronto. Winners were selected from hundreds of submitted entries and judged by a panel of 21 industry experts from across NorthRead More

April 30, 2015 by WPIC

How to Become a Wedding Planner

by Danielle Andrews Sunkel It’s easy to become a Wedding Planner, but it takes time, education, experience and perseverance to become a successful one. Its important to know that over-night success does not happen in the Wedding Industry. Clients aren’t going to bang down your door just because you register your business and set-up aRead More

April 27, 2015 by WPIC

Five Lessons Learned in My First WPIC Certified Year

By: Poonam Saini, WPICC of P.S. Eventful Five Lessons Learned in My First WPIC Certified Year When I decided to become a wedding planner, there was one thing I knew for certain: I need to be certified. After all, you wouldn’t call yourself a lawyer without receiving a LL.B. right?Read More

April 22, 2015 by WPIC

WPICer ArthurK Wins Wedding Professional of the Year!

Last week the 18th Canadian Event Industry Star Awards were handed out by Canadian Special Events, and our very own Arthur Kerekes (known as ArthurK) won Wedding Professional of the Year! Congratulations Arthur, we are so proud of you! About Arthur ArthurK, President of Fusion Events, has a long history of being involved in theRead More

April 20, 2015 by WPIC

Seriously Helpful Tools for Selecting Your Business Name

By: Tracey Manailescu Selecting your business name may be one of the hardest things a start up company will do. Whatever you choose, it needs to invoke a feeling within yourself and others, and be able to attract the right clients to your service. We are talking about weddings, of course, but it really canRead More

April 17, 2015 by WPIC

Real Wedding: J + K Wed at a Villa in Negril, Jamaica

Today we have the gorgeous destination wedding of Jaclyn & Kevin, in Negril, Jamaica, for you to feast your eyes on. Hear the story of this wedding from Jackie & Kevin’s wedding planner, Monica Caesar, WPICC, DWC: I first met Jackie & Kevin and it was very clear they were looking to have a destination wedding that offeredRead More

April 16, 2015 by WPIC

The Globe and Mail

April 16, 2015- WPIC President and Co-founder, Danielle Andrews Sunkel, was quoted in the article “Have Your Say: How can couples plan weddings to match their eco and social values?” by Craig & Marc Kielburger.