By: Tracey Manailescu 140 characters. Fifteen minutes out of your day is all it needs to take. Twitter is not meant to toot your own horn…Not all of the time anyway. It is meant to engage your potential clients and colleagues with an insight into you and your company. Twitter is meant to be usedRead More
How to Keep the Peace with Your In-Laws
By: Tracey Manailescu (and a collaboration of advice from WPIC Alumni) Last weekend I watched a rerun of the movie, “Monster in Law” with Jennifer Lopez and Jane Fonda. It was kind of fitting because my Mother in Law has just come for her yearly visit from Romania. She stays with us at our homeRead More
Los Cabos Wedding Planner Summit
by Sandy Stirling, WPICC, DWC of Stirling Wedding Designs in Mississauga, ON I had the pleasure of attending this year’s Los Cabos Wedding Summit FAM trip hosted by Paloma Palacious, Los Cabos Convention & Visitors Bureau and Carmen Laborin, Mexican Tourist Board. We visited 19 resorts in 3 days ranging from luxury all inclusive resortsRead More
The Do’s and Don’ts of Networking at Industry Events
by Danielle Andrews Sunkel One of your responsibilities as a wedding professional is to attend industry events, meet other vendors, view new venues, experience different caterers food and most importantly, network. Networking is supposed to be light chit chat to get to know the other person and see if you can work together in aRead More
Sandals & The Courtyard Marriot Wow WPIC Alumni
By: Tracey Manailescu Well blow me over with a feather, why don’t you? On May 6th, 2012 we had the pleasure of being educated, fed and wowed by some wonderful companies. 84 WPIC Alumni were trained as Certified Sandals Specialists (CSS) by the lovely Lorna Richards, Sandals National Training Manager. Most Alumni were renewing theirRead More
WPIC Tip: Professional Logos & Why Coordinators Need One…
By: Tracey Manailescu The wedding industry is constantly changing, growing and becoming more competitive. Brides and grooms have tons of vendors to choose from, whether they are looking for a florist, designer, DJ, wedding coordinator, venue etc. Are you making it easier for them to choose you? One way to do that is to ensureRead More
A Luxury Jaunt to Barbados
by Danielle Andrews Sunkel Highlights: First Class Pod for flight VIP Airport Concierge greeting Private Driver for 3 days Stay at Boutique Hotel Wedding & Romance Professionals Symposium In late March I went to Barbados to speak at the Wedding & Romance Professionals Symposium, put on by the Bahamas Hotel & Tourism Association. WPIC wasRead More
WPIC Goes to 2012 BizBash South Florida
By: Tracey Manailescu When we heard that BizBash Florida Expo & Awards was back for the 3rd year in a row in South Florida, we jumped on it. Aside from being one of my favourite places in the entire world, BizBash throws a really good conference. We haven’t missed one yet in SF. This year wasRead More
To Be Honest With You…Otherwise Known as TBH
By: Tracey Manailescu TBH= To Be Honest With You My 13 year old son has inspired a blog post from me this week. The concept is so simple and sweet, that I couldn’t let it go. A few weeks ago, I saw posts with TBH on my son’s Facebook account updates. (Yes, he accepted my “friend” request. IRead More
WPIC in Bahamas: Three times a charm
Last week the Wedding Planners Institute of Canada held its third Wedding Coordinator Certification Course in The Bahamas. The two prior courses were held in Nassau. For this series, WPIC ventured to the family island of Abaco and held the seminars at the beautiful Abaco Beach Resort. “WPIC has a history with The Bahamas,” saysRead More
