by Danielle Andrews Sunkel Students choosing to take our course through Night School get the same instruction and knowledge as our Weekend Warriors, but they get the information delivered at a slower pace and get extra activities to participate in. See our schedule here. This week, students got to raid our wedding inventory to create InspirationRead More
Tool of the Trade: Spray Paint
by Danielle Andrews Sunkel After spending an entire day spray painting items for a wedding shoot in Rome, I looked at all the items in our office that have seen multiple lives. Its not something we ever talk about, but spray paint is one of our essential tools of the wedding planning trade. We canRead More
Perfect Table Plan Software for Wedding Professionals
Perfect Table Plan has just released version 5 of our table planner software, PerfectTablePlan. It has lots of new features and enhancements to make wedding table planning better, faster and easier, including: – display your seating chart as scrolling text on a screen at the venue – view your plan in a web browser e.g.Read More
WPIC Tip: Are You Utilizing Twitter?
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
