What do I need to do to become a Wedding Planner

Question to Christine Kerr, Academy Course Consultant: In the areas of study to become an experienced and professional wedding planner, which courses did you take and what certificates and or diplomas did you receive for your study? Answer: Prior to working for the Academy, I was actually an AAWEP student.  At this time the Academy [...]

Pantone 2012 Colour of the Year – Tangerine Tango

Wedding professionals are going mad for orange of all varieties at the moment as Pantone announced its colour for 2012 is Tangerine Tango at the end of last year. There are so many ways this colour can be used from fiery bridesmaids dresses to linens and florals. This is not a soft colour that fades [...]

Kickbacks in the Wedding Industry

In the special event industry there has always been much debate about pricing services and whether or not it is acceptable to receive kickbacks as part of your fee. I know that in 2011 this subject was the source of much debate and was featured on many blogs including Preston Bailey’s blog post here. There [...]

What wedding & event planning course should I take?

Question: I am very interested in getting into the industry of event & wedding decorating. I have no previous experience with designing or planning of such events. Which course would be recommended to at least start out with? I really would like to complete some work experience whilst doing a course, do you offer assistance [...]

What’s your plan for 2012?

Every good business has a plan and the start of a new year is the perfect time to put down on paper all those ideas that have been swilling around your head for the last 12 months and start to make some sense of them. Most of us who are in the events industry are [...]

Happy Xmas!

We’d like to take this opportunity to wish all our readers a very Happy Xmas. Its been a wonderful year for the team @ Event Experts and made even better by you our readers, so we hope you have a fabulous time over this festive period and come back again next year refreshed and ready [...]

A Butterfly Wedding Theme

Carrying on with our mood boards for inspiration we rather liked this butterfly inspired wedding used for some clients who just loved everything about nature and wanted it to feature within their wedding design. We settled upon using the butterfly as our main inspiration because it seemed to project everything our couple loved from the [...]

A Marie Antoinette Inspired Wedding Board

At this time of year on the wind down to Xmas the team here @ Event Experts thought it would be nice to just share some visual inspiration with you on some of the themes we have seen or created for weddings in 2011. This particular board is of course inspired by Marie Antoinette and [...]

The Best Blogs of 2011 – Think Splendid

This week we are continuing our ‘Best Blogs of 2011′ feature. This week’s blog, Think Splendid, is another absolute must for wedding and event professionals. The blog is written and owned by Liene Stevens who specializes in market development and strategy for the wedding industry and is an expert on the consumer behaviour of millennials, [...]

The Magic of Engage

In 2012 The Academy will be partnering with Marley Majcher, A.K.A The Party Goddess, to bring a series of educational events to Australia. This is very exciting for us and this partnership will be very beneficial for our students as Marley comes on board as one of our Mentors. As we draw to the end [...]

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