The Academy goes to the Wedding Industry Awards in the UK

The Wedding Industry Awards took place on Wednesday 18th of January and both Zoe and I attended as representatives for the UK Academy of Wedding and Event Planning (UKAWEP) and what a night it was. The venue, Cafe de Paris, was fantastic and was opulent and visually appealing with a chandelier hanging from the ceiling [...]

Interview with Academy Student and Wedding Blogger

Sonia Collet is a student with the UK Academy of Wedding and Event Planning and the owner of wedding blog Want That Wedding. Sonia is studying the Diploma in Wedding Planning, Styling and Design and has already launched her blog whilst studying, and has recently been featured on Rock n Roll Bride which was cited [...]

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 [...]

Interview with Wedding Planning Student – Nikki Ruddle

Today we are very excited to present an interview with recent Academy Graduate, Nikki Ruddle of Savor the Moment Wedding Planning.  Nikki launched her business whilst completing her studies with the Academy (and being a Mum to two little ones) and is a great example of what can be achieved if you have a dream [...]

Dictating Event Colour Trends

 We often talk about colour trends here @ Event Experts and also within our styling and design courses at the Academy of Wedding and Event Planning. In fact one of my favourite things I love to preach is that the world of fashion, architecture and paint are the major influencers for in the choice of [...]

Job of the Week – Event Coordinator

Position: Event Coordinator Location: Melbourne Course: Certificate in Event Planning Inner City Location Established and reputable venue Event coordination Sunday-Thursday working week Our client is one of Melbourne’s leading function venues and caters for a wide variety of events including corporate functions, breakfasts, luncheons, dinner dances, cocktail parties, meetings, wedding receptions, and externally catered events. [...]

An interesting Table Centrepiece

We are always talking about the way the events industry take their lead from Hollywood, celebrity events, fashion etc. Well this latest report we have for you leaves me wondering if on this occasion we might pass. On November 12 the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) held its annual fundraising event in Los Angeles. It [...]

Wedding Professionals International Conference

 Weddings are a trend-based business and Wedding Professionals need to constantly educate themselves to stay on top of the industry. The Wedding Professionals Conference was started 7 years ago with the belief that there is not a single person who knows everything about weddings. If you are not constantly learning and improving, you are doing [...]

Australian Event Awards Video

The team here @ Event Experts are all staff @ the Academy of Wedding and Event Planning who is major partner of the Australian Event Awards. The Awards were held on Thursday October 6 2011 and it was the first time that weddings were featured at the awards. To mark this occasion the Academy’s Director, [...]

The Wedding Report – Ceremony & Reception Study 2011

We are big fans of the Wedding Report here @ Event Experts and although it is predominantly a study taken on American weddings its trends and findings still work for the Australian Marketplace, as what happens there seems to follow here fairly quickly. The major findings from the report are: More couples choosing same location [...]

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