Even as the Association of Bridal Consultants shoehorned a panel into its breakout sessions on how to pull off a "destination" wedding on a limited budget, some 35,000 in the hospitality industry got to compare notes last week at the International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show, held at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in Manhattan earlier this month and organized by White Plains, N.Y.-based GLM L.L.C. Seminars covered topics such as recovering from a down economy--and that cannot come soon enough for Grant.
A tight economy has some brides using homemade wedding cakes instead of bakery cakes and iPods instead of DJs. But others spare no expense for a once-in-a-lifetime blowout. A slumping housing market and rising food and gasoline prices are having mixed effects on families planning weddings, said Jean Picard, a Ventura, Calif.-based wedding consultant and the state coordinator for the Association of Bridal Consultants.
Does anyone hear just one wedding bell? That's right, even brides- to-be are reevaluating their budgets in this recession. About 25 percent of couples plan to slice their wedding budgets in half, and 1 in 10 intend to cut back costs by 75 percent, according to a nationwide survey recently released by retailer David's Bridal. Does that mean open bar for just 20 minutes? The "What's on Brides' Minds" poll also revealed that 53 percent do not plan to spend more than $25,000. The Association for Wedding Professionals estimates that in 2008 the average wedding cost $21,000 to $24,000, although the Association of Bridal Consultants puts the figure closer to $35,000. A significant 34 percent of brides-to-be have a much lower figure in mind, telling pollsters that they do not plan to spend more...
POMONA - The Association of Bridal Consultants-Inland Empire is having a vendor fair at the Kellogg House on the campus of Cal Poly Pomona at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. The vendor fair will feature wedding professionals from across Southern California, including florists, musicians, venues and caterers.
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...I also completed the professional bridal consultant designation program through the Associaation of Bridal Consultants. How would people describe you?. Professional, cal...
With Friday's royal wedding in mind, we asked the experts for advice: What should a couple do to keep their wedding from becoming a royal pain. The guest list
... out that she isn't certified by the Association of Bridal Consultants). Like any event with more t...
At first blush, a wedding and a funeral might seem dissimilar. But if you think about it, they have a lot in common -- especially when it comes to the work involved. This article explores careers in weddings and funerals. The first section describes the industries and what they do and do not have in common. The next section focuses on three event-related occupational areas: planning and management, catering, and floral design. A final section suggests other areas of employment overlap. Workers in the wedding and funeral industries have some working conditions in common. Self-employment, nonstandard schedules, and stress are most prevalent. In many ways, these industries are not alike, even with their similarities. The work required for weddings and funerals differs in focus, timeframe, ...
...According to the Association of Bridal Consultants, the average cost of a weddi...
POMONA - A divorce and a Cal Poly Pomona course led Rose Wade to her career as a wedding planner. Six years ago, Wade, recovering from her divorce and looking for a path into event planning, spotted an ad for a wedding consultant certificate course at Cal Poly Pomona. The course allowed the Anaheim Hills resident, who had worked briefly in catering two decades before, to get back into the business, she said.
... activities for the 4,000-member Association of Bridal Consultants. She said she saw a surge in...
Christine Stroh, 36, and Jayant Reddy, 37, come from different religious backgrounds, and instead of choosing one or the other ceremony for their wedding last month, they alternated between the two. Mr. Reddy's parents are from India, and Ms. Stroh was raised as an Episcopalian. Hindu weddings use movement and ritual to represent the couple's union, while the traditional Episcopal wedding involves readings, prayers and declarations.
...Bridal magazines, wedding consultants, books and Internet...Monaghan, president of the Association of Bridal Consultants in New Milford, Conn. Starti...
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