...on the wedding day. If the bride has been gracious enough to ask you to stand with her on the biggest day of her life, you have to fulfill your duties should you say yes. Some brides may lay out exactly what they expect from you while others may assume you already know the tasks of being an awesome bridesmaid. If you are assuming the responsibility of a bridesmaid you should know what is expected of you. The bridal party is typically expected to be a pillar of support by helping complete wedding tasks, help plan bridal showers and parties, and making sure that the wedding day goes off without a hitch! Possibly the most important part of being a bridesmaid is being supportive of the bride. This is a general statement, but bridesmaid’s true scope of duties can change from bride to bride. You will not only need to lend your time but surely an ear throughout the wedding planning. Supporting the bride can begin with helping her pick out the perfect dress for her wedding day. Staying with this example, you would need to make yourself available to go with her to go shopping. Once you are with her, be sure to give her an honest opinion of the dresses she is trying on- if she asks. You know your friend better than anyone. If it will hurt her to judge the way she looks in the dress, then it may not be supportive to offer your opinion and advice. If you’ve always been the bridesmaid but never the bride, you probably don’t understand the overwhelming amount of stress that planning your...
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...How to Plan a Wedding Josh Odle Terry Mathias English 121 – Spring Semester 02 March 2013 How to Plan a Wedding Thesis Statement: Planning a wedding can be stressful and overwhelming. I. “Where do I start? What comes next? Am I doing this right?” are all said by a bride or groom at one time during their engagement. A. This is supposed to be the happiest day of your life and with a little bit of help, it can also be enjoyable. B. The dress, the venue, and the honeymoon, are just icing on the cake compared to the many details involved in planning this process. C. Planning a wedding can be stressful and overwhelming. II. After the excitement of the engagement dies down, the planning begins. A. Money is one of the most stressful topics when it comes to planning a wedding. 1. Sit down with the families and discuss your options. 2. Is there a savings account somewhere? 3. Whether the wedding is big or small, it’s all based on your budget. B. Whether you have a savings account or paying as you go, there’s a lot to buy. 1. Invitations, a cake, a photographer/videographer, florist, caterer, DJ or musicians, and the officiant, are just the start of things to consider. 2. After setting a date, finding the venue, booking a honeymoon, shopping for shoes, dresses, tuxedos, transportation, maybe, just maybe you’ll remember to ask those you love to join you on your special day. 3. Wedding insurance is always encouraged to protect the unexpected. III. Grab yourself a binder with paper...
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...Hosp 590 Keller Graduate School of Management October 20, 2013 Introduction The event that will be planned will be the wedding between Jenna and Rob. This wedding is themed “A midnight walk in the park” and offers a variety of different activities and amenities for guests. The event will occur at a major Chicagoland hotel with a centralized location to airports, shopping and other tourist activities. One notable impacting factor to the event is the demographic of guests. The bride’s family contributes to over half of the attendees. The bride’s parents have also been divorced for over fifteen years with lots of tension between the families. It will be critical when planning the event that components are added into the wedding plans to help prevent conflict and reduce the risk associated with guests not being able to attend a joint event together. Planning to match the selected theme and carry tones of the theme through all elements of the event will lead to events success and ensure that the happy couple and other guests are attend a wedding to remember. Stakeholders The wedding between Rob and Jenna has a variety of different stakeholders with many different goals and objectives. The first set of stakeholders includes the bride and groom, Jenna and Rob. The happy couple have the goals to have a successful event day, memorable wedding with each guest feeling as though they have escaped the Chicagoland area for an evening and entered a park at midnight. The...
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...Planning a Wedding in Atlantic City An Atlantic City wedding is something many couples can't wait for. With so many casinos in Atlantic City that include wedding chapels, it is becoming an increasingly popular location for couples to get married. Whether a couple wants a traditional wedding or one that is completely unique to them as a couple, Atlantic City is the place to do it. While some couples choose to get married in the fancier casino wedding chapels other couples chose an atypical wedding venue, such as the Atlantic City Aquarium, which can and does host aquatic themed wedding receptions. Event halls in Atlantic City are also an option and many couples love the fact that when they get married in one of these event halls they can include sparklers in their wedding celebration. Luxury Atlantic City weddings are often held at the Borgata's Water Club. It accommodates weddings with as few as 20 guests or as many as 200. With mainly adult oriented services and facilities this venue may not be the best choice for any couple who intends to have children at their wedding. When planning an Atlantic City wedding, couples will want to check the schedule of local events and conventions before setting a date, as during these times it would...
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...Bridal & Event Planning Courses Unit One Lesson One- Making Dreams Come True Keep a To-Do list Free Consultations First Appointment- Wedding Questionnaire- printed set of questions to guide interview. ( size, style, budget & timeline) How much planning has to be done. Client Reference list- portfolio containing letters & notes from couples Portfolio- photograph album or CD-rom presentation of weddings/events worked on and references from former clients//sample timelines, wedding notes. Website containing information as well Preferred vendor list- lost of photographers, bakers, caterers, DJs, bands, florists, travel agents, reception sites, rental equipment companies, limousine services, bridal salons, and tuxedo retail stores. Only suggest 1 vendor at a time. Notepad- wedding date- first item of business; where ceremony & reception will take place; couples thoughts & wants for wedding. Personal Qualities- Good Personality- combined with level head. calm & tactful when client emotions boil. Good listening skills- always focus on what bride wants. help create brides perfect day. Planning sessions in beginning are extremely important. Develop “sixth sense”- read people & take cues, “blame me”- brides and moms blame you when something must be done. Personal Traits- Do I like People? Am I good at verbal communication? Am I good at communicating through writing? Am I a good listener? Do I remain calm, cool and collected when emotions and tempers flair or...
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...relevant literature be summarized, but it should be reviewed critically in order to detect areas for further research. Since this project is aimed at the investigation on event management in emerging market, the discussion of different research topics is necessary. The topic that will be covered are: the concept of Integrated Marketing Communication, Marketing Communication vehicals and objectives, event marketing as part of Marketing Communication, the organization of and critical factors in event Management institutional voids in emerging markets, and strategies for companies operating in emerging markets. Event management involves studying the intricacies of the brand, identifying the target audience, devising the event concept, planning the logistics and coordinating the technical aspects before actually executing the modalities of the proposed event. Post-event analysis and ensuring a return on investment have become significant drivers for the event industry. Event management has emerged over the past decade as a dynamic sector of the tourism and leisure industries. The number, diversity and popularity of events has also grown throughout this period. As the number of events increase, there is a growing realization about the continuing need to develop event management professionals who are able to create, organize and manage events. Although many events are successfully crewed by volunteers, increasing competition to secure major events is giving greater impetus...
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...DYING TO FIT IN TO THAT WEDDING DRESS Dying to Fit in that Wedding Dress Helen T. Farrar Professor Mary Combs Physical Fitness & Health Baltimore City Community College DYING TO FIT IN TO THAT WEDDING DRESS Abstract Dieting has been a fad for the past few years. People tend to focus on the most popular diets are the ones being flaunted around by celebrities. Women have always tended to go dress crazy when planning their weddings. Women wait until the last minute to want to lose weight before getting a wedding dress. No one seems to do it the healthy way. Exercising would guarantee a normal healthy weight loss before a wedding. DYING TO FIT IN TO THAT WEDDING DRESS Dying to Fit into that Wedding Dress Brides are starting to go on crash diets before tying the knot. They get these ideas that they can lose weight in a matter of days. I believe most diets are really unrealistic. No one has noticed that the cleansing drinks or pill methods never reveal what toxins are in them. Americans tend to not pay attention to themselves but worry about what the celebrities are doing. In chapter 5, it discusses how 66 percent of adults in America are overweight. People aren’t working out nor are they eating healthy. A lot of people tend to not be happy within to change anything. I often wonder if most women only consider losing weight when it comes to only looking good. You never hear about anyone really wanting to lose weight because of health issues. In the...
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...days in a person's life is her wedding day! To ensure that such a momentous event goes off without a hitch, appropriate planning is required. And when it comes to wedding planning, picking one's partner could very well be the easiest of all the planning decisions to make. Months will be spent prior to the wedding researching vendors, comparing products and prices, meeting with photographers, hotel managers, and many more wedding vendors to determine how to save costs on each wedding item (Hammond, 2007). "The absence of a clearly defined project plan consistently shows up as the major reason for project failures," (Gray & Lawson, 2005, p. 118). Without an implementation plan that outlines budgets, how important tasks should be organized, and what the contingencies are in the event that something goes awry, could result in what should be one of the happiest days of someone's life turning into a complete disaster. "The success of your whole day depends on your ability to organize, plan, and budget," (Hammond, 2007, para. 1). The stakeholders in a wedding project are numerous. Naturally the bride and groom are the biggest stakeholders. But also included in this list of stakeholders will be the bride and groom's family, members of the wedding party (maid of honor, bridesmaid, best man, and groomsmen), wedding guests, wedding vendors (florist, musicians, caterer, cake maker, clothiers, venue directors), and the officiate. Further, a successful wedding requires the orchestration of...
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...and supervise at the site. Educational events, promotions and celebrations in both the business and social realm fill an event planner’s calendar each year. Elementary, My Dear Watson is a Midwest event planning agency that focuses on simple, elegant, affordable events. Owned and operated by Michelle Watson, this independent business will meet any clients’ needs, whether a bride, an executive secretary, or political campaign manager. Section II Elementary, My Dear Watson’s mission statement: Elementary, My Dear Watson is a customer-focused, budget-friendly event planning organization. We take the customer’s vision for a perfect event and set it all in motion. Specializing in weddings and formal social events, we build a relationship with all clients to ensure worry-free planning, complete satisfaction and a memorable event. Section III “Strategic goals are major targets or end results that relate to the long-term survival, value and growth of the organization” (Bateman & Snell, 2009). Elementary, My Dear Watson has two primary strategic goals for the future of the business. First, the organization has a goal to serve 15 clients for events in 2012. The current slate for 2011 has ten events ranging from corporate awards ceremonies and baby showers to weddings and ribbon-cuttings. The second strategic goal is to improve profitability through partnerships with vendors. As Elementary, My Dear Watson grows in popularity;...
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...Congratulations! Getting engaged is such a fun experience. Now, it is time to pick your perfect wedding venue. Making this choice together as a couple can be a fun experience. If you have always dreamed of a barn wedding with plenty of beautiful outdoor space, you may want to consider Lillibrooke Manor and Barns. Great Location Lillibrooke Manor and Barns is located in the Thames Valley. It is just two miles from Maidenhead train station and about a 40-minute drive from central London. The M4 and M25 both give visitors easy access to the venue. Options Options are always important when planning a wedding. With Lillibrooke Manor and Barns, you have great indoor and outdoor options to make your day exactly the way you want. The Great Barn This Grade II Listed barn is great for large wedding parties. It has standing room for up to 200 people. It is a...
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...about the company------------------------------------------------(5) Methodology followed--------------------------------------------------(10) Result----------------------------------------------------------------------(12) Summary------------------------------------------------------------------(13) Recommendations-------------------------------------------------------(15) Limitations of the study-------------------------------------------------(16) Scope of future improvement-------------------------------------------(17) Bibliography--------------------------------------------------------------(18) Executive Summary Ultra Matrimony provides end to end solution of Wedding to the customer. It gives a platform to the customer where he can find his perfect match as well as he also can plan his wedding and honeymoon and also it...
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...Wedding date: Dec,2014 *Reception only. The project background and description We provide more than just wedding planning services. Our comprehensive wedding services create the most remarkable and memorable wedding to the couple. Besides the normal wedding planning services, we also take care on other personalized details, like personalize theme design, in the case of our customer, Idina Menzel, inspired by the Walt Disney Animation, ‘Frozen’, which will be a truly magical winter wonderland wedding ceremony and reception. The colour of the wedding will mainly be light blue and white, crystal and snowflakes will be widely used. Olaf, the cute little snowman will also appear around the venue to give a finish touch of this wedding. Project justification As the singer of ‘Let it go’, the popularity of ‘Frozen’ made Idina’s name widely known, which bought her career to another level, and additionally, the ‘best original song’ rewarded achieved in the Oscar 2014, pushes Idina Menzel to the top of her singing career. Since our aim is to provide personalized wedding for every customer, we have chosen ‘Frozen’ as the theme of the reception, which we believed can mostly represents her character and allowed her to be like queen Elsa, on this important day. In the movie ‘Frozen’, the ice queen Elsa has finally get rid of her previous luxurious seems-like life and started a new, beautiful fresh one. Today, Idina is experiencing her second turning point in life, fully enjoying...
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...BR- 6450Addressing Business Problems with Research | Qualitative Research on Destination Weddings | Decision Criteria for youth in choosing destination weddings | | Devika Mathavan 218454 7/13/2014 | 13TABLE OF CONTENT | PAGE NO. | ACKNOWLEDGMENT | 3 | INTRODUCTION TO THE WEDDING WORLD | 4 | * WEDDING | 4 | * DESTINATION WEDDING: A GENERAL OVERVIEW | 4 | YOUNG GENERATION: VOW AND CONFRONT TO DESTINATION WEDDING | 5 | DESTINATION WEDDING STATISTICS, FIGURES & KEY TRENDS UP IN THE DESTINATIONS OF THE WEDDING WORLD | 6 | PERCEPTIONS: DESTINATION OR TRADITONAL LOCAL WEDDING | 11 | THE KEY CHALLENGES INVOLVED IN PLANNING A DESTINATION WEDDING | 13 | SWOT ANALYSIS: WHY DESTINATION WEDDINGS | 13 | TOP DESTINATIONS FOR DESTINATION WEDDINGS | 15 | DESTINATION WEDDING: SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE | 17 | DATA COLLECTIONS: RESPONSE AND OBSERVATION ANALYSIS | 21 | CONCLUSION: YOUNG GENERATION’S PERCEPTION TO DESTINATION WEDDING | 39 | BIBLIOGRAPHY | 40 | Acknowledgement I would like to express my sincere gratitude to my professor Thomas Schoenfeldt for the valuable comments; remarks and complete engagement through the learning process of this subject Addressing Business Research with Problems and for narrowing down the topic for this master thesis. Also, I like to thank the participants in my survey and providing me the valuable opportunity to unbiased answers. I would like to thank my loved ones and colleagues, who have supported...
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...Project Management for wedding Plan Table of Contents I. Executive Summary. 4 II. Scope of the Project. 5 3.1 In and out Scope 8 3.2 List of Project Deliverables 8 III. Project Description 6 4.3 Project Organization Chart. 7 4.4 Goals/Objectives (using SMART criteria) 8 4.5 List Assumptions 9 4.6 List Constraints 9 IV. Time Management. 10 5.7 Schedule 10 5.8 List of Milestones 11 V. Communication plan 11 5.1 Stakeholder Communications 11 5.2 Document and Meeting Descriptions 12 VI. Risk Management plan 12 7.9 Risk Identification 12 7.10 Risk Analysis 13 7.11 Risk Response 13 Vll Project Budget and Financial Analysis 15 7.1 Budget 16 7.2 Financial Analysis 16 VIII Quality Management 18 8.1 Quality Assurance 18 8.2 Quality Control 18 IX Change Control 19 9.1 Describe Change Control Process in Your Project 19 9.2 Change Control Diagram 20 9.3 Identify Any Change Control Documents 21 X Supporting Documents 23 10.1 Status Report 24 10.2 Progress Report Template 25 10.3 Change Management Template 26 10.5 Project Charter 26 XI Other Documents 27 11.1 Project Plan 27 11.2 Project...
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...Idea/Service is to register the wedding planner business and be the greatest planner in Tobago. Chantelle’s Wedding Planner is a new and innovative business of high-quality wedding services for every creed and race. The business started on 21st January 2016, and the products and services line includes, breakfast, lunch and dinner weddings, catering for only thirty (30) persons and under. These weddings will be externally in the botanical gardens, water-falls, jetty, hotel grounds or anywhere else on the outside. Furthermore, the business will provide the Minister, camera man, tents, decorations and refreshments. The special about the weddings will be the romantic honeymoons in different countries such as,...
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