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Your Las Vegas Wedding Concierge has a pretty new blog.

If you have not seen the new website, please visit at www.LVWeddingConcierge.com/blog.

Thank you to all those who follow my blog as subscribers and I appreciate your support so very much.

I would appreciate if you would visit the new blog and update your subscription to the new blog feed at http://feeds.feedburner.com/lvweddingconciergeblog.

There are RSS buttons and a new email subscription box to update and get all the latest from the new and improved Diary of a Las Vegas Wedding Concierge: The Blog Celebrating Love, Life & Style.

See you at the new site and thank you!
Tracey

NEW YEAR, NEW CHAPTER, NEW BLOG!

Goodbye 2010 and Hello 2011!

Goodbye to the old blog and hello to a new chapter in the "Diary of a Las Vegas Wedding Concierge"!

Today I am closing this chapter and closing this blog and moving to a brand new home right on the Las Vegas Wedding Concierge website.

Please visit my new blog home at www.LVWeddingConcierge.com/blog and bookmark the new site.

I look forward to seeing you at the new improved blog and I'm ready to welcome you to open the first page.

Celebrate today and everyday with Love, Life and Style!
Tracey

Fall 2010 Cover of Destination I Do Magazine

Feature Las Vegas Article-Click image to Enlarge

Your Las Vegas Wedding Concierge is honored and delighted to have a "Las Vegas Style Wedding with Style" I planned and produced a few years ago featured again in one of my favorite bridal publications; Destination I Do Magazine: The Travel Publication for Engaged Couples and Romance Travelers (I love that description!!)

I have had the pleasure of being featured in Destination I Do Magazine in the past (2006), in an article called "Vegas Baby, Vegas!". You can read that article here. I am also proud to have a long-term marketing partnership with them as well.

This Fall, 2010 issue arrives on your book or news-stand shelves on Tuesday August 31st.

Some quick details about this wedding of Leigh-Anne and Todd who are both officers in the United States Navy.

Image by Robert Valenca Photography

Location: Foundation Room, House of Blues at Mandalay Bay Resort.
Photography: Robert Valenca Photography (who now resides and photographs weddings in Italy by the way).
Floral and Decor: Flora Couture by Floral 2000
Cake: Freed's Bakery.

Celebrate Today and Everyday with Love, Life & Style!!
Tracey

Wedding Concierge featured in "International Catering Association" Publication

Cover of the Summer, 2010 Issue of ICA "CommuniCATER"

Your Las Vegas Wedding Concierge is delighted to share my featured article that appears in the "CommuniCATER" newsletter for the ICA (International Caterers Association).

The article is titled "Caterer & Wedding Planning Planner Partnerships:: Creating a Winning Recipe for Success".

You can read the article in PDF format here.

I am also very excited to follow this piece of great news up with the announcement that I will be speaking, along with some of my WIPA (Wedding Industry Professional Association) colleagues at the Catersource, 2011 conference in Las Vegas, on this very topic. Check out the conference website for the "sneak peek" information they have to date and make sure to book mark and see what's new as the show draws near.

I hope you enjoy the article and please feel free to leave any questions or comments for me here on the blog. If you have any suggestions for what you want to hear in the presentation, I would love to hear those too.

Celebrate Today and Everyday with Love, Life & Style!!
Tracey

Wedding Concierge Gets a Style Makeover!

New Logo Created by Tifany Wunschl | Gourmet Invitations

After more than 5 years, Your Las Vegas Wedding Concierge is getting a style and branding makeover with a new look that will be unveiling over the next few months starting with my gorgeous new logo created by my dear friend, the ever so talented Tifany Wunschl of Gourmet Invitations based in the Detroit, MI area.

I am thrilled with the new branding and the new look that takes the Wedding Concierge to a new level of sophistication in service offerings and overall approach to planning not just a wedding, but "creating" your celebration of love and of life.

You will see many more changes in the near future; to the blog beyond this current style makeover, a new website, a change in service offerings, new marketing materials and business cards; all reflecting the new philosophy and path that I am excited to take my company on.

I thank you all so much for your continued support and would love to hear your comments. What do you think of the new look of Your Las Vegas Wedding Concierge?

Celebrate your day with Love, Life & Style!
Tracey

Newly Revamped Aisle Dash Blog Features Las Vegas Top 10 by Wedding Concierge!

Image by Chelsea Nicole Photography

Your Las Vegas Wedding Concierge wants to let you know that there is more great wedding blog news out there for brides with the re-launch of the all new and improved Aisle Dash" Blog. "Aisle Dash" is the official wedding blog of AOL.

The Aisle Dash makeover is complete and is looking rather chic and fantastic with it's new look. It's clean and fresh and very easy to read and navigate and has so much great advice right up front and accessible.

One of their features on their new blog is a "Top 10 Reasons to get Married in...." as part of their Planning & Etiquette and Destination Wedding Content.

Your Las Vegas Wedding Concierge was honored to be asked to write this feature for Las Vegas and it appears as the inaugural l article for this feature on the launch of the blog. I am so honored and thank you Aisle Dash for the opportunity to be included!

If you don't already know why Las Vegas is consistently rated one of the most popular wedding destinations in the country (and world), well read my article here for my Top 10!

And while you are at it, browse around the Aisle Dash Blog and let them know how you like it.

Disclosure: Your Las Vegas Wedding Concierge received no compensation for this article from Aisle Dash or AOL or the companies mentioned in this article.

Celebrate Your Day with Love, Life & Style!

Wedding Concierge "Cuts the (phone) Cord" Today March 2.

Image Found at NeilsenWire Blog

Just a reminder that today, March 2, 2010 is THE DAY!

Your Las Vegas Wedding Concierge has done it.I have "cut the (telephone) cord" and going all mobile!

As of March 2, 2010, my business land line, (702) 367-9337 and my Toll Free line (877) 367-WEDS (9337) will no longer be associated with my company. You can reach Your Las Vegas Wedding Concierge by phone as of now at (702) 208-1638.

I am updating information across the board over the next few weeks but the changes are already effective for you here on my blog and on my website.

Plus, being the tech-loving wedding planner that I am, I need to give a shout-out for the new V-Tech phone/answering machine with BLUTOOTH I just picked up. It's very cool as it allows me to connect up to 4 wireless devices like cell phones or headset so I can answer through the regular phone. Clearer calls & saving battery life is making this planner REALLY HAPPY. I love it when I love technology and it loves me back:)

Land line freedom day is a Good day to Celebrate Love & Life with Style!

Wedding Concierge Makes Top 25 A-List of Destination Wedding Planners

Jan/February 2010 Issue Cover

Destination Weddings & Honeymoons Magazine has announced their new Top 25 "A-List" of planners and I am just bursting to share the news...

Your Las Vegas Wedding Concierge has made the A-List!!!

I am thrilled to be amongst some VERY IMPRESSIVE COMPANY of planners within the USA and beyond including Sasha Souza from Napa, CA, Beth Helmstetter from Burbank, CA & my friend Kelly McWilliams, in Cape Coral, FL.The list includes planners in Costa Rica, Cayman Island...even in Thailand!

This honor is especially sweet as it is strictly editorial and no monetary or in-kind compensation or advertising on my part was involved; just recognition from my industry peers and I could not be prouder.

I have had the pleasure to be involved with Destination Weddings & Honeymoons Magazine in the past, providing editorial content with respect to my specialty of Destination Las Vegas Weddings, and appearing in their 2009 Annual Worldwide Guide Issue, "Destination Weddings Made Easy" article.

"The A-List of Top 25 Planners" will be featured in the upcoming print issue of Destination Weddings & Honeymoons Magazine on your local news stands on February 23, 2010 or you can purchase and download a digital version.

Thank you once again to everyone at DW&H for recognizing me. I will continue my passion of working with wonderful couples across the USA and around the world planning romantic, memorable and "Stylish Celebrations of Love & Life" and do your magazine proud.

Celebrate Your Day with Love, Life & Style!

Wedding Concierge & 2008 Clients Highlighted in Canada's National Post Wedding Story

Image found at www.thetorontoist.com

Stacey & Aaron: Image by J&J Photography

Stacey & Aaron's Wynn, Las Vegas Ceremony-Image by J&J Photography

I am delighted to share that Your Las Vegas Wedding Concierge is in the news again!

I am always so honored and delighted to be contacted by the press to share my love of weddings and particularly Las Vegas weddings.

It would seem I have become somewhat of an ambassador for Destination Las Vegas Weddings to some of the wedding media. It's a title, whether official or not, that I am proud to hold as I truly love my adopted city of Las Vegas and creating memorable & Stylish Celebrations of Love & Life here!

As many of you may know already and for those who don't, I am a Hamilton, Ontario, Canada native. I grew up and lived in Hamilton & Toronto until I moved to Las Vegas in 2000 to marry the Love of my Life (at Treasure Island-our sentimental hotel) and open my wedding consultancy firm, Your Las Vegas Wedding Concierge.

So what makes this piece of news so special to me is both my wonderful clients, Stacey & Aaron, who married at Wynn, Las Vegas Wedding Salon in 2008 and I are highlighted in an article in a special wedding feature for the Weekend Post section of Canada's National Post newspaper. The Weekend Post is printed in every newspaper across Canada in the Canada.com media network.

It was somewhat serendipitous that the reporter found my blog, called me and found out I was from Canada too. Stacey & Aaron are such a fun, stylish couple.

It was a total joy to plan and produce their beautiful wedding celebration with many great memories.
I am thrilled they had this opportunity to tell the rest of Canada (and beyond) about their Las Vegas wedding experience and how they chose to celebrate it with LOVE, LIFE & great STYLE!!

Thanks you two for being a part of this!

Celebrate Your Day with Love, Life & Style!

Wedding Concierge is Wedding Wires' Brides Choice for 2010!

First Style Me Pretty and Now this great news today! Thank you Wedding Wire!!

Las Vegas, NV-January 19, 2010 - WeddingWire, the nation’s leading wedding technology company, just announced Your Las Vegas Wedding Concierge has been selected to receive the 2010 Bride’s Choice Awards™ for Wedding Planning/Coordination Service Category"!

The annual Bride’s Choice Awards™ recognizes and celebrates excellence in quality and service within the wedding industry, as determined by recent reviews and extensive surveys from over 500,000 newlyweds.

Your Las Vegas Wedding Concierge is among the top five percent of all vendors in the WeddingWire community, which includes over 100,000 wedding professionals across the US and Canada. Awards were given to winners across 19 different service categories, from wedding venues to wedding photographers.

“We are excited to recognize and honor the success of the top wedding professionals within the WeddingWire Community” said Timothy Chi, WeddingWire’s Chief Executive Officer. “The annual Bride’s Choice Awards™ program has given us the unique opportunity to highlight the best wedding professionals in each region as reviewed by brides and grooms who have utilized their services in the past year.”

I am thrilled to announce that Your Las Vegas Wedding Concierge is among the very best Wedding Planners within the WeddingWire Network, which includes WeddingWire and Martha Stewart Weddings. I would like to thank all my wonderful past newlyweds for nominating me for the *2010 Bride’s Choice Awards™.

For more information, please visit our WeddingWire Storefront today by clicking here.

*Disclosure: Your Las Vegas Wedding Concierge does not pay for being listed on Wedding Wire.

About WeddingWire, Inc.

WeddingWire is the only online wedding planning resource designed to empower both engaged couples and wedding vendors. WeddingWire enables engaged couples to search, compare and book over 100,000 reviewed wedding vendors nationwide, from wedding photography to wedding cakes. WeddingWire also offers an online community and a suite of cutting-edge planning tools, including wedding websites and wedding checklists, all at no charge. For wedding vendors, WeddingWire provides free online management tools creating the only market opportunity that gives businesses control over their clients, reviews, leads and performance. In addition, WeddingWire has partnered with Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc. (NYSE: MSO) to provide its network of local vendors and online wedding-planning tools in the Weddings section of www.MarthaStewartWeddings.com. For additional information, please visit www.WeddingWire.com.

Wedding Concierge's "Un-Vegas" Wedding on Style Me Pretty

Image by: Altf.com

Your Las Vegas Wedding Concierge is so excited to tell you that the beautiful wedding I had the privilege of planning and producing for Andy (the recent birthday boy) and Elizabeth at the Four Seasons Resort, Las Vegas last May is featured on the Little Black Book Blog of Style Me Pretty.

Your Las Vegas Wedding Concierge is a member of Style Me Pretty's Little Black Book of exclusive listing of wedding professionals across the country.

I'm not going to explain or tell you anything in this post. I'm just going to let you click here to enjoy the pretty pictures and read the words of my bride, Elizabeth as she recounts the memories and the details of their very beautiful, special "stylish celebration of love & life".

Again, my sincere thanks to every single wedding professional who made this event so fantastic for Andy and Elizabeth.

Vote for the Wedding Concierge!

Lara McCullough who writes one of my favorite blogs called Ready 2 Spark has become a great social media friend as well an inspiration to me and many other event industry colleagues.

Lara spearheaded and brought together a community of Event Professionals, better known by the has tag #EventProfs, on Twitter to chat and share ideas on a regular basis and it has been a huge success! So much so that we now have our own Blog Awards.

Your Las Vegas Wedding Concierge is especially excited about this since my blog, "Diary of a Las Vegas Wedding Concierge", was selected as one of the 6 finalists in the "Wedding Blog" category!

I am honored to be among some pretty fabulous company of many other bloggers and wedding professionals I know and admire so this is truly an honor.

I would be so appreciative if you would consider voting for me and thank you for your support. Also, if you are a wedding/event professional and are familiar with any of the bloggers in other categories, please show your support to them as well and make these Blog Awards a great success overall.

Here is the link to vote for Your Las Vegas Wedding Concierge in the Wedding Category.

Thank you Lara!

Celebrate Love & Life!

Las Vegas Wedding Concierge Joins WIPA-First Non-Profit Wedding Association!

Your Las Vegas Wedding Concierge is very excited to announce I am now a Founding Member of "WIPA",

the "Wedding Industry Professional Association".

"Wedding Industry Professionals Association (WIPA) is the first national non-profit association established specifically for the wedding industry. Its purpose is to promote the wedding industry, to educate the public in the value of employing qualified wedding specialists, to set and monitor high standards of performance for our Members, and to provide Members with opportunities to advance their professional growth.  WIPA is a professional organization that is run by its Members, who understand what it takes to effectively produce a wedding, and membership is open to all types of wedding-related businesses (planners, service providers, vendors and venues).

WIPA’s mission is provide the industry a forum where we can rely on our members to teach, challenge, and encourage each other to continue our path of innovation, while still keeping our code of ethics in the forefront of our business practices, thereby bringing the best possible product to our client and each other." From WIPA Website & Membership Brochure.

Membership will be considered in WIPA for those with 3 or more years of Industry Experience which is a little different than most other Wedding Associations and the opportunities for an industry wide standardized exam and professional certification are also the goals of WIPA.  

I am very excited to have been invited to join WIPA as a Founding Member and look forward to the exciting and important things this association and our members will contribute to the betterment of our Industry for ourselves, our clients and those that are new to the industry as well. 

Visit www.WIPAUSA.org to view the wedding industry leaders who have created WIPA and an email for getting more information if you are interested in membership while the site is being created. I am looking forward to my industry colleagues, who for many years have discussed amongst us the possibility of an organization like this getting off the ground, joining me in this association. 

Have a Stylish Day!