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REBECCA GRINNALS is widely regarded as one of the foremost experts on the business of Destination Weddings and Honeymoons. She is the Founder and President of wedding and honeymoon industry consulting firm, Engaging Concepts, Inc. based in Celebration, FL and the Chairman of the Caribbean Wedding Association. Rebecca is a sought after industry consultant and trend expert. She has been a featured guest on CBS’ “The Early Show,” CNN, Entertainment Tonight, "Weddings of a LIFETIME," CNBC and hundreds of other national and international television & radio programs.
Prior to creating Engaging Concepts and the Caribbean Wedding Association, Rebecca co-founded Disney’s Fairy Tale Weddings & Honeymoons for The Walt Disney Company, and spent ten years developing the concept into an unprecedented success. She directed the complete branding strategy, development and implementation of the program, building it into almost a $100 million per year business for Walt Disney World, Disneyland, and the Disney Cruise Line. These efforts resulted in over 18,000 weddings and the coveted status for Disney as the # 1 Domestic Honeymoon Destination.
She has been quoted in scores of wedding & honeymoon related articles including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, USA Today, Forbes, Cosmopolitan, BRIDE’S & Modern Bride to name just a few. She has directly produced wedding events and remotes for, among others, "The Oprah Winfrey Show," "The TODAY Show," “Good Morning America” and "LIVE with Regis & Kathie Lee.”
Clients include: Sandals & Beaches Resorts, the Cayman Islands Department of Tourism, Disneyland Resort and Harley-Davidson, as well as resorts in Barbados, the Bahamas, Colorado, Florida, Aruba & Jamaica, and many independent wedding and event professionals worldwide.
Recently Rebecca worked with renowned wedding planner, Marcy Blum on Billy Joel’s wedding at his Long Island estate and also with wedding design Guru Preston Bailey on Donald Trump’s wedding at Mar-a-lago.
She has orchestrated scores of innovative wedding related promotions and partnerships including the recent announcement of Sandals & Beaches Resorts ground-breaking partnerships with Celebrity Wedding Designer Preston Bailey and Cake “Diva” Sylvia Weinstock, the Guinness World Record setting “World’s Largest Vow Renewal” for Orlando Harley-Davidson, The Travel Channel’s upcoming Wedding Planner series filming for 8 weeks in The Cayman Islands and promotions with strong industry brands such as Ritz-Carlton, David’s Bridal, HPNOTIQ, BRIDE’S Magazine, the Platinum Guild, Crate & Barrel, Ladies Home Journal, Williams-Sonoma and many more.
She speaks around the world on the topic of “romancing the wedding & honeymoon industry.” |