REBECCA GRINNALS is widely regarded as one of the foremost experts on the business of weddings & honeymoons. She is the founder and President of wedding and honeymoon industry consulting firm, Engaging Concepts based in Celebration, FL.  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, 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, In Style Weddings, 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.”

Rebecca has orchestrated some of the industry’s most innovative wedding related promotions and partnerships including the 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 Harley-Davidson, The Travel Channel’s 6-episode Destination Wedding series featuring The Cayman Islands (“Weddings Away-Cayman Islands”) and promotions with strong industry brands such as Ritz-Carlton, BRIDE’S Magazine, TheKnot, the Platinum Guild, Crate & Barrel, Bed Bath & Beyond, Henri Bendel, David’s Bridal, HPNOTIQ, Ladies Home Journal, Williams-Sonoma and many more.

Clients include: Sandals & Beaches Resorts, the Cayman Islands Department of Tourism, Disneyland Resort, the Caribbean Wedding Association, the Kessler Collection, Destination Weddings & Honeymoons Magazine/Bonnier Corp, Harley-Davidson as well as hotels & resorts in Barbados, the Bahamas, Colorado, Georgia, New Mexico, Florida, Aruba & Jamaica, and many independent, high-end wedding and event professionals worldwide.

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 & Melania Trump’s wedding.

She speaks and consults around the world on the topic of “romancing the wedding & honeymoon industry.”

KATHRYN ARCE - Prior to becoming Managing Director of Engaging Concepts, Kathryn was a Professional Wedding Event Manager for Disney’s Fairy Tale Weddings and the Manager of Guest Services for the flagship Disney Store on Fifth Avenue in New York City prior to joining Engaging Concepts in 2001. She brings to Engaging Concepts over 18 years in the wedding and guest service industry.

Kathryn has personally planned and executed hundreds of weddings. She has been instrumental in producing events and remotes for The TODAY Show, CBS’s The Early Show and “LIVE with Regis & Kathie Lee.”  While living in NYC Kathryn had the opportunity to work with renowned wedding and special event planner Marcy Blum on high profile events at The Rainbow Room, The Manhattan Club, The St. Regis and The Pierre. Recently she has worked on such notable weddings as those of Billy Joel, Donald Trump, basketball legend Horace Grant, famed novelist Tom Clancy and Jennifer Philbin (daughter of Regis).

Kathryn’s extensive Guest Service training & vast real-world wedding experience is an invaluable resource for clients looking to "raise the bar" of their wedding & honeymoon programs.