Noosa Wedding Association Inc of Noosa wedding professionals

A very busy weekend was had by some of the NWA members who travelled to Brisbane to promote Noosa as a wedding destination at the Bridal Expo. Our Noosa Wedding Association stand looked fantastic and was very well received by Brides and Grooms who will now hopefully be considering having a Noosa Wedding.

Thanks must go to Katrina, Nick, Corrine, Kim, Nicole, Lindy, Jason, John, Rebecca, Jacqui and special thanks to Julia who stayed for the whole weekend.

Dear Kim and the Noosa Wedding Association,

Congratulations.

As you know, I was a volunteer on the Noosa Wedding Association stand at the Wedding Expo in Brisbane over the weekend - what a success!

Not only was the stand superbly presented, showing off Noosa and the Assoc but both the booklet and the 'Noosa Bride' competition generated a lot of positive interest throughout the day.

At the end of the day I left having had a great experience and also knowing it was 'GOOD FOR BUSINESS', both for Noosa and the Association. Well Done!!

Kind regards,

John

J. D. Mckechnie, B.A. CMC

We are pleased to announce that Tourism Noosa has gratefully provided the Noosa Wedding Association Inc with the funds for us to exhibit at the Queensland Brides Wedding Expo next weekend.

A proposal was provided by the Association to the tourism body who have advised that “We’re glad to be able to support the group’s attendance at the expo and look forward to further opportunities to work together.”

This is a huge win for the Association, especially as we have achieved most of our objectives and goals in a short 8 months, with more plans on the horizon to showcase Noosa to the world!!

Without your support in being part of the Association, we would never have been able to achieve such milestones. So thank you so much for being part of a wonderful conglomeration of Wedding Professionals.

And a HUGE thank you to Tourism Noosa for believing and trusting in us to be the face of Noosa Weddings.

Tourism Noosa have sent out a special Noosa Weddings Boardwalk edition for members of the Noosa Wedding Association. Have a look at the link below.

http://visitnoosa.cmail1.com/T/ViewEmail/y/A0824968F69EE1E8/7F613101481A9730C67FD2F38AC4859C

We have found an article that we thought you may be interested in - click on:

http://www.noosanews.com.au/story/2009/08/25/couples-still-splurge-on-weddings-poll/

Warmest wishes,

Noosa Wedding Association

The Noosa Wedding Association board have been extremely busy finalising their 12 month plan of activities for this financial year - see a basic outline of the plan below:

SEPT 09

Tuesday 1 September 09

Networking Night Boathouse Floating Restaurant

5.30pm-7.30pm

DEC 09

Tuesday 1 December 09

Board Meeting

Xmas Party Waterfront Restaurant

5.30pm-7.30pm

Statistics Results

NWA Inc Book Launched

FEB 2010

Date tba Networking Night Rumba (underneath Sails)

5.30pm-7.30pm

MAR 2010

26-28 March 2010 Qld Brides Wedding Expo Brisbane Convention Centre

NWA Inc Exhibit

MID JUNE 2010

AGM

JULY 2010

 Networking Night

Renewal of memberships

Noosa's famous Main beach is looking better and better every day with council determined to have the beach looking it's best in time for the spring wedding season and the September school holidays.

Main Beach closures from Monday 17th August

Sand grooming and beach restoration work will be undertaken on Noosa Main Beach from Monday 17 to Friday 21 August, Monday to Friday only for 3hrs either side of low-tide.

All of Noosa Main Beach, from middle groyne to Park Rd, will be closed from 7.00am to 3.00pm on Monday 17 August. Signs will be in place on Monday advising beach goers that Main Beach is closed and Traffic Controllers will be on site in the interests of public safety.

From Tuesday 18 to Friday 21 August, Main Beach from middle groyne to Park Rd will be partially closed to allow for heavy machinery to work 3 hours either side of low tide. Machinery onsite for the beach grooming includes a 35 tonne excavator, 3 x 21 tonne off-road dump trucks and 1 x D6 Swamp Dozer. The sand-shifter will be pumping Monday and Thursday as per normal operations.

As the work is completed, the beach will be re-opened to the public.

Details of the beach closure times are as follows:

Monday 17 August: 7.00am - 3.00pm

Tuesday 18 August: 8.00am - 3.00pm

Wednesday 19 August: 9.00am - 4.00pm

Thursday 20 August: 10.00am - 4.00pm

Friday 21 August: 10.00am - 4.00pm

For further information contact:

Sunshine Coast Regional Council

Customer Service Centre

1300 00 72 72 (local calls only, excludes mobiles)

or 5475 7272

Dennis Shaw

Coastal and Canals Manager

Phone 5420 8733 Mob 0418 770 281

Tourism Noosa is highly supportive of the Noosa Wedding Association Inc and will be working in partnership with them to put Noosa in the spotlight as a destination of choice for anyone looking to get married.

Following the launch of the Noosa Wedding Association Inc, Tourism Noosa recently convened a representative group of members working in the wedding sector to provide advice and feedback on how we can better position the weddings section of our website to attract more weddings to Noosa. As a result of this highly engaging workshop, Tourism Noosa currently undertaking a redevelopment of the weddings section of the site and expect to launch the updated site in early August so look out for more details.

Noosa weddings

11:00a.m. 10th July 2009 By Blythe Seinor (Sunshine Coast Daily - Friday

Here comes the bride... to Noosa, with 150 of her closest, cashed-up friends.

It is no secret that weddings are big business, and now Noosa operators have a plan to lure more wedding money to the area.

Photo: anoosa.com photography

Photographers, dress shops, venues and caterers have united to form the Noosa Wedding Association, to market Noosa as the number one destination in Australia to say "I do".

President Kim Eibrink Jansen said while Hamilton and Hayman Island still had a strong hold on the marriage market, about 30 weddings were held in the Noosa area every week. Each attracted about 150 guests.

"Most stay for a week and they have to get from the airport, then stay somewhere, eat out, go shopping, do tours," Ms Eibrink Jansen said.

"It's quite a big industry and no one really knows how big."

Ms Eibrink Jansen said the Noosa Wedding Association planned to work out exactly how much money was injected into the local economy from weddings.

"Once we get those figures it might assist the industry to be able to lobby government bodies for funding as well, to promote the region," Ms Eibrink Jansen said.

In the meantime, Ms Eibrink Jansen said the association planned to market Noosa in national campaigns "as a uniform group, rather than (individual operators) trying to achieve something on their own".

Initial marketing would be funded through the association's membership fees, which would be paid by the operators. Ms Eibrink Jansen said despite the economic doom, the wedding industry continued to thrive.

"People are still spending the same amount of money, weddings are not affected too much," she said.

"That's another bonus – if we attract more weddings to the region, even if there are economic issues in the world we shouldn't be affected too much because this is a stable industry."

The Noosa Wedding Association launched at Trio's on the River.

Real Weddings Magazine has supported the Noosa Weddings Asscoiation with editorial in their blog.

 Wedding-based businesses in Noosa have come together to create the Noosa Wedding Asscoiation Inc, a not-for-profit organisation with 100% of membership fees going towards promoting Noosa weddings & establishing Noosa as a world class wedding destination read more

Noosa wedding photographers are invited to send us their best NOOSA wedding photos to be used in editorial pages of the web site. Please include Bride&groom's first name and your businessname in file name so we can give you a credit in the caption.

We particulary want horizontals photos that show case Noosa...  send a medium res file to web@noosaweddings.org and we will crop to suit best quality. We will also use vertical images on some pages and in panel form.

Choose simple and elegant photos that show off Noosa as the beautiful wedding destination that it is. We will use photos that include iconic land marks that are easily recognised as Noosa or anything that features our beloved pandanus or palm trees.

Noosa wedding photographers wishing to submit photos for the Noosa Wedding Association Inc web site should first to join the Noosa Wedding Association Inc as a member (from $75 per year). Membership includes a link back to your web site  on the mebers page and a personal profile for on-line networking. Complete the membership application form now. 

Ronnie (webmaster) web@noosaweddings.org