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Noosa Wedding Association

Sun, 21 Aug 2011 03:45:00 +0000

Rumba Bar was a great venue for our Noosa Wedding Association "Meetup" in August. The new casual approach seems popular with our Noosa wedding supplier members and it was great to see so many partners and guests included.

Eckart Schillings (jeweler) came along as a guest , caught up with a lot of friends and joined up as a new member of www,noosaweddings.org. We now have 100 members (plus partners)

Best dressed man in the house, Marriage Celebrant John Mckechnie got everyones attention so that Noosa Marriage Celebrant Jacquie Gray could announce the changes to our group explaining that the legalities of an Association Inc required a lot of extra time from our board members that was better used to actually making things happen.

We have now adopted a much simpler approach by becoming a "Meetup" network group with "organisers" who were identified with red name tags.This has required a group change of name.

Jacquie explained we have already started redesigning the web site to be more attractive to brides as a one stop shop to book everything they need for a Noosa Wedding. We now have separate pages for each category to make it easier for brides to find your listing.

We will rebrand the website under "noosaweddings.org"

All members should check their web site listing for accuracy as this info will be used to produce the next Noosa Wedding booklet. Production will start in the next months.

Tourism Noosa have been handing out the old Noosa Wedding booklet and the last of the copies are headed to the huge Bridal Expo at Sydney Opera house later this month with Kim being asked to man the stand for Tourism Noosa. Kim sent her apologies for not making it to Rumba Bar as she was overwhelmed with moving house with four young children.

Noosa Marriage Celebrant Faye Murphy then presented thank you cards to everyone who supported the wedding of MND sufferer Matt & Jasmin in May. Jasmine is so grateful for her amazing Noosa wedding day which they will treasure forever. The community spirit shown by our members in supporting this young couple through a very difficult time was amazing.

Linda from Airport Private Transfers is now an organisor of the group and will help Jacquie, Kristy and Lindy organise the Christmas party in December. We are hoping Shari Bloxsome can arrange Noosa RACV for the venue for us... we'll let you know.

Sheree Rikeard from Angels Boutique in Noosaville gave us all a lesson in network marketing by wearing one of her stunning dresses and giving out 10% discount brouchers with an offer to donate 5% of all dress sales (from referals) to charity.

New owners of Noosa Wedding and Event Hire, Brian and Siobhan are an enthusiastic couple and we welcome them as new members.

Craig Hanicek of Deja Blue who provided music for our last Christmas Party is now settled in Alice Springs "for the foreseeable future" but he says he'll let us know when he is back!

Thank You to Melinda from Sales Beachfront Restaurant who organised fabulous food and gave us exclusive use of Rumba Bar.

www,noosaweddings.org is still a not-for-profit association of Noosa wedding professionals run by volunteer organisors.

Membership still includes a listing on our high ranking www.noosawedings.org web site, a listing in the Noosa Wedding booklet and entry to regular networking events.

We have six more network events planned for the rest of the year, including a sunset river Cruise in November donated by our sponsors Paul & Gail of Noosa Ferry.

Noosa Weddings at the Brisbane Bridal Expo

Wed, 31 Mar 2010 13:55:00 +0000

A very busy weekend was had by some of ourmembers who travelled to Brisbane to promote Noosa as a wedding destination at the Bridal Expo. Our Noosa Wedding 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.

Couples still splurge on Weddings Poll

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:25:00 +0000

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/

Tourism Noosa supports Noosa Weddings

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:45:00 +0000

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

Following the launch of the Noosa Wedding Organisation, Tourism Noosa 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 their site.

Sunshine Coast Daily on Noosa Weddings

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:15:00 +0000

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.

Noosa Weddings featured in Real Weddings Blog

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:15:00 +0000

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

Wedding-based businesses in Noosa have come together to create the Noosa Wedding Organisation, 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