The Cayman Islands Department of Tourism is proud to present guest speaker Rebecca Grinnals, the founder and President of wedding and honeymoon industry consulting firm, Engaging Concepts based in Celebration, FL. As one of the foremost experts on the business of weddings and honeymoons and a widely sought after industry consultant and trend expert, Rebecca has partnered with the Cayman Islands to establish the destination as a leading Caribbean locale for discriminating couples looking for island weddings and honeymoons of style and distinction.
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 and developed and implemented 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.” 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.
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. 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 has recently launched a ground-breaking wedding industry seminar series called engage! - for luxury wedding professionals around the globe.
Clients include: the Cayman Islands Department of Tourism, Sandals & Beaches Resorts, Disneyland Resort, InterContinental Hotels Group Asia-Pacific, 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.
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