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Colin Cowie has led
an extraordinary
life. He arrived in
America from South
Africa with $400 in
the pocket of a good
suit and a tan.
But it was his
smarts, personality
and stylish
sensibility that led
him into the fast-track,
glamorous world of
planning over-the-top
parties for the
who's who of
royalty, celebrity
and business.
Respected around the
world as an arbiter
of style, Colin
Cowie has been at
the forefront of
event and wedding
planning for the
past 25 years,
creating trends and
raising the bar for
creating the
ultimate experience
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Bernadette Coveney
Smith is the
nation’s leading
same-sex wedding
expert. She is
founder and
president of 14
Stories, the first
company in the U.S.
specializing in
planning legal same-sex
weddings. 14 Stories
has offices in New
York and Boston.
Eight years ago,
when gay marriage
was first legalized
in Massachusetts,
Bernadette
envisioned a wedding
production company
for engaged same-sex
couples looking to
navigate a
traditional wedding
industry. Since
2004, she and her
team have produced
hundreds of gay and
lesbian weddings,
working with couples
from 33 U.S. states.
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Xochitl is a
graduate of Brown
University with a
dual degree in
Sculpture and Art
History where she
worked designing,
stitching costumes
and making hats for
the University’s
theater department.
Upon graduating she
worked for a short
time in a SoHo art
gallery.
Eventually, she
joined the team of
the Clio Awards as
the Director of
Events and Marketing
before launching
Always a Bridesmaid
in 2003. |
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A Communications
major graduate.
Carmen started off
her career by
working as Editor
for a new regional
Social Events
newspaper right of
university, during
which she already
showed a latent
interest for tourism,
for which she did an
internship at the
Promotion department
of Sonora State
Secretary of Tourism,
where she’s
originally from.
That’s what started
it all.
Enthusiast and with
a wide range of
interests, Carmen
has managed to get
involved in a series
of disciplines, with
professional
experience in media
advertising, sales,
relationship
management,
marketing, promotion,
real estate &
hospitality. |
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Harmony Walton is
the founder of The
Bridal Bar® and
founder and editor
of Jet Fete by
Bridal Bar.
The Bridal Bar is a
celebrated group of
complimentary
wedding libraries
with locations in
Los Angeles and San
Diego. The concierge-like
storefronts bring
wedding concepts to
life with the
convenience of one
central location,
with some of the
best in the bridal
business represented.
Jet Fete by Bridal
Bar, launched in
2011, is The Bridal
Bar’s latest
expansion and answer
to all things
destination
weddings.
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Born and raised in
Mexico City,
Kimberly Richmond is
the founder of
Runaway Bride
Destination Weddings.
Savvy in Mexico's
unique customs and
traditions, the
concept behind
Runaway Bride was to
create a boutique
company specializing
in a handful of
locations she knew
intimately in a
country she will
always call "home".
BS in Hotel,
Restaurant, and
Travel
Administration from
the University of
Massachusetts,
Kimberly worked a
total of 10 years in
international sales
and marketing for
Hyatt Hotels &
Resorts and as
Director of
International Sales
for Sol Meliá Hotels
& Resorts. |
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CATALINA GOMEZ
CABRERA or Caty
Gomez, as she is
known in the circles
of event planning
world, founded her
company, Caty Gomez
Events, 20 years ago
in Acapulco.
Few months after she
got married, during
dinner with friends,
Caty joked: “I will
do my own receptions
in Acapulco, because
I don’t wish my
wedding experience
to anyone else.”
Little did she know
that in three months
she would start
planning weddings in
Acapulco. |
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Owner of Andrinique
Special Events, a
full-service event
design, planning and
management company
based in New York
City. Andrinique
Special Events
specializes in
Wedding Design &
Coordination, with
offices in New York,
Los Angeles, and the
Yucatan Peninsula.
Andrinique is
originally from New
York City born and
raised. After
working as Director
of Human Resources
for a luxury brand
retailer for over 15
years and
specializing in
Recruitment &
Employee Relations,
Andrinique decide to
turn her 10 year
event and wedding
planning weekend
hobby into a
fulltime career,
relocated to Los
Angeles and founded
Andrinique Special
Events in 2004. |
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