Who is behind
the Awards?
Damian & Anna Bailey
Founders, The 2012 Wedding Industry Awards
www.damianbailey.com
www.the-wedding-insider.com
Damian is an award-winning wedding photographer. Prior to his wedding photography career Damian was in event management running both his own event company and working for other companies organising conferences and Awards all over the world. Damian’s wife, Anna, is also from a strong event management background. Damian & Anna have created their company, 23 Events Ltd, to organise and run the 2012 Wedding Industry Awards.
The ethos behind the Awards
For the last 8 years, Damian has been photographing weddings all over the country, every weekend. No wedding supplier sees more of a wedding than the photographer. He or she sees pretty much all other types of wedding supplier and their work from florists and make-up artists right through to caterers, DJs and bands. From the bride getting ready right through until well into the dancing, the photographer is there.
Week in, week out Damian sees talented, dedicated people working hard to help couples create the wedding of their dreams. Many recently married couples would love the opportunity to publicly thank their best suppliers and vote for them to help them win an Award but until now there has been nowhere for them to do this.
For a long time now there has been a feeling of frustration due to the lack of opportunity for great wedding suppliers to be officially recognised within the industry. There is no coveted prize, there is nothing to ensure that the highest standards are rewarded and nothing to encourage sub-standard suppliers to improve.
As a result, there is very little for wedding couples to go on when deciding who to employ for their weddings. Wedding suppliers are often judged simply on price, especially in a recession. Whilst word of mouth drives the wedding industry, wouldn’t it be great if couples could see that you’d won an Award for what you do? That your price reflects the quality of your service and product? That you are the best not because you say so but because your clients say so?
The 2012 Wedding Industry Awards are the answer. Launching this year, they will be the only fully independent Awards for the wedding industry. Our comprehensive and rigorous entry, voting and judging process will ensure that the very best suppliers are rewarded, both regionally and nationally.
The Awards logo will be a mark of the highest quality coveted by wedding suppliers all over the country and, most importantly, by couples getting married - A ‘kite mark’ for the wedding industry.
It’s also a real shame that our industry doesn’t have it’s night on the red carpet! That is set to change with our glittering Awards event in London on January 18th, 2012. Click here for details about the Awards event . Wedding suppliers spend their lives enabling other people to have the best party of their lives. This party is for you!
