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DWP | Attendees From Over 75 Countries
The World’s Biggest B2B Platform for the Destination Wedding Industry’

The sunny island of Rhodes put on display, its exquisite sunsets and unmatched hospitality to successfully host over 350 global luxury wedding connoisseurs from over 40 countries on November 9th - 11th 2021 at the 7th Annual Destination Wedding Planners (DWP) Congress supported by Greek National Tourism Organization as the Official Destination Partner, Region of South Aegean & Municipality of Rhodes as Government Partners and Mitsis Alila, Resort & Spa as the Official Host Partner.

Following successful previous editions in the Middle East, Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas, the DWP Congress, the only event of its kind in the world, returned to its inaugural debut destination - Greece in its seventh year.

The 2021 edition of the DWP Congress boasted of a wide-ranging conference agenda including impactful keynote presentations, influential panel discussions and powerful master classes.

Luxury wedding connoisseurs are constantly on the lookout for newer venues, ideas and platforms for their client’s celebrations, and at the DWP Congress we provide them targeted business opportunities on a silver platter, highlighting not only the region but also the best suppliers and creative partners that came from four corners of the world.

Apart from giving a hint of the various little pearls that sit beautifully in the reef of Rhodes through the evening receptions, the USP of the DWP Congress as always lies in the one-to-one pre-scheduled business meetings that the congress provides to optimize the ROI and increase the opportunities for collaboration and growth in the wedding industry. The congress aims to focus on cross border collaborations, business development and marketing opportunities.

After the success of the 7th Annual DWP Congress, We are now gearing up for setting the stage for the next highly anticipated edition in Bali for the 8th Annual of the Destination Wedding Planners Congress.

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FACTS & FIGURES
For those who rely on numbers!

70

+
Represented
Countries

98

%
Attendees rated the Congress
Outstanding

30

+
Hours of dedicated business
Networking

5000

+
Meetings over
3 days
The crème de la crème of the destination wedding industry are excited to be here. Are you?

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DWP BIZ | 7 Elements of DWP
Putting a Spotlight on the BIZ of Weddings

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Biz Future

Intimate weddings & elopements, trending destinations for 2021, postpone don’t cancel, getting ready for wedding season 2021…Biz Future brings to you core tips & strategies for your business to navigate through unprecedented times and adapting to changing business models in the upcoming wedding seasons, reflected through the conference agenda.
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Biz Intelligence

How to talk budget with your clients? How to drive the future of the business through diversification? How to market your destination as ‘wedding friendly’ again? What will be the worth of the wedding industry in 2020? How to enhance client relationship and boost profitability?
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Biz Inspire

One common aspect that keeps the wedding industry alive is inspiration – whether it is inspiration through storytelling, inspiration through learning from the past, or inspiration from evolving with changing times, we need to aspire to inspire. Conference topics for you and inspired by you, this is the DWP Biz Inspire where we aim to entail, empower & excel!
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Biz Meet

Building on our USP of arranging prescheduled meetings and introductions for our sponsors with leading wedding planners from around the world, we guarantee you the fastest way of networking, collaborating and building business face time with them. Face-to-face interactions can do what a digital promotion, exchange of emails or even a telephone call cannot do. Continuing our legacy of B2B meetings, for the 7th Annual we come back bigger & better!
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Biz Showcase

For all those bridal couture & jewelry designers, live entertainment companies, lighting architects, floral exporters & designers, linen companies, and furniture rental companies out there, this is your opportunity to rise & shine!
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Biz Travel

Honeymoons are now a $12 billion a year industry according to Trip Savvy. 99% of newly married couples do take a honeymoon with an average honeymoon cost three times more than the cost of an adult vacation.

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Biz Excellence

We are in an industry where achievements, appreciations, and recognitions speak volumes about the work we do. Through DWP Biz Excellence, we will felicitate some of the world’s top suppliers that cater to luxury weddings, at the DWP ACE Awards Season 2 to honor and highlight outstanding supplier contributions to the industry.
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Still CURIOUS?
Here’s a glimpse of our stellar Speaker line-up for 2022

Eddie Zaratsian

Founder,
Eddie Zaratsian Lifestyle and Design, USA

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Ali Bakhtiar

Founder,
Ali Bakhtiar Designs, UAE

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Elisa Mocci

CEO – Wedding Designer,
Elisa Mocci Events, Italy

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Kevin Lee

Founder,
Kevin Lee Weddings, USA

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Lefteris Tsoukalas

General Manager,
Mitsis Alila Resort & Spa

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Koby Bar Yehuda

Founder & Creative Director,
KBY Designs, Israel

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Sonal Shah

Senior Event Consultant,
Sonal J Shah Event Consultants, USA

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Walid Baz

Founder,
Baz Agency, Lebanon

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Convinced? We can’t wait to see you in 2021!
And taking it one step further, our glowing endorsements are sure to give you #FOMO- and rightfully so!

DWP HIGHLIGHTS

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2014 DWP - Greece
2015 DWP - Mauritius
2016 DWP - Italy
2017 DWP - Thailand