From November 17 – 20, 2015 more than 350 luxury wedding professionals were on-island to learn about wedding industry trends, networking, and experience a taste of what the Cayman Islands has to offer for destination weddings and romance travelers at the 14th engage! Luxury Wedding Business Summit at the Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman.

The engage!14 Cayman Islands schedule featured insights from 56 luxury wedding experts. Cayman Islands Minister of Tourism, the Honourable Moses Kirkconnell officially opened the summit. Brides Magazine Editor-in-Chief Keija Minor started the program by sharing insights from Condé Nast’s bi-annual wedding survey. Attendees also heard from event designers Bryan Rafanelli, Marcy Blum, Mindy Weiss and David Beahm.

Throughout the week, summit attendees had the opportunity to experience the Cayman Islands. They spent afternoons on Jet Ski Safaris at Stingray City, taking island tours and exploring the Botanic Park. A dine-around event on Tuesday evening gave attendees the chance to enjoy dinner at one of 19 participating restaurants.

Discussion focused on specialized topics from the concept of “glocal” (global planning with local implementation) in destination weddings, the exceptional bespoke options in the luxury wedding industry, and ways for luxury wedding businesses to expand their offerings and target their clientele.

A group of attendees also experienced the Sister Islands during a one-day extension to the engage! experience. Small groups visited both Cayman Brac and Little Cayman. And for the first time, Cayman Islands wedding professionals were invited to attend mini engage! – a half day summit featuring a selection of engage! speakers and experts in destination weddings and media sharing their insights with Cayman Islands private sector partners.

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