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Posted by Ali Phillips
Tuesday Jun 29 at 6:00 AM
Engage 10 Cayman Islands Recap-What one can learn "going to the beach"
Tags: About Ali, news
As my followers of the blog know, I was in Cayman Islands two weeks ago attending (and speaking) at the Engage!10 a Luxury Wedding Business Summit. This was the fifth time I have attended the conference and would never miss this... read more »
Posted by Ali Phillips
Tuesday Jun 22 at 11:54 AM
Midwest Wedding and Event Professionals and Their Clients, Let's Play GOLF
Tags: charities we support, charity, Chicago events, events, news
We are at it again! The Midwest Wedding & Event Professionals AND their clients Second Annual Golf Outing date is announced. Come join Chicago's wedding and event professionals as we host a fun golf outing and barbeque. Please join us on... read more »
Posted by Ali Phillips
Thursday Jun 17 at 9:42 AM
Wish Upon a Wedding Chicago Gala-Save The Date
Tags: About Ali, Events, News
Save The Date of Monday, November 1st for the Wish Upon a Wedding Chicago Chapter Gala at the Millennium Knickerbocker Hotel.The black-tie event will be from 6pm-11pm and guests will enjoy a lovely seated dinner and a fun night of... read more »
Posted by Ali Phillips
Monday Jun 14 at 8:55 AM
Reflections on What My Business Is
Tags: About Ali, news
Today my husband and I are finishing packing up our house to move to a new house in the city, not too far from our current house. It is bigger, has a deck and has a big office for me... read more »
Posted by Ali Phillips
Friday Jun 4 at 6:47 AM
Ali Phillips to speak at Engage!10 in Cayman Islands
Tags: news
If you have been following the blog for some time you know that I attend many wedding and event industry conferences to continue learning about new trends but also to learn about good business practices and how to run a... read more »
Posted by Ali Phillips
Monday May 24 at 12:13 PM
Some fun things about Chicago Wedding Planner, Ali Phillips
Tags: About Ali, news
Most people know me as a wedding consultant in Chicago. Yes, that is for sure my career and my passion and my love. I love events, love working with brides and grooms and their family and friends and LOVE the... read more »
Posted by Ali Phillips
Friday May 7 at 4:11 AM
Chicago Style Weddings Photo Shoot
Tags: news, press
Yesterday, I had a FIRST in my career as a wedding consultant in Chicago. I did my first photo shoot for a magazine. Chicago Style Weddings asked me to create two unique tablecapes for their issue coming out in July. Chicago Style Weddings... read more »
Posted by Ali Phillips
Monday May 3 at 4:21 AM
Chicago Social Brides Feature of Chicago Wedding at Old St Pat's and Palmer House Hilton
Tags: Becky Hill Photography, Chicago Social Brides, Chicago Weddings, Frost Lighting, Heffernan Morgan, Larry King Orchestra, News, Old St Patrick's Church, Palmer House Hilton, Press, Summer Weddings
Palumbo Wedding in CS Brides Magazine.pdfI am so happy to share the wonderful feature of a Chicago Wedding we did that was just featured in Chicago Social Brides Magazine. The wedding of Jessica and Ryan was in July this past... read more »
Posted by Ali Phillips
Friday Apr 23 at 2:47 PM
Wish Upon a Wedding Chicago Chapters First Wish Granted-Beth and Nick
Tags: charities we support, charity, news, weddings, Wish Upon a Wedding
Two very special people got married on Sunday, April 18th. Beth and Nick were Wish Upon a Wedding Chicago Chapter's first wedding wish recipient. Beth is currently battling urachal adenocarcinoma. But she and Nick still wanted to get married and... read more »
Posted by Ali Phillips
Monday Apr 12 at 5:17 AM
First Wish Upon a Wedding Wish Granted in Chicago This Week
Tags: charities we support, charity, news, weddings, Wish Upon a Wedding
This week a wonderful wedding will happen in Chicago on Sunday, April 18th for Beth and Nick. Beth and Nick are Wish Upon a Wedding Chicago Chapter's first wedding wish recipient. Wish Upon a Wedding is America's first wedding wish... read more »
Posted by Ali Phillips
Tuesday Apr 6 at 4:29 AM
Chicago Wedding Planner Ali Phillips Quoted in Special Events Magazine
Tags: news, Press
I was so excited when writer Natasha Gerber called me to interview me about Hotel Weddings for Special Events Magazine. I have been a long time reader of this magazine and look forward to its arrival in my mail box... read more »
Posted by Ali Phillips
Friday Apr 2 at 8:34 AM
St Louis ABC Regional Meeting
Tags: News, Wedding Industry
On Sunday, March 21st, fifty event professionals gathered at the Hyatt at the Arch in St Louis, Missouri for the Association of Bridal Consultant Regional Education meeting. I was asked to speak this year and was so honored. The event... read more »
Posted by Ali Phillips
Tuesday Mar 30 at 4:31 AM
Wish Upon a Wedding Chicago Launch Event
Tags: charities we support, charity, Chicago events, news, Wish Upon a Wedding
Last week, on Wednesday, March 24th, 250 event professionals gathered together at the Ravenswood Event Center for a party to Celebrate the Launch of Wish Upon a Wedding in Chicago. Wish Upon a Wedding is America's first nonprofit wedding wish... read more »
Posted by Ali Phillips
Saturday Mar 13 at 6:50 AM
Wedding 360 in San Francisco, California
Tags: news
I am off to San Francisco, California this weekend to attend Wedding 360, The Academy for Planners and Designers conference at the St Regis Hotel. Created for wedding planners, weddings designers and floral designers, The Academy will provide in-depth and... read more »
Posted by Ali Phillips
Monday Mar 1 at 10:58 AM
Wish Upon a Wedding- Chicago Chapter's Launch Event
Tags: charities we support, charity, Chicago events, news, Wish Upon a Wedding
Please join us at our Wish Upon a Wedding Chicago Chapter Launch Party on Wednesday, March 24th, at 6pm at Ravenswood Event Center. Chicago is fortunate to have some of the best wedding professionals in the country and some of the... read more »
Posted by Ali Phillips
Saturday Feb 27 at 5:58 AM
Chicago Wedding Planner Ali Phillips To Speak at ABC Regional Conference in St Louis
Tags: news, press
I am looking forward to being a keynote speaker at the Association of Bridal Consultants Regional meeting on March 20th and 21st in St Louis, Missouri. I will be joined by Liene Stevens of Think Splendid and Xochitl Gonzalez of... read more »
Posted by Ali Phillips
Monday Feb 8 at 5:30 AM
Wish Upon A Wedding-America's only wedding wish granting organization
Tags: charities we support, charity, news, weddings, Wish Upon a Wedding
I am very honored to share with my loyal readers information about a new organization I have become a part of. It is called Wish Upon a Wedding and is America's only wedding wish granting organization. Wish Upon a Wedding produces weddings and... read more »
Posted by Ali Phillips
Thursday Jan 28 at 10:57 AM
Ali Phillips of Engaging Events by Ali named The Knot Best of Weddings 2010
Tags: news, press
The Knot recently released their The Knot Best of Weddings 2010. We are proud to announce that Engaging Events by Ali, Inc has been rated by local brides and voted The Knot Best of Weddings 2010 Pick in the Wedding... read more »
Posted by Ali Phillips
Friday Jan 8 at 9:07 AM
Chicago Wedding Planner Announces Her Most Fascinating Wedding People of 2009
Tags: news, press
I love being one of Chicago's Wedding Planners, but today, I am channeling my inner Barbara Walters and announcing the people I found the Most Fascinating in the Wedding Industry in 2009. These are the people that really raise the... read more »
Posted by Ali Phillips
Tuesday Dec 29 at 4:42 AM
Ali Phillips, Chicago Wedding Planner, Featured as 125 Women to Know in Chicago in CRAVE Chicago Guide
Tags: news, press
I was so excited when Michelle Kravetz of the CRAVE Guides called me this fall to tell me I was invited to take part in the CRAVE Chicago book. CRAVE Chicago innovatively connects urban gals to the sassiest, gutsiest, most... read more »
Posted by Ali Phillips
Tuesday Nov 10 at 7:58 AM
Style Unveiled arrives in Chicago
Tags: news, press, weddings
As a wedding consultant in Chicago, I was so excited when the ladies at the ever popular and chic blog, Style Unveiled, announced to me they were coming to Chicago and launching their blog here. I was especially excited when... read more »
Posted by Ali Phillips
Tuesday Nov 3 at 5:00 AM
Ali Phillips, Wedding Consultant in Chicago, attends Engage 09, Luxury Wedding Business Intensive
Tags: news, press
Last week I attended the Engage!09 The Encore, Luxury Wedding Business Intensive in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Wynn Encore. The amazing ladies, Rebecca Grinnals and Kathyrn Arce of Engaging Concepts hosted their fourth luxury wedding conference. I have been lucky... read more »
Posted by Ali Phillips
Friday Oct 23 at 7:06 AM
The Knot Chicago Party
Tags: events, news, weddings
The Knot.com invited Chicago wedding industry consultants and professionals to gather together on Wednesday night at the cool event location, Salvage One, to celebrate. I have not done an event at Salvage One, but what a unique location to host... read more »
Posted by Ali Phillips
Friday Oct 2 at 8:58 AM
Ali Phillips Speaks at Purdue University About Wedding Planning in Chicago
Tags: events, news, press
Last week my assistant, Kristin Weis, and I traveled to her hometown and alma mater, West Lafayette, Indiana to Purdue University. I was asked to present at the Purdue Event Planning Society which is an organization that students started two... read more »
Posted by Ali Phillips
Monday Jul 27 at 5:05 AM
Midwest Wedding & Event Professionals First Annual Charity Golf Outing, Swing for a Cure!
Tags: announcements, news, press
Please join us on Monday, August 17th, 2009 at Crane's Landing Golf Course in Lincolnshire, Illinois at our Midwest Wedding & Event Professionals First Annual Charity Golf Outing. Register here NOW and join in the FUN! Proceeds this year will... read more »
