The Wedding Professionals
Now that you’ve entered the Wedding Industry Professional Awards, you should be following us because you’ll be appearing on our channels as soon as you take up our marketing opportunities.
WIPA Categories
Does your business cover more than one wedding category or sector?
If you need to enter again, scroll down, select your category & go again!
There is no limit on the categories you can enter, you can enter as many categories as fits your business. Every business is different so if you are a venue with accommodation, a chapel, in a vineyard or with water views, you can select the categories which suit you best. If you’re a photographer who has videographers too, or a florist and stylist perhaps you want to enter in each category. Remember, awards mean exposure, so go for it!
ATTIRE & JEWELLERY
Accessories & Jewellery
Bridesmaids & Mother’s Boutique
Couture
Jeweller – Wedding Rings
Tailor
Wedding Attire Hire
Wedding Dress Boutique
ACCOMMODATION
Accommodation – Premium Hotel
Accommodation – Homestead/Historic
Accommodation – Resort
Accommodation – Boutique
Accommodation – Winery
Accommodation – Waterfront/Coastal
Accommodation – Hotel/Motel
STYLING
Bomboniere
Florist
Invitations & Stationery, Web Design
Stylist
PHOTOGRAPHY
Photographer
Photo Booth
Videographer
RECEPTION VENUE
Reception – Premium Hotel
Reception -Winery
Reception -Waterfront/Coastal
Reception – Garden
Reception – Club
Reception – Homestead/Historic
Reception – Function Centre
Reception – Resort
Reception – Boutique
BEAUTY SERVICES
Barber
Hairdresser
Makeup Artist
Spa
PACKAGES
Package – Honeymoon & Travel
Package – Elopement Specialist
Package – Pop-up
Package – Destination Wedding
Package – Proposals
CELEBRANT
Celebrant – Female
Celebrant – Male
Master of Ceremonies
CEREMONY
Ceremony – Chapel
Ceremony – Church
Ceremony – Homestead/Historic
Ceremony – Garden/Park
Ceremony – Waterfront/Coastal
Ceremony – Resort
Ceremony – Function Centre
Ceremony – Winery
MOBILE / DIY
Catering – Offsite Caterer
Catering – Mobile Bars, Carts, Vans
Catering – Mobile Food Trucks, Carts, Vans
DIY – Reception Venue
DIY – Event Hire & Equipment
SERVICES
Dance Lessons & Studios
Transport
Wedding Cake Designer
Wedding & Event Planner – Business
Wedding & Event Planner – Individual
ENTERTAINMENT
Music – DJ
Music – Live Entertainment
Fireworks
How To Shine In Your Field
As a creative wedding professional, it’s important to connect with every potential customer in your own unique way. Expressing your creativity allows the right customers to find you and for inspiration to flow. Spending time with your customers & focussing on why you started your business is your main priority.
But you have to constantly book new customers to make your businesses successful. Customers come to you when they know that you are professional in your field, when they feel comfortable that you will be able to provide them with the level of quality, service and style they are planning.
As your entry progresses & our judges can see that you are an experienced wedding provider, you might be awarded a Wedding Industry Professional Membership for the year you’ve entered the awards for.
Post it on your website and on your socials and when your couples find you online, they’ll know you’re in the running for a key wedding award. See? Quality marketing content sent directly to you.
Wedding Industry Professional Awards are scored on a range of factors including your online presence, your verified reviews and the answers you provide in your entry form.
Your final score will determine whether you are eligible for a WIPA, and at what level. Rising Star, Bronze, Silver or Gold.
If you’re successful in winning a WIPA, you receive a winners badge so you can tell all your potential customers that you are the expert they need for their wedding day.
Your business will be published on our sites and socials, so not only will you receive exposure through our channels, you’ll be receiving SEO backlinks & free content to share across all your marketing channels. It all adds to your exposure online so you appear in front of marrying couples more often.