planning Archives - Nüage Designs

Today, we are featuring our journey at Engage!, which was hosted in Mexico for the first time ever! From June 8-11th, the wedding industry elite gathered for three days of inspiration, education and celebration in Riviera Maya, at the acclaimed NIZUC Resort & Spa. Engage!15 exclusively took over the entire resort during this time and our team couldn’t have been more ecstatic that in addition to attending this event, we were given the opportunity to work with local superstars Elena Damy and Canteiro Weddings, to showcase our linens against the stunning Nizuc backrop.

Engage! brings together leaders in the luxury wedding industry, from celebrity planners to luxury lifestyle experts to creative entrepreneurs offering unique insights on business strategies and life balance. Intimate by design, Engage! blends a tailored schedule of curated activities along with creative extras and down time, offering myriad opportunities for natural networking.

From our perspective, each year, the experience offers invaluable insight into the industry and coming trends, so that we can be at the cutting edge of the industry for our clients in the year to come. We are so excited to share some of the photos from our time at Engage!

An insider look at Engage! from Nuage Designs’ President, Pablo Oliveira:

After attending Engage! for 9 times the conference never fails to impress me. Not only is it the best curated conference in terms of the amazing events that take place over the 3 days, but it is also the top source of information on the state of the wedding industry. Where it is now, where it is headed, how technology is shaping weddings and how it is affecting couples planning their celebration. It is indeed the one summit that gathers the leading professionals from around the globe in a relaxed setting to effortlessly network and share ideas.

My favorite aspect of Engage! is the sense of camaraderie among the attendees. Once you meet a peer at Engage! there is an automatic bond that happens through the desire to learn, excel, share. It is truly creating a community of thinkers that are molding the future of luxury weddings.

And of course, we always have to have a little fun…

More about Engage!:

Engage! is designed for committed wedding industry professionals who are looking for innovative ideas and practical solutions for strategic growth. Engage! is dedicated to gathering the best of the best, and is limited to 325 speakers and attendees. Careful attention is paid to creating an intimate atmosphere that blends structure and down time, allowing for candid networking in a non-client, non-competitive environment. The open exchange of ideas, information and strategies for facing the challenges of the luxury wedding industry are a hallmark of the event — often imitated, never repeated.

Riviera Maya is one of the premier spots in the world for destination weddings, thanks to stunning natural settings and warm, welcoming culture. Opened in 2014, the luxurious NIZUC Resort and Spa won immediate acclaim, being named one of Conde Nast Traveler’s Best New Hotels and as one of the Top 100 hotels in the world by Fodor’s. Set inside a 29-acre natural preserve with rainforest and two private white sand beaches, the resort blends Mayan roots with the latest in luxury, including 274 rooms with ocean views or plunge pools, a modern convention and events center, and a lavish ESPA spa.

Photography by: Carla Ten Eyck | C10Studios | Tammy Swales Studio | Love Live Images | John Cain Photography

Location Partner: Nizuc Resort & Spa

With the recent launch of the rebranded Acqualina website, beautifully executed by the amazing Ceci New York, we are so grateful and excited to announce our partnership to be a part of Acqualina’s Wedding Dream Team! This powerful dream team will be able to bring to you the best design talent in the industry to ensure that your events look absolutely stunning, from the first impression of opening the invitations to the final experience for your guests.

THE DREAM TEAM

Direct access to the top wedding design talent. Acqualina Resort & Spa has curated a team of the wedding industry’s most coveted design talent, made available to you through our four signature wedding experiences or recommended exclusively for your custom wedding planning needs.

NUAGE DESIGNS
Pablo Oliveira, President of Nüage, was born and raised in the scenic shores of Brazil. He combines his native Brazil’s flavor and a worldly flair picked up from his travels and international education to infuse Nüage with a high level of sophistication and cutting‐edge textile and furniture design concepts. His distinctive sense of style and attention to detail have made Nüage Designs the go‐to source for the country’s top event designers, planners and distinctive brides searching for the finest in custom event rentals.
Discover more about Nuage Designs.

CECI NEW YORK
Founded in 2004 by award-winning designer Ceci Johnson, Ceci New York has sought to continuously set the standards for luxury invitation and corporate identity design. Our design atelier is driven by a groundbreaking concept that unites the custom and service of couture with the tactile elements of stationery and branding, creating a new niche in the design industry for visual styling.
Discover more about Ceci New York.

XQUISITE EVENTS
Jennifer Cohen has been an event designer with Xquisite Events for the past seven years and has earned an exceptional reputation for creating unique event designs for a diverse range of clientele. Xquisite Events is a full service event design and decor production company located in Boca Raton, Florida specializing in distinctive floral designs and event decor.
Discover more about Xquisite Events.

ANA PAZ CAKES
Ana Paz, “Baker to the stars” as quoted by The Miami Herald, started her business in 1978 from her home in Miami. By 1990 she moved to a warehouse in the Doral area now part of Sweetwater. She studied physical therapy as she comes from a medically inclined family but her passion is baking and decorating cakes that she learned with her mother in Puerto Rico.
Discover more about Ana Paz Cakes.

This post originally appeared on Ceci Style Magazine.

Tag Archives: planning

an inside look at Engage!

Announcing the Acqualina Weddings Dream Team