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For Immediate Release to all Media

Contact: Nico Pelligrini

e-Mail: nico.pellegrini {at} savvyplanners (dot) com

Telephone: 318-402-4697

Bossier City, LA – January 25, 2011 – WeddingWire, the nation’s leading wedding technology company, is thrilled to announce savvyplanners.com™ has been selected to receive the prestigious annual WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011 for Wedding Planning/Unique Services (Other)!

Recognition for the Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011 is determined by recent reviews and extensive surveys from over 750,000 WeddingWire newlyweds. Our past clients are among those that shared their experiences on WeddingWire, the largest wedding review site in the nation.

savvyplanners.com™ stands among the top five percent of wedding professionals in the WeddingWire community, representing quality and service excellence within the wedding industry. Awards were given to the top wedding professionals across 20 service categories, from wedding venues to wedding photographers, and were based on the overall professional achievements throughout the past year.

“WeddingWire is honored to celebrate the success of the top-rated wedding professionals within the WeddingWire community,” said Timothy Chi, WeddingWire’s Chief Executive Officer. “With the annual Bride’s Choice Awards™ program, WeddingWire has the unique opportunity to recognize the best wedding professionals across the US and Canada. We applaud savvyplanners.com™ for their professionalism and dedication to enhancing the wedding planning experience last year.”

We are happy to announce that savvyplanners.com™ is among the very best Wedding Planners within the WeddingWire Network, which includes leading wedding planning sites WeddingWire, Martha Stewart Weddings, GayWeddings.com, Project Wedding and Weddingbee.

According to Senior Event Designer and General Manager, Marcinho Savant, “It is a pleasure to have been awarded this distinction for the third year in a row!  With all that we do and embrace, it is the client and their happiness that is at our core.  It feels amazing to have that effort recognized in such a way!  We would certainly like to thank our past clients for nominating us to receive the Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011. We do it all for them.”
For more information, please visit our WeddingWire Storefront today.

For more information on the Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011, please visit www.WeddingWire.com.

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About savvyplanners.com™

savvyplanners.com™, LLC is America’s first full-service, bespoke, GLBTI-specific Wedding and event planning & concierge firm.

They proudly fulfilled the role of being the ground breaking, international, first-mover providing exceptional event planning services especially meeting the event planning needs of the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex (GLBTI) community. They have been selected to orchestrate many traditional ceremonies as well.

While they are GLBT owned/operated, their staff and affiliates are made up of persons from many different backgrounds making them reflective of the diversity of the world community. They do not discriminate against non-GLBT couples. With teams in New York, Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, San Francisco, Hawaii, Dallas, Atlanta, New Orleans, Key West & the ArkLaTex, they serve clients in those areas with ease and will travel the world to be of service.

In January of 2011, their company has been mentioned in articles with more than 13,500 outlets and publications worldwide.

Their Core Values:

Client Protection • Integrity • Ethics • Respect • Punctuality • Service • Quality • Commitment • Innovation • Professionalism • Joy

About WeddingWire, Inc.

WeddingWire.com, the nation’s leading technology company serving the $70 billion wedding industry, is the only online wedding planning resource designed to empower both engaged couples and wedding professionals. For engaged couples, WeddingWire offers the ability to search, compare and book over 200,000 local wedding vendors, from wedding venues to wedding photographers to wedding cakes. WeddingWire also offers an online community and a suite of cutting-edge planning tools for weddings, including wedding websites and wedding checklists, all at no charge. For wedding professionals, WeddingWire provides free online management tools creating the only market opportunity that gives local businesses control over their clients, reviews, leads and performance. Businesses that join the WeddingWire Network appear on WeddingWire.com and other leading sites, including MarthaStewartWeddings.com (NYSE: MSO), ProjectWedding.com and Weddingbee.com (both part of eHarmony), and Celebrations.com (part of the 1-800-Flowers family of brands, NASDAQ: FLWS).

According to Savant, “I am TRULY humbled by her endorsement! She’s a KILLER in the biz!”

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VIA LinkedIn

“Marcinho is one of the true creative talents in our industry. I have long valued him in my network as the go-to on sales, business and all things GLBT. I have watched with joy as he has worked tirelessly to expand the reach and scope of Savvyplanners[.com]. From weddings to events to travel, you could not find a better resource. His deft touch and caring nature never lets a client down.“

January 24, 2011

Christine (Owner at Think Like A Bride ) was a consultant or contractor to Marcinho at savvyplanners.com™, LLC

Check out some of our client reviews on WeddingWire:

Read all of our Unique Wedding Services, Wedding Coordinators Reviews at

Most of you know that there are great reasons you like The Fairy-Wedding-Father™ (Marcinho Savant)!!

He’s known for being super-helpful, generous and caring. He’s got a great sense of humor, class, elegance and style, according to clients, colleagues and legend!