Caribbean Wedding Association - Member Information

Why join? The Caribbean Wedding Association will keep you and your company on the cutting edge of Honeymoon and Destination Wedding trends by providing you with the latest market research. This will further promote and enhance your understanding of the changing and competitive marketplace, while positioning your wedding-related business to maximize the benefit and revenues of this $161 billion industry.

Membership Offers:

As a CWA member, you'll have exclusive access to the Caribbean Wedding Association's members-only Web site. It's the biggest, most comprehensive Wedding and Honeymoon Market resource and online community on the entire Web. It features a continually growing archive of seminars and tutorials, a database of pertinent resources, news-worthy industry insights, and it's where CWA members from around the world gather to share ideas, techniques, and help each other. All CWA members also get group marketing exposure on MarryCaribbean.com, the consumer focused sister site, and are recognized wherever CWA travels next. There's nothing else like it and it's just for CWA members.

Explore our continually growing archive of online seminars. Utilize 24 hour access to online courses including:
- Complete Marketing Analysis of the Wedding & Honeymoon Market.
- Access to information on developing your creative.
- Information on the Health and Wellness industry.
- Detailed information on service providers.
- How to effectively buy bridal media.
- MarryCaribbean.com
- The Consumer Focused Website
In addition to being listed on the CWA site members will also get a discount to be included on the listing on MarryCaribbean.com. This consumer site will highlight your destination, hotels or products to the 2.3 million engaged couples per year. The site will also live on the new Caribbean Tourism Organization site utilizing their booking engine. MarryCaribbean.com provides expanded advertising opportunities, leads, and awareness.

Members of CWA will be included in all promotions by CWA. In addition to MarryCaribbean.com, CWA is host to numerous events and offerings throughout the year. CWA will promote members’ upcoming weddings, hotel features, and packages. In addition to the basic marketing offerings members will also have first access to premium advertising opportunities with the Caribbean Wedding Association.

CWA members from around the world come together on the Community Message Board (password protected for privacy). This board is designed for the exchange of ideas by its members, and industry professionals. Questions and thoughts can link back to you or be anonymous. Any and all questions will be answered in a prompt and professional manner.

CWA will provide members with a Bi-monthly “Caribbean Aisles’ e-newsletter filled with tips on improving guest service, latest island wedding trends, member profiles, special offers, upcoming training opportunities, and bridal etiquette. Caribbean Isles will also include latest trends in the North American market and newly released surveys and results.

CWA will work with select destinations to host an annual conference on the business of Destination Weddings & Honeymoons. CWA will also host regional symposiums/workshops leading to Wedding Planner Certification courses. These workshops can be an adjunct to member governments’ already existing forums.

All members will have access to a full array of database in order to effectively promote or purchase products. Suppliers/Buyers will have access to both government and consumer database through membership of CWA and MarryCaribbean.com sites.

Members will be provided with suppliers and buyers contacts and will receive special promotions when buying products through CWA. Both buyers and suppliers will receive a listing on MarryCaribbean.com

CWA will make available to members, listing of travel agents specializing in the bridal industry. CWA will also include ‘at home’ agents.

CWA will promote activities of all regional chapters in the USA, in order that destination marketers can participate in these events through attendance or distribution of collateral.

CWA will host The Annual Hibiscus Awards. This premier award event will take place in 2008 acknowledging the best-of-the-best in all pertinent categories, including but not limited to; best marketer, most unusual wedding, best creative, greatest market share, best all inclusive hotel, best small hotel. All CWA members will receive prominent exposure at this event.