TopWeddingPro.com Awards for Excellence in the Wedding Industry

TopWeddingPro.com, a new online wedding directory with over 2.5 million listings, proudly announces its first annual TopWeddingPro.com Awards—awards celebrating excellence in the wedding industry. Weddings involve many of the same production elements heralded by the Emmys, Grammys and Oscars but, until now, wedding professionals have not had the means by which to receive the recognition they deserve.

TopWeddingPro.com is in a unique position to sponsor these awards because of its mission to provide free listings to every single “brick-and-click” wedding-related company in America. A “brick and-click” company has both a physical location (brick) and an online presence (click). Members of the public are asked to nominate and then highly rate their favorite wedding pros. Wedding vendors may also nominate themselves.

The competition commences at 12:00:01am on January 1, 2010 and closes at 11:59:59pm on December 31, 2010. All TopWeddingPro.com Platinum and Gold members are automatically entered. Non-members can pay a $100 entry fee or join TopWeddingPro.com as a Platinum ($200/year) or Gold ($100/year) member to enter for free. Further details are available at TopWeddingPro.com/awards.

Award winners will be determined by the people who rate them on TopWeddingPro.com (only one rating of a vendor allowed per unique email address). Wedding professionals will receive one (1) point for every half-star increment above 2.5; they will be deducted one (1) point for every half-star increment they receive below 2.5 (see “Points System” diagram). Thus, a rating of 4.5 stars would score +4 points, and a .5 star rating would score -4 points (lose a company 4 points). Negative reviews will be subject to response from the affected wedding professional who may require that the reviewer prove her/his status as a recent customer.

Wedding professionals will compete in the 33 categories listed below. Winners will be announced at the state and national levels. In future years, TopWeddingPro.com anticipates extending the competition to the city level. You can reach TopWeddingPro.com at 617-963-0178 or iz [at symbol] topweddingpro[dot]com.