Wedding Sales Summit

How to get noticed, what planners look for, what defines luxury, and how the industry is evolving.

Tara has been named one of the top wedding planners in the world by Harper's Bazaar USA. She is an experienced event planner with a demonstrated history of working in the events services industry, skilled in weddings, destination events, special events production, venue management, and marketing strategy.

How Instagram and TikTok are reshaping what's next for social.

Kelly Hartmann is the host of weddingsonline's Wedding Wednesdays podcast. A former wedding planner and blogger, she is self-confessedly obsessed with weddings and speaks to thousands of couples every week about how they plan, shop, and book, making her the perfect guide to where social media is taking the wedding industry next.

Optimise every stage of your customer journey.

Andrew Kavanagh is a strategic commercial leader with over 20 years of experience and a proven track record of driving growth, brand development, and business performance across multi-site hospitality and service businesses.

As the Group Head of Sales & Marketing at FBD Hotels & Resorts, he led the commercial strategy across Ireland and Spain. In this role, he helped shape growth priorities, strengthen market positioning, and improve revenue performance across multiple properties and customer segments.

His work sits at the intersection of commercial strategy, customer behaviour, and business performance, combining data-led decision-making with a deep understanding of how customers think, choose, and engage with brands. He is currently completing an MBA at Trinity College Dublin, focusing on strategy, finance, leadership, and organisational performance.

What's IN and what's OUT!

Everita Kenny is a qualified luxury wedding planner and a makeup artist specialising in bridal beauty. Most importantly, she is genuinely passionate about weddings, firmly believing that everyone deserves to have the wedding of their dreams. She is also the author and creator of "The Wedding Diary".

Everita's love for the industry first ignited while she was planning her own wedding. Filled with endless ideas, intense excitement, and a mountain of options, she quickly realised that a single day, or even two, wasn't enough to bring all of her visions to life.

Hosts the closing Ask The Experts panel.

Jonathan is the Commercial Director of weddingsonline with over 20 years' experience in the Irish wedding industry. Jonathan specialises in the hospitality sector with hotels and venues and has a passion for marketing and sales. He is an advocate for making Ireland the world's wedding destination of choice and has spoken at numerous Irish wedding conferences and internationally too.