Wedding Merchants on Anna Maria Island to be Featured at Second Annual Anna Maria Island Wedding Festival

Anna Maria City, FL, November 26, 2008 --(PR.com)-- Please take note that the original scheduled dates for the 2009 Anna Maria Island Wedding Festival have changed.

Learn more about the local Anna Maria Island wedding merchants participating in January's upcoming wedding festival by going to www.AnnaMariaIslandWeddingDirectory.com.

Anna Maria Island is the fastest growing and most popular wedding destination location in all of Florida, and on January 25th, from 11 am - 6 pm, local Anna Maria Island Wedding Merchants will host their second annual, strolling wedding festival.

Read why Anna Maria Island is considered by some to be the Destination Wedding Capital of Florida. Go to http://articles.annamariaislandlife.com/wedding/wedding_destination_anna_maria_island.php.

Last year's Anna Maria Island Wedding Festival was a huge success, and according to Billi Stuckert of www.MemoriesbyBilli.com, the January 09 version of this annual Anna Maria Island wedding event, promises to be bigger and even more successful than ever... a fun and informative day for anyone considering getting married on beautiful Anna Maria Island.

Unlike any other wedding show, trade fair or festival, the Anna Maria Island Wedding Festival will include 40 plus local wedding vendors positioned at some 12 different locations around the Island.

Start the day by registering at the Anna Maria Island Chamber of Commerce. Registrants will be given a gift bag, complete with a map and merchant-specific information.

Last year's wedding fair participants could travel around the island by complementary trolley or limo and tour the wedding related businesses of choice... and this year the same first class treatment will be provided.

The local wedding merchants they spoke to said, the 2009 Anna Maria Island wedding festival experience will include first-hand tours of various honeymoon suites, wedding and reception venues, tastings with caterers and bakeries, and time with local wedding photographers and musicians.

Win a Complimentary Anna Maria Island Dream Beach Wedding Package - Local Anna Maria Island Wedding Merchants are giving away a Free Anna Maria Island Wedding Package at the 2009 Wedding Festival.

Anyone attending and registering at this year's Anna Maria Island Wedding Festival will be guaranteed a chance to win the grand prize of a complimentary Anna Maria Island Dream Beach Wedding.

This Island Dream Wedding grand prize will include a multitude of wedding amenities such as the venue, florist and photography services, wedding cake, accommodations, spa services, consulting, music, officiate services and much more.

There will be several other wedding themed gift packages raffled off as well. Examples of the prizes include dinner gift certificates, spa services, beach or wedding portraits, limo rentals, floral arrangements, music or DJ services, jewelry, island business gift certificates, complimentary resort stays, water sport certificates, sailing certificates and much, much more.

View a list of last years participating Anna Maria Island Wedding Merchants. This coming January, event organizers say they are expecting up to 50 participating wedding merchant vendors.

With the increase in popularity of destination weddings, Anna Maria Island has grown to be considered the 'Wedding Capital of Florida'. There is no where else in the country that provides the future bride with every possible amenity she could imagine for her dream wedding, in one of the most picturesque beach settings in the world... Anna Maria Island.

Learn more about the local Anna Maria Island wedding merchants participating in January's upcoming wedding festival by going to www.AnnaMariaIslandWeddingDirectory.com.

Contact and Registration
Information for the 2009 Anna Maria Island Wedding Festival

If you are planning a wedding, vow renewal or wedding related event, or you know someone who is... you are invited to join the Anna Maria Island Wedding Merchants on January 25th, from 11 am - 6 pm for a spectacular 2009 Wedding Festival.

If you are planning a wedding, vow renewal or wedding related event, or you know someone who is... you are invited to join the Anna Maria Island Wedding Merchants on January 25th, from 11 am - 6 pm for a spectacular 2009 Wedding Fair.

Pre registration is $7.00 per person; $10.00 per person the day of the event.

You can pre register up to January 23rd, at 5:00 pm.

Registration fee along with visiting at least 9 out of the 12 location sites automatically enters you into the prize drawings.

Check in and registration is at the Anna Maria Island Chamber of Commerce.

5313 Gulf Drive
Holmes Beach, FL. 34217
Contact number is 941-778-1541.

For more information about this event, please contact Caryn Hodge at (941)778-8705 or ChrisAnn Esformes at (352)281-3472 or the Anna Maria Island Chamber of Commerce at (941)778-1541.

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