AMI Sun Newspaper
March 3, 2010

Crowds love Island Wedding Fest
The volunteers taking money to register brides, grooms and their families for the Third Annual Anna Maria Island Chamber of Commerce Wedding Festival last Sunday knew they were on a roll. Some 550 registrations had been made in advance, more than all of last year's event, and they knew that they were breaking the record... MORE

Bradenton Herald
March 1, 2010

Variety makes Island wedding festival a hit
There are two basic ways to do the annual Anna Maria Island Wedding Festival, which drew a crowd estimated at 800 on Sunday... MORE

AMI Sun Newspaper
February 24th, 2010

Wedding festival coming together
The annual Island-wide festival is on track to be bigger and better than last year, thanks to a lot of volunteers... MORE

AMI Sun Newspaper
December 23, 2009

Wedding festival adds amenities
The planning committee for the 2010 Anna Maria Island Chamber of Commerce Wedding Festival on Sunday, Feb. 28, is looking to add to the event's appeal toward taste buds and future grooms... MORE

AMI Sun Newspaper
September 23, 2009

Festival attendees marry on the beach
Carrie Cerini and Eric Harter, of Bradenton, took their vows at the Sandbar restaurant last Friday in a wedding that they planned with some help from the Wedding Festival... MORE

The Islander Newspaper
August 12, 2009

AMI weddings boost tourism
Anna Maria Island's wedding industry has grown from about 50 weddings a year five years ago to nearly 1,000 in 2008... MORE

The AMI Sun Newspaper
April 22, 2009

Writers experience Island wedding scene
If you're going to write about something, you should experience it first. That's what Lynn Walker did with her husband, Kevin Baker, when she researched her article on Anna Maria Island recently to do articles for Southern Bride magazine and Romantic Destinations Travel... MORE

The Anna Maria Islander
By Rick Caitin
February 18, 2009

Wedding festival a hit with brides-to-be
If the recently concluded second annual Anna Maria Island Wedding Festival is any indication, the Island is rapidy gaining a reputation as the best place in Florida to hold an island wedding... MORE

Baltimore Magazine
By Suzanne Loudermilk
February 4, 2009

A Hidden Island (That's Easy to Find)
Anna Maria on Florida's West Coast promises a sunny escape for the winter weary. Definitely come here for the sunsets, but plan to stay for the sunrises, too. Anna Maria Island - a wisp of a seven mile island along Florida's West Coast - is a place that revels in the end of day... MORE

AMI Sun Newspaper
By Tom Vaught & Cindy Lane
January 28, 2009

Wedding fest rings true
"This is a great idea," Ruth said of the Anna Maria Island Chamber of Commerce Wedding Festival last Sunday. "We come on one day and meet all kinds of people face-to-face who we might be able to hire for the wedding."... MORE

Bradenton Herald
By Grace Gagliano
January 6, 2009

Anna Maria touted as wedding capital
ANNA MARIA - Anna Maria Island has been touted as the "beach wedding capital of Florida." The title is an unofficial marketing slogan of sorts for this seven-mile strip of land in Manatee County... MORE

USA Today
By Kitty Bean Yacey
December 12, 2008

The 'Old Florida' feel of Anna Maria Island
ANNA MARIA, Fla. - "Please be sweet and rinse your feet" hand-painted signs over troughs of water outside rooms at the beachfront, 23-unit Cedar Cove Resort & Cottages gently urge. Down the 7-mile stretch of white sand on the Gulf of Mexico, waves lap and sea oats sway in the dunes. Two bridal parties and a few dozen tourists assemble by The Sandbar lounge/restaurant for Anna Maria's nightly rituals: sunset weddings and guessing which minute the red orb will drop below the horizon... MORE

PRlog.org
Global Press Release
Suntech Marketing
November 19, 2008

Anna Maria Island wedding festival promises to be huge success
Anyone engaged to be married and considering a dream wedding in paradise, may want to think Anna Maria Island, Florida. Anna Maria Island is the fastest growing and most popular wedding destination location in all of Florida, and on January 25th, from 11am - 6pm, local Anna Maria Island Wedding Merchants will host their second annual, strolling wedding festival... MORE

The AMI Sun Newspaper
Tom Vaught
February 14, 2008

Hundreds say "I do" to festival
Last Sunday was a great day to think about weddings on an Island that is billing itself as the wedding capital of the world. The streets were filled with people who had weddings on their mind, whether as future participants or as wedding providers, in the inagural Anna Maria Island Wedding Festival hosted by the Anna Maria Island Wedding Merchants and the Island Chamber of Commerce... MORE

Sarasota Magazine
Carol Tisch
February 11, 2008

Love for Sale
Okay, I admit it. I cried at a mock wedding. At the first annual Anna Maria Island Wedding Festival, Reverend Charlie's deep mellifluous voice, the Gulf-front Sandbar Restaurant setting, the spectacular sunset, and the beautiful young couple exchanging vows brought me to tears... MORE