The Belief Retreat is an intimate and immersive experience for wedding creators and today we want to share with you the behind the scenes! One of the most special things we plan every year for the Retreat is to have local hosts to help us to create amazing and memorable moments.    Why have local hosts? Because there is no better way to discover the place we are going to, if not from the perspective of someone who loves and lives in the city!   But first, how do we choose our host or hosts for the Belief Retreat? One of Belief's non-negotiable values is to celebrate and learn fr ..read more

  For the Belief Retreat, Sheraton Lisbon Hotel & Spa welcomed all the Beliefers and became our home in Portugal. During our stay, we had the chance to talk to Thierry Henrot, general director of the hotel, and we prepared a special interview about Portugal's wedding and hospitality industry. Check it out!    Giovana Duailibe - CEO Belief Wedding Creators and Thierry Henrot, general director of Sheraton Lisboa   How does Sheraton see its participation in the wedding industry for 2022? And how do you see this scenario in Portugal?   Thierry Henrot: For us, the ..read more

As a tradition of the Belief Retreat, on the last day, we had the Two + Us, a social project that provides an entire wedding for couples in need. In addition to that, Beliefers had an exceptional farewell dinner, where they had the chance to say goodbye and exchange gifts. Two + Us Wedding   On the last day of the Belief Retreat, all members participated in the social project created by Belief, "Two + Us Weddings". The wedding took place at the Sheraton Lisboa Hotel & Spa.     Through this program, wedding creators get together to organize a complete wedding for couples ar ..read more

Sometimes we need something to provoke us to grow, learn and live new experiences. The third day of the Belief Retreat was all about that! We had the chance to stimulate our senses and have valuable discussions about the industry. Sweet temptation: a morning dedicated to the senses and the seven deadly sins   The whole day was planned to be a provocative experience! The day started with a blindfolded cake tasting provided by Cake Details by Alcina Maia. During the tasting, The whole idea was to provoke our senses and make wedding planners think about their duties: Is it possible to ..read more

The Belief Retreat never stops! Our second day was filled with activities that showed us a little bit more of Lisbon and all of its flavors! Tuk tuk race: a treasure hunt We've started the second day on fire! ??The Beliefers were divided into teams, and they got involved in a treasure hunt by Tuk Tuk through Lisbon. "It was a way for us to work on some skills like creativity, cooperation, and leadership. Everyone got some special tasks that they should accomplish together", explains Giovana Duailibe, the CEO of Belief Wedding Creators. For Ernesto, from Italian Wedding Company, this activit ..read more

The Belief Retreat 2021 took place in Lisbon and Beliefers had the time of their lives together. Two years after the last Retreat, in Panama, we could finally get back together, give lots of hugs and share ideas. Let's see how the first day went! LISBON BY BOAT:  LET'S PUSH THE RESET BUTTON After almost two years of a pandemic, we couldn't think of a better way to start the Belief Retreat. Beliefers were invited for a boat trip in the Tagus River. While they were there, they all participated in a very special activity: each one of them received a white rose. With that, they should think ..read more

After 2 years without a live event, now it's the time to bring back the energy and purpose of the Belief Retreat! We are honored and proud to have come back to the beautiful Lisbon, Portugal from November 8-11!  The program is full of Portuguese experiences, plus a lot of immersive moments where Beliefers will be able to create unique business opportunities that will shine even more in the year that is coming.  To celebrate the Belief Retreat, today we have here our amazing hosts sharing some of their thoughts and behind the scenes of what they are planning for the week, we will be ..read more

Após um longo período em que o mercado de eventos lutou para manter-se de pé devido à pandemia, Portugal irá receber o Belief Retreat, um evento da comunidade internacional Belief Wedding Creators que reúne wedding planners e designers do mundo todo para discutir o mercado e também criar novas oportunidades de negócios. O encontro acontece entre os dias 08 e 12 de novembro de 2021 e será realizado em Lisboa. O objetivo desta reunião é partilhar conhecimento sobre estratégias de negócios voltado para o mercado de casamentos e criar uma experiência transformadora para todos os presentes. O event ..read more

No, we are not talking about the final result this time. We are talking about the naked truth about wedding planning. According to Forbes and Career Cast, did you know that in the ranking of the most stressful jobs? The event planners rank 5th after firefighters, airline pilots, police officers, and before Public Relators, Senior Executives, Broadcasters, Reporters, Taxi drivers, Surgeons, and enlisted military personnel. Incredible no? The stress level can be caused by achieving the bride and groom's vision for their weddings. We can be considered sort of jugglers. We need to f ..read more

Nos complace dar la bienvenida a nuestra comunidad hispano hablante y presentarles nuestra primera publicación en español. Belief Wedding Creators es una comunidad internacional de creadores de experiencias y queremos darle tribuna a todos nuestros miembros a nivel mundial.  La idea de hacer publicaciones en un idioma específico es nuestra forma de poder representar su identidad cultural y tradiciones.   Elegimos hacer la primera publicación en español para poder describir, junto a nuestros creadores de experiencias, las tradiciones culturales de las bodas de destino en Latinoamérica ..read more