PRESS RELEASE
OCCASION DESIGNED NAMED WINNER IN THE KNOT BEST OF WEDDINGS 2018
Twelfth Annual Best of Weddings Awards, from the #1 Wedding Planning Website, Honor the Top Wedding Vendors Across America
Omaha, Nebraska /January 5, 2018—Tracey Fricke, CSEP, MWP, CMP is pleased to announce that her company of twenty years, Occasion Designed, has been selected as a 2018 winner in The Knot Best of Weddings, an award representing the highest-rated wedding professionals as reviewed by real couples, their families and wedding guests on The Knot, the leading online wedding brand and app. This is the fifth year Occasion Designed has been selected for The Knot Best of Weddings and is a Hall of Fame member as well.
“This is such a treasured honor in the wedding industry, and I am humbled and grateful to receive this recognition. I work very hard to help my couples create unique and memorable wedding experiences, and this award acknowledges that work ethic and integrity. This is a wonderful way to kick off the new year!”
In 2018, only 3% of the approximately 300,000 local wedding professionals listed on TheKnot.com have received this distinguished accolade. In its twelfth annual year, The Knot continues its longstanding tradition of supporting local wedding vendors with The Knot Best of Weddings 2018, an annual by-couples, for-couples guide to the top wedding professionals across the country. To determine the winners, The Knot assessed almost 3.6 million reviews across the various vendor categories—venues,
musicians, florists, photographers, caterers and more. These winners represent the best of the best wedding professionals that a bride or groom would want to consider booking for their own unique wedding.
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Tracey Fricke, CSEP, MWP, CMP is a Master Event Planner and Designer and has been owner of Occasion Designed in Omaha, Nebraska since 1998. Tracey has a Master’s in Business Administration from Creighton University and is the only event professional in the world with the combination of the three certifications of Certified Special Events Professional (CSEP), Master Wedding Planner (MWP) and Certified Meeting Professional (CMP).
Having planned more than 400 large-scale weddings and special events, Tracey has a deep passion to design truly unique experiences worth celebrating.
Tracey loves giving back to her beloved industry and has spoken regionally, nationally, and internationally at conferences for the Association of Bridal Consultants, The Special Event, SHRM Nebraska State Conference and more.
See what Tracey is up to on Instagram and Facebook @OccasionDesigned and on Twitter and Pinterest @OccasionDesignd.