Rui Mota Pinto is a renowned wedding creator and designer acclaimed all over the world, organizing the most glamorous and spectacular wedding experiences all over the world, including Dubai, Portugal, Mexico and Italy. Rui is knowed for his concept weddings, for his passion, creatiity and for a unique service of excellence.
Rui work begins with a blank sheet, and all his weddings are like a script of a love story. Like a book ... A BOOK OF LOVE!
With characters, actors, script and readers! A creative vision of a love story trough the eyes of the creator.
Rui loves to travel, loves the sea and all kind of entertainment shows, with a special love for Cirque du Soleil. All these influences are part of his creations. For Rui there are no limits on how to create and design a wedding. He always aims for outstanding weddings that exceed expectations and delights all guests.
He runs is concept weddings project and he is the Founder and Creative Director of the international wedding project Pop Up Weddings Destinations and the Founder and Education Director of WeddingLab by Rui Mota Pinto were he developed a mentoring program for Wedding Planners, trains and consults wedding. professionals and venues.
Rui Mota Pinto is a certified wedding planner, Wedding Tourism Specialist and Destination Wedding Expert and he is the most awarded Portuguese Wedding Planner ever, and an active member of multiple international associations and communities like ABC, IADWP, IWPA and President of the Portuguese Chapters of the I.A.D.W.P. and IWPA, certification jury at NWC.
He is a worldwide speaker in conferences and professional meetings and Top 50 Most influental wedding professionals worldwide in 2023.
At the age of 19 Rui opened is first event and marketing company, where he started doing small weddings.
5 years later. he went to New York to specialized in Wedding.Planning and since then he dedicated is career exclusively to create outstanding weddings.
Today he is an internationally awarded wedding planner and his concept weddings are recognized all over the world.
Since 2019 Rui is also mentoring wedding planners with is Mentoring Program, training wedding professionals in his own educational project and in the international Hosts Academy and consulting wedding professionals and venues, as well as speaking in conferences, seminars and professionals meetings sharing his experience and knowledge.
“I do not believe in impossible ideas. Sometimes they just need to be adapted or reorganized. But everything is possible”
Rui Mota Pinto is the most awarded Portuguese Wedding Planner and his Concept Weddings have been recognized all over the world in the past years as a reference of creativity and excellence.
One of the most 50 Influebntial wedding professional
One of the most 50 influential people in event industry in Europe
1 time for Best Decoration Company at World Destination Weddings and Romance Travel Awards | 19 times at the International Belief Wedding Creators Awards | 4 times at Local Rounds at International Wedding Awards | 3 times at Country Rounds at International Wedding Awards | 5 times at ZIWA Wedding Awards from Zankyou You| 8 times at casamentospt Awards
Knowledge and experience are the key for you to have an amazing day, filled with creativity, safety and security.
Rui is always improving his skills, learning and updating his knowledge to offer you the best day you can imagine. Because you deserve the best!
One of the 50 Most Influential Wedding Professionals Worldwide 2023 | One of the Most influential Persons in Event Industry in Europe 2023 | Internacionaly Certiied Wedding Planner | Wedding Tourism Specialist | I.A.D..W.P Portuguese Chapter President | Tourism Renaissance World Tourism Summit Ambassador| Mentor at Hosts Academy | I..W.P.A Portuguese Chapter President | Wedding Council New York Certification Jury | Featured at DWP | Featured at Arabia Weddings | Featiured at New York Times |
Certified Wedding Planner by Association of Bridal Consultants (ABC) | Belief Wedding Creators Impact Creator | Certified Wedding Planner by National Wedding Council | UNVEILED Founding Member| I.A.D.W.P member | I.W.P.A member A.B.E.R. G.T.O. Associación Honorary Member
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