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On Infusing Disney’s 5 Key Service Standards for A Disney CEO’s Private Event and Why Courtesy Wasn’t Our Priority
The Walt Disney Company knows that its mission must be actively practiced by every cast member (employee) at every level. To do this, every person on their team needs to know the priority of service standards so that they are equipped to make good decisions on their own every time. The 5 Disney Key Service Standards are: Safety, Courtesy, Show, Efficiency, and as of 2021: Inclusion. It may surprise you to know that these are in a certain order intentionally, and like Disney, our number one goal was not courtesy when producing the wedding of the daughter of a Disney CEO (say what?).
New Division Announced
Santa Barbara Wine Country Weddings & Events announces the new division to its company: Santa Barbara Weddings & Events. Santa [...]
Four Seasons Biltmore Offers Amazing Wedding Promotion
Valid January—March 2010 Four Seasons Resort the Biltmore Santa Barbara has a hot deal to warm you up this winter! [...]
Affordable Wedding Design in Hard Economic Times
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Southern California Meetings & Events Magazine article on Santa Barbara Wine Country
by Tara de Lis “…Kerry Lee Dickey, founder and CEO of Santa Barbara Wine Country Weddings & Events, works with a [...]
She Organizes Happily Ever After
By Barbara Lanz-Mateo, Managing Editor of the Santa Ynez Valley Journal […]
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Kerry Lee Featured Speaker at NACE
Kerry Lee was the July featured speaker at the Ventura Chapter of NACE (National Association for Catering Executives) on July [...]
Avoiding “Hidden” Costs/Surprises with a Winery Wedding
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Welcome to Our New Home on the Web
We're pleased to welcome you to our new website. Please pardon the mess while we get everything in order. We [...]
Hire a True Professional
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Mobile Wedding Planning & Touring
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First On-Line Wedding “Consultation”
Introducing a revolutionary approach to matching the needs of today's career-oriented, e-savvy engaged couples with an experienced professional wedding consultant: [...]