Bloomingdale's Partners With Get Married and GetMarried.com to Host Premier 'Pre-Wedding' Wedding Party Events in Select Markets

Bloomingdale's Partners With Get Married and GetMarried.com to Host Premier 'Pre-Wedding' Wedding Party Events in Select Markets

Brides invited to explore registry, participate in contests, enjoy appetizers, and meet industry experts and Get Married's co-host DeAnna Pappas

ATLANTA, April 22 /PRNewswire/ -- The best in registry pairs with the best in wedding planning, offering brides a fun-filled evening, meeting industry experts and participating in registry-themed contests. Get Married, the only multi-channeled wedding resource with the most sought-after industry experts online (www.GetMarried.com) and on Lifetime Television, partnered with Bloomingdale's as the exclusive media partner for select "Pre-Wedding" Wedding Party events. Kicking off at Atlanta's Lenox Square Bloomingdale's location on May 7, 2009 from 6:00-8:00pm, Get Married will bring a camera crew to capture fresh content of brides and vendors. Get Married will sponsor three additional events at various Bloomingdale's across the country through June.

Special guests for each event include DeAnna Pappas, co-host of Get Married's show on Lifetime Television, who will facilitate the contests, which will focus on key registry areas--from bed and bath to tableware and travel accessories. Pappas will mingle with brides throughout the evening and offer personalized signed photographs. In addition, select Bloomingdale's vendors will offer brides the latest registry tips and trends and showcase some of their most popular products.

"Get Married's mission is to connect brides with the industry experts, and by partnering with Bloomingdale's on these unique and inspirational in-store events, we are giving brides the best in registry and the best in wedding planning," said Stacie Francombe, founder and president of Get Married and www.GetMarried.com.

Each "Pre-Wedding" Wedding Party event will include two contests, and participants will be selected among the event attendees upon sign-in. Contest winners will receive gifts from select vendors, as well as items provided by Get Married, including an autographed copy of Wedding Chic by Colin Cowie, celebrity wedding designer and host of Get Married. All brides attending the events will receive a gift bag.

"Our Wedding Party events have always been a huge success, and by partnering with Get Married, the experience for brides will be even more exciting. We invite all brides to attend and discover the latest bridal trends, explore our vast product assortment, and perhaps be profiled on Get Married's show," said Joanna Kartalis, director of The Registry for Bloomingdale's.

Bloomingdale's stores featuring Get Married-sponsored "Pre-Wedding" Wedding Party events include:

-- Atlanta, GA - May 7 - Lenox Square (3393 Peachtree St., N.E., Atlanta,
GA)
-- Boca Raton, FL - May 14 - Town Center (5840 Glades Rd., Boca Raton,
FL)
-- Orlando, FL - May 28 - Millenia (4152 Conroy Rd., Orlando, FL)

-- Chevy Chase, MD - June 4 - Wisconsin Place (5300 Western Ave., Chevy
Chase, MD)

More information about the events can be found on Bloomingdales.com and www.GetMarried.com, where footage from the first event in Atlanta will be posted.

About Get Married

Get Married is the only multi-channeled wedding planning resource with platforms online (www.GetMarried.com) and on television every weekday that connects local and national wedding professionals and industry experts with brides through entertainment and news.

Hosted by Colin Cowie, premier lifestyle expert and celebrity event designer, Get Married is the most-watched wedding entertainment program on television. The second season of Get Married's daily half-hour television series airs at 7:30 am ET/PT on Lifetime Television, the leader in women's television and one of the top-rated basic cable television networks. Video segments from the show are available online 24/7 at www.GetMarried.com, along with articles, picture galleries, blogs and an interactive shop. For more information, please visit www.GetMarried.com, and to participate in online dialogues, visit www.BloggerBrides.com.

About Bloomingdale's

Bloomingdale's is America's only nationwide, full-line, upscale department store; and a division of Macy's, Inc. It was founded in 1872 and currently operates 40 stores in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Illinois, Minnesota, Georgia, Florida, Nevada and California. For more information or to shop any time visit www.bloomingdales.com.

Press Contacts:
Get Married & GetMarried.com Bloomingdale's
Becca Brett Leish Mara Maddox
Director of Marketing & Communications Public Relations Manager
404-888-9091 404-495-2886
Becca@GetMarried.comMara.Maddox@Bloomingdales.com

Source: Get Married

CONTACT: Becca Brett Leish, Director of Marketing & Communications of
Get Married & GetMarried.com, +1-404-888-9091, Becca@GetMarried.com; or Mara
Maddox, Public Relations Manager of Bloomingdale's, +1-404-495-2886,
Mara.Maddox@Bloomingdales.com

Web Site: http://www.getmarried.com/

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