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{Sedona, AZ} – January 31, 2012 – WeddingWire, the nation’s leading wedding Marketplace, is excited to announce Poco Diablo Resort has been selected to receive the prestigious WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2012 for Ceremony & Reception Venue!

The esteemed annual awards program recognizes the top local wedding vendors from the WeddingWire Network who demonstrate excellence in quality, service, responsiveness and professionalism within the wedding industry. While many industry awards are selected by the organization, Poco Diablo Resort was selected based on its stellar reviews from past newlywed clients.

Poco Diablo Resort, one of only two venues to win the award in Sedona,  is recognized as part of the top five percent of wedding professionals in the WeddingWire local vendor community, comprised of over 200,000 wedding professionals throughout the United States and Canada. The Bride’s Choice Award recognizes the best local wedding vendors across 20 service categories, from wedding venues to wedding photographers, based on their overall professional achievements throughout the past year.

Photography by Janise Witt - www.sedonaweddingsbyjanise.com

“WeddingWire is thrilled to honor the success of the top-rated wedding professionals within the WeddingWire Community,” said Timothy Chi, CEO, WeddingWire. “Since the launch of the Bride’s Choice Awards™ program four years ago, thousands of outstanding wedding professionals have been recognized by the bridal community for their supreme service and dedication to the wedding industry. It is with great pleasure that we congratulate Poco Diablo Resort for their continued professionalism and commitment to enriching the wedding planning experience for engaged couples.”

We are happy to announce that Poco Diablo Resort is, again this year, one of the very best Ceremony and Reception Venues within the WeddingWire Network, which includes leading wedding planning sites WeddingWire, Project Wedding, Brides.com, Martha Stewart Weddings, and Weddingbee. We would like to thank our past clients for taking the time to review our business on WeddingWire. Thanks to their positive feedback we were able to receive the WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards™ for 2012.

Photo by David Sunfellow - www.sunfellowphotography.com

For more information, please visit our WeddingWire Storefront today at http://www.weddingwire.com/biz/poco-diablo-resort-sedona/30b1cf251535c9aa.html.

To learn more about the Bride’s Choice Awards™, please visit www.WeddingWire.com.

About WeddingWire, Inc.

WeddingWire™, the nation’s leading marketplace serving the $70 billion wedding industry, is the only online wedding planning resource designed to empower both engaged couples and wedding professionals. For engaged couples, WeddingWire offers the ability to search, compare and book over 200,000 reviewed wedding vendors, from wedding venues to wedding photographers. WeddingWire also offers a comprehensive suite of online planning tools for weddings, including wedding websites and wedding checklists, all at no charge. For wedding professionals, WeddingWire is the only all-in-one marketing platform for businesses online and on-the-go. WeddingWire offers one simple solution to build a professional network, improve search visibility, manage social media and reach mobile consumers. Businesses that advertise with WeddingWire appear on WeddingWire.com, ProjectWedding.com and other leading sites, including MarthaStewartWeddings.com (NYSE: MSO), Brides.com and Weddingbee.com.

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Melissa Dunstan Photography

One of our favorite photographers, Melissa Dunstan, and her partner Kristen, capture the beauty of weddings at Poco Diablo Resort.  Our spacious golf course offers peace and tranquility accompanied by majestic trees, sparking ponds and a very quaint gazebo, not to mention the Red Rock views! Many Sedona wedding vendors enjoy working here at Poco Diablo Resort and, as you can see, the bridal couples are happy too.

Melissa Dunstan Photography

For additional information on Melissa Dunstan Photography, visit her new website www.melissadunstan.com. You will love her artistic photographic talent and enjoy working with her and Kristen as well.

Melissa Dunstan Photography

Melissa Dunstan Photography

Melissa Dunstan Photography

Melissa Dunstan Photography

Melissa Dunstan Photography

Melissa Dunstan Photography

Wedding Reception on the Canopy Patio

As many couples discover when planning their wedding, most venues and caterers provide white linens for their events. If a wedding couple wants colored linens, they usually have to rent linens for their wedding which can add to the cost of their event.  Here at Poco Diablo Resort, we put our couples first by offering a variety of colored linens to compliment their wedding event. This allows bridal couples to stay within their budget and have extra money for fun things like wedding favors and centerpieces.

Purple linens adding a bright color to your event

Poco Diablo Resort offers the following colored table overlays for wedding receptions on property:

• Black
• White
• Ivory
• Sandalwood
• Brown
• Purple
• Royal Blue
• Hunter Green

You can also choose from the following napkin colors:

• Black
• White
• Ivory
• Gold
• Purple
• Pink
• Red
• Sandalwood
• Sage Green

Wedding in the Poco Diablo Ballroom

As you can see, you can mix and match the colored linens for the desired appearance of your event. Adding unique centerpieces and table decor help make your wedding event perfect.

Wedding Elegance

Think of Poco Diablo Resort for your Sedona Wedding and you will not be disappointed. We have been hosting weddings in Sedona for over 30 years so we must be doing something right. Stop by for a visit and you too will fall in love with Poco Diablo Resort.

You an be dramatic with a variety of colors

Weddings at Poco Diablo Resort - Photo by Brides for Brides Photography

Poco Diablo Resort has been hosting weddings in Sedona for over 30 years and our popularity is growing year by year. One reason for our success if the fact that you and your guests will enjoy delicious food accompanied by our friendly staff. All you have to do is read our wedding reviews on Weddingwire.com to hear about weddings at Poco Diablo Resort from our actual bridal couples. Great reviews are one of the many reasons we won the 2012 Bride’s Choice Award.

Chef Felipe and our wedding couple Monica and Matt, with mother of the bride Denise (left)

With wedding packages starting at $40.00 per person, there is a wedding package to fit every budget and taste. For morning wedding ceremonies, we offer the Coffee Pot Rock Package that includes a delicious Champagne brunch. An omelet station, mimosa bar or bloody Mary bar can also be added on to the wedding brunch. Other upgrades also include cheese blintzes with fresh fruit sauce, breast of chicken with sliced apples and wild mushrooms or salmon with lemon caper butter sauce. These delicious options allow you to increase your offerings without exceeding your budget. Your guests will love it and you will too.

Monica and Matt have chosen the Cathedral Rock Duo Plate for their Wedding

Evening packages start at $67. 00 per person and each one gives you the option of a plated dinner or buffet choice. One of our most popular packages is the Castle Rock Package offering the delicious duo of medallions of beef with Madeira reduction paired with grilled breast of chicken with red pepper cream. It is a wonderful touch of the Southwest for your Sedona wedding.

Poco Diablo Resort offers colored linens at no extra charge

Keep Poco Diablo Resort on the top of your list for your Sedona wedding. You will love the lush grounds with our wide open spaces and red rock views, majestic trees, flowing ponds and streams.  It is truly Sedona’s Undiscovered Secret.

Cake cutting Fee is also Included in our Wedding Packages - Cake by Sedona Sweet Arts

Standard King

Contact our room reservations department at (928) 203-5921 or (928) 203-5918 to make your room reservations. If you want to join us the night before, you can visit the Sedona Bridal Fair in the morning. The hours are 10:00am – 2:00pm at this year’s show. Visit with nearly 40 professional wedding vendors, cake tastings, food tastings, door prizes…you’ll have lots of fun while planning your Sedona wedding.

2 Queens Standard Room

We look forward to seeing you at the Sedona Bridal Fair.

Melissa Dunstan Photography

Poco Diablo Resort is honored to host the 2012 Sedona Bridal Fair. As a strong supporter of the Sedona Wedding Professionals Association, we are looking forward to the event that will showcase many of the members of the association. There will be a wide range of wedding vendors available to meet with you and discuss your Sedona wedding. Representing nearly 40 professionals, the Sedona Bridal Fair gives bridal couples the opportunity to plan their entire Sedona wedding in just one day. Everything you will need for your wedding will be available at the Sedona Bridal Fair.

Northern Arizona Limousines

Come and taste delicious wedding cake and food samples highlighted by amazing photography and a wide range of music. You’ll enjoy the “over the top” decor and floral displays. Color will be abundant and this year’s fair. And don’t forget the popular Bridal Bag with bling and style. Each bride will receive a customized bridal bag, handy for collecting materials and giveaways you’ll receive at the fair.

Weddings at Poco

When you visit the Sedona Bridal Fair, you will receive many wedding magazines available in Arizona. Among them will be the Sedona Wedding Magazine, a wedding guide for the Sedona bride. You can also receive the latest copy of Phoenix Bride and Groom, Arizona Finest Wedding Sites and Services and 928 Brides. Another media sponsor of the event is BandBWedding.com containing a number of wedding ideas and suggestions. All in all, the event must not be missed! You will have the opportunity to win fabulous prizes including resort stays, dinner certificates, jeep tours, helicopter rides, balloon rides, Lake Powell cruise tour and much much more.

Win a Red Rock Balloon Ride at the Sedona Bridal Fair

For a listing of the participants of the Sedona Bridal Fair, click here.

To register for the Sedona Bridal Fair, click here.

Poco Diablo Resort will be offering property tours during the Sedona Bridal Fair so let us know if you would like to set up an appointment while you visit the show. We will be offering special room rates for an overnight stay with us. If interested, just send us note here:

We look forward to seeing you next month at the amazing Sedona Bridal Fair.

Weddings at Poco Diablo Resort - Floral by Bliss Extraordinary Floral

Poco Diablo Resort is gearing up for a busy wedding year in 2012.  One of the most popular wedding venues in Sedona, Poco Diablo Resort offers a variety of dinner menus to enhance your wedding day.

Here Comes The Bride....Poco Diablo Style

Our signature wedding packages include the ceremony venue, reception venue, all the tables, chairs, colored linens and tableware.  We have also included a colorful fruit and cheese display for an appetizer along with the popular champagne toast to celebrate your special day. One of the highlights of our wedding packages is the spacious bridal suite for the bridal party’s preparation for the wedding. The suite has a large social corner including sofas and comfortable chairs; a large area for a professional hairdresser and make-up artist who can create magic on the bridal party as well as a bar area perfect for lunch and snacks throughout the day.

Weddings at Poco. Photo by Melissa Dunstan Photography

You are given a choice of buffet or plated dinner including a custom salad. Cake cutting fee is also included in our wedding packages. It makes it easy for the bride and groom to make their plans and stay within their budget. You will choose your own minister, florist, photographer and musician or DJ. We recommend Sedona Sweet Arts for your elegant wedding cake. They have the best cakes in town!

Lovely Wedding Cake by Sedona Sweet Arts

Think of Poco Diablo Resort for your Sedona wedding. Find out why we are one of the most popular wedding venues. You’ll be glad you did. Contact us for more information.

Chef Felipe with Nancy and Ron Starkey

We are excited and pleased to have Chef Felipe back at Poco Diablo Resort after a brief hiatus. Chef Felipe brings a vast knowledge of culinary experience with him and he is anxious to get behind the scenes to create a variety of delicious meals for our upcoming weddings.

Chef Felipe with Taysha and Steven McKnight

Our Executive Chef has a professional background which includes a love of French cooking. He has a number of signature dishes that are popular at Poco Diablo along with our infamous holiday buffet creations.

Chef Felipe with Sylvester

We look forward to 2012 and the wonderful meals that will be enjoyed by all our visitors and guests by Chef Felipe and his staff. Stop by for a property tour and stay for a wonderful meal in our resort restaurant. We are confident that you will love it.

Happy Wedding Couple with our Catering Sales Manager and Guitarist Brian David - Photo by Pamela Duffy

Poco Diablo Resort is one of the most popular wedding venues in the amazing town of Sedona, Arizona. Throughout the years we have worked with a variety of wedding vendors in the Sedona area and are always happy to make recommendations to our bridal couples. Rest assured, if Poco Diablo Resort recommends a wedding vendor, they are doing this to be helpful and to make sure you are pleased with your wedding vendors. Poco Diablo Resort does not benefit in any way by their wedding vendor recommendations. They are happy to recommend professionals that have done a wonderful job on previous Poco Diablo weddings. We recommend vendors that are professional, accomplished and proven in their fields of expertise.  We do not accept any kind of referral fee or kick back so you can rest assured, if we recommend a wedding professional, it is for your benefit, not ours.

Left - Amy Mills, Owner of Bliss Extraordinary Floral

Here you will find just a few of the professional wedding vendors we recommend based on their performance and skills. Poco Diablo Resort is a proud member of the Sedona Wedding Professionals Association.

Dana Varney, Sedona Sweet Arts

Sedona Wedding Officiant Rev Ken Froessel

Weddings in Sedona - Susan Perry (left) with Brenda Adamov

Rev. Joel Boyd, Affordable Sedona Weddings

Photographer David Sunfellow

Musician Oman Ken

Photographer Janise Witt

You will find their websites listed on each photo so you can contact them directly if you have any questions on your upcoming wedding at Poco Diablo Resort. If you need additional information, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Weddings at Poco

Weddings at Poco

Weddings at Poco

Weddings at Poco

Weddings at Poco

Janise Witt Photography

Visit our website for a variety of wedding packages that can’t be beat! We look forward to helping you with your Sedona Wedding.