Meet the individuals reimagining the wedding industry

HEAD OVER HEELS
with weddingS

The Wedding Collab was born from years of collective experience in the events industry – including hotels, catering, sales, event management, and beyond. Our passion for weddings has blossomed as the industry has grown over the years. We're inspired by the like-minded creatives, challenged by ever-evolving trends and markets, and always thrilled to share in the milestones alongside our couples, vendors, and venues.

Meet Nicolle – a woman who knows her way around a wedding

Wedding and Event Specialist
founder and Director

A perfect match for your wedding management

With Nicolle’s experience managing all types of events across hotels, catering and venues, as well as her strong hospitality background, she has developed an eye for detail and a true love for all things weddings and business. With experience in hotels, backyards, blank canvas venues and fully serviced venues over the past 10 years, you could say she has seen (and loved) it all.

2010

Hotel management

Nicolle’s career started in hotel management, working her way across different departments before landing in the events team – which she loved.

2014

Catering

Moving to a catering company, Nicolle worked her way from Event Coordinator to Venue Sales Manager, and everything in between.

2019

Wedding planning

Back home in Rotorua, Nicolle noticed a gap in the event and wedding planning market. Having sold, planned and coordinated hundreds of weddings in her career so far, she started her own business.

2019

Venue management

Nicolle started working with a venue in Auckland, managing their wedding business remotely. Their couples weren’t getting the love they deserved, as they didn’t have the right staff to service them internally.

2020

The Wedding collab

After Covid-19 turned the wedding industry upside down, Nicolle went from running 1 venue remotely, to 13 (a pivotal moment in where The Wedding Collab is today). By partnering with The Wedding Collab, they were able to reduce their staff by at least one at each property.

2024

Looking ahead

Our future is exciting. With the expansion of our team and venues looking for ongoing support at their properties, the options are limitless.

Dream team

Stacey, our wedding planning queen

In 2022 Stacey became an invaluable part of The Wedding Collab operations, while also running her own wedding planning business in Southland. Stacey is incredibly efficient, with a keen eye for detail and a warm, bubbly personality. And let's not forget, she absolutely loves planning weddings!

  • Nicolle has been an absolute dream to work with. She was professional, efficient and kind in coming up with a wedding package for us at a beautiful venue. We are very appreciative of Nicolle’s efforts and could not recommend her more! She provided an absolutely outstanding service!

    Rebecca Camacho

  • We love working with Nicolle, she is a great extension of our team.

    Rydges Auckland

  • Because our wedding venue, The Black Barn, required us to source everything ourselves, Nicolle proved to be so helpful in our planning and on the day. We honestly couldn't have pulled off such a magical day without her help!

    KELSI HIRA

  • From the start and all the way through Nicolle was really helpful, motivated and provided many useful ideas, suggestions and solutions via regular communication of emails and phone calls at all hours of day! We can't thank you enough Nicolle.

    THORNTON & GAYLE

 

So who’s making the first move?

Are you ready to learn more about The Wedding Collab? Whether you're a venue seeking support, a couple in search of the perfect NZ venue, or a supplier interested in collaboration, we'd be thrilled to connect with you!