A Charming Fête, Event Planning & Design

What A Charming Fête, Event Planning & Design does

A Charming Fête, Event Planning & Design is a privately held, boutique luxury wedding planning and design firm founded in 2011 by Lisa Costin (Creative Director) and Somer Khouri Bedran (Event Director) and headquartered at 2035 Crocker #102, Westlake, Ohio. The firm designs and produces luxury weddings and legacy celebrations both domestically and internationally, with portfolio work spanning Cleveland, Miami, Sarasota, Aspen, Napa Valley, Palm Springs, New York City, Chicago, Dallas, and Lake Como, Italy. It opened a South Florida office around 2020, led by May Chelala (ex-Ritz-Carlton), to support Southern Florida and broader Southern U.S. operations. A team of roughly 6-8 full-time members — including co-founders, senior planners and designers, and an executive assistant — delivers full-service planning, design and decor production, vendor curation and negotiation, and on-site management, supported by a cloud-based customized event management system used for internal operations.

The firm serves high-net-worth couples seeking refined, multi-event, often destination celebrations, alongside other milestone and legacy occasion clients. There is no software or SaaS product; revenue is generated through bespoke professional-service engagements with quote-based, scope-dependent pricing. Go-to-market is exclusively direct-inquiry and consultation-led — prospective clients inquire through the firm’s website and proceed to a vision-alignment consultation, with no retail, self-service, or paid-distribution channels. Customer acquisition leans on earned media (BRIDES, Inside Weddings, The New York Times, Style Me Pretty, Carats & Cake, The Wed, WedVibes) and owned social channels (Instagram, Facebook, TikTok). The firm carries no disclosed external investors, parent company, subsidiaries, or patents, and is operated as a founder-owned entity.

Name

A Charming Fête, Event Planning & Design

Legal name

A Charming Fête

Website

https://acharmingfete.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

A Charming Fête is a privately held, boutique luxury wedding planning and design firm founded in 2011, headquartered in Westlake, Ohio with a South Florida office, serving high-net-worth couples with destination weddings and legacy celebrations across the U.S. and internationally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Wedding Planning Services

akta.pro primary industry

Full-Service Wedding Planning (HSACABAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Destination Wedding Planning (HSACABAD), Wedding Design, Decor & Floral Planning (HSACABAH), Vendor Sourcing & Management (Venues, Catering, Photo/Video, Music) (HSACABAG)

Keywords

• Luxury wedding planning
• Event design services
• Destination weddings
• Wedding production management
• Event coordination services

Headquarters

HQ city

Westlake

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Wedding Planning & Design Services: Full-service luxury wedding planning and event design services. The firm designs and produces refined, visionary weddings and legacy celebrations, both domestically and abroad. Services include comprehensive event management, design/decor vision and production, vendor curation, and on-site management.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

A Charming Fête is a boutique luxury wedding planning and design firm that designs and produces refined, visionary weddings and legacy celebrations both domestically and abroad. The firm provides comprehensive end-to-end services including budget creation, location scouting, vendor curation and negotiation, design/decor vision and production, lighting and staging, spatial planning, ceremony management, catering direction, entertainment coordination, guest list management, accommodations, transportation, and on-site management.

Product overview

A Charming Fête is a boutique luxury wedding planning and event design firm, not a software product company. The company offers bespoke wedding planning and event production services delivered as a professional service offering, not as a software platform, SaaS product, or technology solution. Services include full-service wedding planning, destination wedding management, event design and décor, vendor curation, and on-site event coordination. The company operates from offices in Cleveland, Ohio and South Florida, serving clients worldwide. No distinct branded products, software modules, or technology offerings were identified in the provided source material.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Luxury Wedding Planning and Design Full-service, end-to-end wedding planning and design offering for high-net-worth couples, covering every element from initial concept and budgeting through on-site management of the event. Includes both at-home weddings and destination weddings in locations such as Lake Como, Miami, Aspen, Napa Valley, Palm Springs, New York City, Chicago, Dallas, and North Carolina.
• Destination Wedding Planning Planning and design services for destination weddings and multi-day celebration events held outside the client's home market, including coordination of international vendor partners, logistics, accommodations, and transportation. The firm has executed multi-day destination celebrations such as a six-event Lake Como wedding.
• Legacy Celebration and Custom Event Design Bespoke event design and production for legacy and milestone celebrations, including at-home luxury weddings and significant milestone events that go beyond a standard wedding format. The firm constructs fully customized environments from the ground up, handling design/decor vision, lighting and staging, spatial planning, catering direction, entertainment coordination, and on-site management.

Named customers6 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• David Tutera: Celebrity wedding planner with a broader lifestyle brand (entertainment, product lines, TV) whose core luxury wedding offering overlaps directly with ACF, but at a more diversified scale and national recognition.

Direct peers

• Easton Events: Boutique luxury wedding and event firm specializing in destination weddings across the US, Mexico, and Europe — a near-twin operating model to ACF's destination focus.
• Marcy Blum Associates: Long-standing NYC-based luxury wedding planner with a destination practice, similar editorial footprint in BRIDES and Inside Weddings, and overlapping HNW clientele.
• Mindy Weiss Party Consultants: One of the most recognized luxury wedding and event planners in the US, serving celebrity and HNW clients with full-service design and production — directly comparable to ACF's luxury, full-service model.
• Rafanelli Events: Boston-based luxury wedding and private event planner with national and destination reach, comparable HNW clientele, and editorial presence in the same bridal publications.
• Over The Moon (luxury wedding planning): Luxury wedding planning, design, and digital editorial brand serving an affluent, design-conscious clientele — overlaps with ACF's HNW positioning and destination coverage.
• Lisa Vorce Event Planning & Design: LA-based luxury wedding planner known for destination weddings and high-profile editorial features — overlapping brand archetype and destination wedding execution with ACF.
• Bruce Russell Events: Established luxury wedding and event planner with multi-day destination capabilities for HNW couples — comparable scale, clientele, and destination execution model.
• Colin Cowie Weddings & Events: Globally recognized luxury wedding and event designer with an emphasis on destination celebrations and signature experiential design — the same high-touch, design-forward positioning as ACF.

Emerging players

• Exclusive Italy Weddings: Italy-based destination wedding planner specializing in Lake Como and Tuscany — partial overlap with ACF's international practice, competing for the same destination wedding client dollars.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/acharmingfete
• Instagraminstagram.com/acharmingfete
• TikToktiktok.com/@acharmingfete?lang=en

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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