• Services
  • Portfolio
  • About
  • Press
  • Blog
  • Inquire
Skip to content
Press

In the Spotlight

Our work has been featured in leading industry-publications. Michelle has been invited on both local and nationwide news & radio, podcasts, conferences and more as an industry professional. From quick mentions to full spreads, we're honored to be included.

Featured

I DO DESTINATION: How Important is a Scouting Trip in Destination Wedding Planning?

Read More
Featured

INSIDE WEDDINGS: How to Choose the Right Wedding Planner for You

Read More
Featured

INSIDE WEDDINGS: How to Plan the Most Amazing Intimate Wedding

Read More
Featured

TRAVEL + LEISURE: We Asked 5 Honeymoon Planners Their Favorite Romantic Destination—and They All Picked This Country

Read More
Featured

LOVERLY: A Romantic Fall Wedding at The Castle Vineyard

Read More
Featured

GREEN WEDDING SHOES: Stress Relieving Tips for the Morning of Your Wedding

Read More

The MDE Press Room

Destinations

A Timeless Tuscan Wedding with Candlelit Alfresco Elegance at Villa Gamberaia

Wedding

MODERN LUXURY WEDDINGS NORTH SHORE: Wildest Dreams

Destinations

I DO DESTINATION: How Important is a Scouting Trip in Destination Wedding Planning?

Wedding

MODERN LUXURY: Love After All: Patrick & Jason

Featured

INSIDE WEDDINGS: How to Choose the Right Wedding Planner for You

Destinations

MODERN LUXURY: Travel Diaries: Michelle Durpetti

Featured

INSIDE WEDDINGS: How to Plan the Most Amazing Intimate Wedding

Wedding

CARATS + CAKE: A Garden Wedding for Joelle and Michael

Destinations

TRAVEL + LEISURE: We Asked 5 Honeymoon Planners Their Favorite Romantic Destination—and They All Picked This Country

Featured

LOVERLY: A Romantic Fall Wedding at The Castle Vineyard

Featured

GREEN WEDDING SHOES: Stress Relieving Tips for the Morning of Your Wedding

Wedding

PEOPLE MAGAZINE: Inside Netflix Dating Around Couple Heather Rose and Ernesto Posadas’ ‘Fairytale’ Sicilian Wedding (Exclusive)

Wedding

PEOPLE MAGAZINE: Fox NFL Sunday’s Jay Glazer Marries Rosie Tenison in ‘Dream’ Wedding on Italy’s Amalfi Coast (Exclusive)

Wedding

BRIDES: The 5 Old-School Wedding Traditions Modern Couples Are Leaving Behind – Plus, the Ones They’re Still Holding Onto

Your Vision, Our Expertise

Whether you're planning a wedding, a milestone celebration, or a meaningful gathering—we're here to create something exceptional, together.

Inquire

From Our World to Yours

Follow Along
My favorite part of Engage is when someone across My favorite part of Engage is when someone across the table describes the exact thing you’ve been working through, and you think, oh, you too? 🇮🇹

That happened a lot in Puglia. Here’s what we kept coming back to.

Grazie to @engagesummits and @borgoegnazia for bringing us all together.

Event: @engagesummits
Host & Venue: @borgoegnazia
Venues: @cavapuglia @pettolecchiacollection
Planning & Production: Momentum Event Concierge
Gifting Curation: @bottegaegnazia
Art Direction, Branding, Paper, Design Support: @tpddesignhouse
Night 2 Creative Direction & Decor: @rachelbirthistle @tulipinadesign
Photo Director: @corbingurkin
Video Director & Team: @storyboxcinema
Photo Team: @danielcolvinphotography @johncainphotography @kaitpenaphoto @kelseycowley @magifisher @patfureyphoto
Day 3 Alberobello Experience: @indigenusexperiences
Entertainment: @mhoevents
Day 1 Entertainment: @terrarossofficial
AV: @light_tracks_service
Night 1 Luminarie: @paulicelli_official
Night 1 Fireworks: @giuseppetruppa
Night 2 Tent: @priviteraeventi
Night 3 Tent: @exotent.it
Night 2 Rentals: @apuliaeventsolution
Night 3 Rentals: @itinera_events
Night 2 & G7 Rentals: @thecomocollection
G7 Plants: @giardinimileto
Day 2 Coffee Break Custom Furniture: @nimarindustry
Night 3 Floral & Design: @nunziaguerinoflorist
Night 3 Floral Supplier: @boragine_fiori
Gala Catering: @federicosalzacatering
Night 2 and 3 Bars: @joebarcatering
Night 2 Heating: @proheat_rentaldivision
Wine: @giovanniaielloenologo @vinicoppi @varvaglione1921 @daraprispumanti
Custom Event App: @odacreative
Weather Reporting: @ironicreports
PR & Blog Writing: @bridalbar
Rebecca & Kathryn Styling: @tsbstyling
Small Group Facilitator: @freedanetwork
Headshots: @denniskwanphoto
Social Media Director: @samantharoberts
Speaker Hair & Makeup: @dawnartists @shawnleech @realnamediva @lovelightibiza
Graphic Design & Show Director: @trishahay
Ten years later, Borgo still knows how to welcome Ten years later, Borgo still knows how to welcome a crowd. 🇮🇹 Grazie mille per tutto!

What a week at Engage! Puglia. Thank you to @engagesummits, @bob_conti, and the entire Engage team, for giving both Collin & I the chance to be ambassadors for first time attendees! We were so happy to be part of that! 

The education this week gave us much to take home. Special applause for @cindy_novotny, who never disappoints, @matthew_oliver_weddings @bertie_matthewoliver for making sustainability feel like something each of us can act on, @josevilla and @joelserrato for a conversation that was candid and funny, @darcymiller + @marcyblum for being the icons I could listen to all day, and @rishithedesigner for saying what a lot of us were thinking, with eloquence and style.

Really grateful to have had the time we did with all of the people we love, many of whom are in this post! 🥰

And lunch in the street in Alberobello, surrounded by trulli? I’ll be thinking about that one for a long time.

Event: @engagesummits
Host & Venue: @borgoegnazia
Venues: @cavapuglia @pettolecchiacollection
Planning & Production: Momentum Event Concierge
Gifting Curation: @bottegaegnazia
Art Direction, Branding, Paper, Design Support: @tpddesignhouse
Night 2 Creative Direction & Decor: @rachelbirthistle @tulipinadesign
Photo Director: @corbingurkin
Video Director & Team: @storyboxcinema
Photo Team: @danielcolvinphotography @johncainphotography @kaitpenaphoto @kelseycowley @magifisher @patfureyphoto
Day 3 Alberobello Experience: @indigenusexperiences
Entertainment: @mhoevents
Photos can make you fall in love with a venue. A s Photos can make you fall in love with a venue. A site visit tells you whether it can actually host the celebration you’re imagining.

It’s exactly why we’re staying at @borgoegnazia with our 2027 couple right after Engage. There’s no substitute for walking the property together, tasting the food and picturing everyone you love there.

Planning somewhere you’ve only seen on a screen? Save this for your first visit.

Photo @collinpierson
Back in a place I love, for an event that keeps me Back in a place I love, for an event that keeps me coming back. The last big trip of the year, let’s make it count, Puglia! 🇮🇹❤️

📍 @borgoegnazia 
@engagesummits 
📸 @collinpierson 
Jacket: @mymancini
Every celebration starts with the same question: H Every celebration starts with the same question: How do you want people to feel?

That answer has a way of making the rest of the decisions clearer.

Because we’re planning for people first. The timeline, design and hospitality should all work together so everyone can simply enjoy being there.

Planning: @mdurpettievents
Location: @pganational
Photo: @collinpierson
Video: @mirarweddings for @laviavisual
Floral: @keating.designs 
Lighting: @jacobco_creative
Entertainment: @djreyinc @doncannolicatering
Glam: @ladida_beauty
Gown: @inesdisanto
Content: @weddingdaycontentcreator
Invitations & Printed items: @pinkgorillaballoonsandevents
One of our favorite recipes outlines how to plan a One of our favorite recipes outlines how to plan a great event.

The ingredients? Swipe through. ✨

Planning @mdurpettievents
Photo @collinpierson
Film @mirarweddings
Location @borgosantandreaamalfi
Floral @malafrontefiori
Bridal Hair + Makeup @beautylivery
Violists @viola_musicagency
Brides Shoes @sheischeval
Groom’s Suit @michaelstrahanbrand
Luxury Travel Concierge @partenzatravel
MDE badge
  • Services
  • Portfolio
  • About
  • Press
  • Blog
  • Inquire
  • Follow
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
  • Pinterest
  • Facebook
Where the MDE Story Continues...

Sign up for our newsletter to receive a behind-the-scenes look at our latest celebrations, planning insights, and moments made to be well celebrated.

This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.
Turnkey Hospitality Group Privacy Policy
Branding and web design by TPD Design House