PRESS RELEASE

The DC Marriage Knot NAMED WINNER IN THE KNOT BEST OF WEDDINGS 2016
Tenth Annual Best of Weddings Awards Honor the Top Wedding Vendors Across America

WASHINGTON, DC, January 1, 2016—STARLENE JOYNER BURNS of The DC Marriage Knot is pleased to announce that she has been selected as a 2016 ­­winner in The Knot Best of Weddings, an award representing the highest-rated wedding professionals as reviewed by real couples, their families and wedding guests on The Knot, the #1 wedding resource. This is the fifth year STARLENE JOYNER BURNS of The DC Marriage Knot has been selected for The Knot Best of Weddings.

In 2016, only 2% of the 250,000 local wedding professionals listed on TheKnot.com have received this distinguished accolade. In its tenth annual year, The Knot continues its longstanding tradition of supporting local wedding vendors with The Knot Best of Weddings 2016, an annual by-couples, for-couples guide to the top wedding professionals across the country. To determine the winners, The Knot assessed almost one million reviews from real couples across the various vendor categories—venues, musicians, florists, photographers, caterers and more. These winners represent the best of the best for wedding planning professionals that a bride or groom would want to consider order to inspire, plan and pull off their own unique wedding.

“I want to thank all the brides and grooms who made winning this year’s award possible. It feels great to receive such support,” Starlene Joyner Burns, Reverend, The DC Marriage Knot.

The Knot has helped inspire and plan more than 25 million weddings. With a rich history of providing quality content and inspiration to couples, The Knot is making it easier for couples to connect with just the right wedding professional to create a wedding that is unique to them. Eight out of 10 couples come to The Knot where they can be connected to any of 250,000 local wedding professionals across the country. The Knot marries great technology with trusted content–and a little love–to make planning for the most important day of a person’s life easier and more enjoyable.

For more information about The Knot Best of Weddings and a complete list of winners, please visit www.TheKnot.com/BestofWeddings.

About The DC Marriage Knot

The DC Marriage Knot ceremony officiants goal is to provide couples with the best officiant service in the Washington DC and Baltimore Metropolitan areas. As modern-day multi-faith ministers, we pledge to do that. We don’t preach the homily. We’ll deliver your ceremony in a style that fits you, so that you and your guests will rave about it months after the ceremony. Many brides, grooms, and guests have shared their sentiments; flawless, awesome, best ceremony ever. Your ceremony will be designed based on your beliefs (spiritual, religious, secular), not ours. We will work with you to create a ceremony that you want. So call us today. We specialized in soul satisfying awesome weddings and elopements in MD, DC, and VA.

About The Knot

The Knot is the nation’s leading wedding resource with a marketplace that seamlessly engages, matches and connects couples with the right local vendors, products and services they need to plan and pull off their wedding. The trusted brand reaches nearly every bride in the US through the #1 wedding website TheKnot.com, its mobile apps, The Knot national and local wedding magazines and The Knot book series. The Knot has inspired approximately 25 million couples to plan a wedding that is uniquely them. The Knot is the flagship brand of XO Group Inc. (NYSE: XOXO), the premier consumer internet and media company dedicated to helping people navigate and enjoy life’s biggest moments – from getting married, to moving in together and having a baby. Please visit The Knot online at TheKnot.com and follow on social media: Facebook.com/TheKnot and @TheKnot on Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram.