BELLA COLLINA ANNOUNCES FREE $100,000 WEDDING GIVEAWAY Private Club to Pick Lucky Contest Wedding Winner Sept. 16 Montverde, Fla. (Aug. 1, 2016) – Bella Collina, Florida’s luxury private golf and lakefront community just west of Orlando, is about to make a newly engaged couple extremely happy by giving away a free $100,000 luxury wedding package hosted by Bella Collina. This extraordinary “Luxury Wedding Contest” officially kicked off today and video applications will be accepted until Aug. 21, 2016. Voting begins September 1, 2016, and runs through September 16, 2016. Finalists will be invited to a cocktail party at Bella Collina on September 19th at 6:30pm where the winner will be announced. Bella Collina is perennially rated one of the top wedding venues in the country by The Knot.com, WeddingWire.com and PerfectWeddingGuide.com, to name a few accolades. Now, in a further effort to grow its stature as one of the wedding industry leaders, Bella Collina is collaborating with a collection of “Best in Class” wedding service providers to offer a once-in-a-lifetime gift. “We’re known for having one of the most picturesque private settings and this is one way to share our unique destination in a truly unforgettable manner,” says Bella Collina Director of Membership Sales and Marketing Stacy Sewell, whose club annually hosts more than 200 weddings. “We’ve also become a leader in the industry so this gives us another opportunity to further educate, enlighten and inspire wedding parties by matching them up with so many fellow leaders in the business.” Last fall, Bella Collina hosted an “Evening of Wedding Bliss,” a sold-out event that attracted more than 200 of the wedding industry’s leading vendors and dozens of engaged couples. The trendsetting event, held at Bella Collina’s awardwinning 75,000-square-foot Italianate Tuscan-inspired clubhouse, was an opportunity for couples to experience an actual wedding from cocktails and light appetizers to three-course dinner/fashion show to extravagant after-dinner dessert. Besides “practicing” a wedding at one of the most extraordinary private event venues, couples also had the valuable opportunity to mingle and shop with a variety of vendors and wedding professionals in an intimate setting. Now, Bella Collina is allowing one fortunate couple to take it to the next level and actually get married. All video submissions received will be evaluated and finalists will be featured on Bella Collina’s website, allowing the public to get to know these couples and follow their love story online. To be considered, contestants must be currently engaged, at least 21 years old, and agree to be legally married on one of the following 2017 dates: Aug. 21st or Aug. 27th. Please submit online applications along with a video describing how you met, proposal details, and why you should win a luxury wedding at Bella Collina. Video submissions must be no longer than 2 minutes in length and may be uploaded to YouTube or Vimeo. To learn more about the contest and enter now, please click the following link: http://www.bellacollina.com/win-a-bella-collina-wedding/contest-entry/ #### About Bella Collina: Bella Collina is a 1,900-acre Private Golf and Lakefront Community in the rolling hills just west of Orlando. Widely known for its iconic 75,000-square-foot Italianate clubhouse, Bella Collina is an award-winning Tuscaninspired luxury community with a rare private spring-fed lake, Sir Nick Faldo-designed championship golf course, resortstyle pool complex, spa and salon, Sportivo Centro fitness center, Har-Tru tennis courts and multiple dining venues.