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Luca Melilli and Franco Cannata's passion has always been to make every couple's dreams come true. Now to be realised is a little big dream of the two souls of Panta Rhei Wedding: after its success on the web and on Sicilian television, the programme Tutto Esaudito arrives on Real Time! There is great anticipation for the first episode, which will be broadcast on Thursday 29 June at 17:40 and will tell the details of a fairytale set in Sicily, amidst marvellous locations and breathtaking panoramas that will be the setting for an unforgettable custom-designed event. What will we see on Real Time? In each episode, Luca and Franco will accompany the bride and groom to their most beautiful day, from the first

They are two exceptional designers: Luca Melilli and Franco Cannata, two bearers of beauty who sign the most important sets in Sicily, and not only. Their brand Panta Rhei was born about 11 years ago. It was a fortunate encounter between Luca and Franco, the former, a wedding designer who creates projects with strong organisational skills, takes care of public relations, and the latter, Franco, a former restaurateur with a marked creativity capable of transforming everything he touches, a creator and interpreter of clients' dreams. 'Every time I went to visit him in his restaurant,' says Luca, 'the place never seemed the same because Franco had changed everything again; unexpected atmospheres, surprising'. Read more on egcommunication.altervista.org

There are those who dream of a princess wedding inspired by traditional fairytales, amidst enchanted gardens and romantic settings. And those, on the other hand, who decide to transform their wedding day into the set of one of the most famous fantasy colossals of recent times, amidst fantastic settings and creatures, crowns and swords. And it is precisely this last strand that inspired the wedding of Stefania Scaglione and Tarcisio Di Prima, she a doctor and he a musician, both from Catania and fans of the Lord of the Rings saga. For us at Panta Rhei, 'To organise a wedding is to make wishes come true'. Read our interview on sposimagazine.it

VIP wedding yesterday afternoon in Taormina. Mirko Manola, Diletta Leotta's brother, chose the pearl of the Ionian Sea to impale his beloved Irene Simeone. The 'yes' was pronounced in the Taormina cathedral. The wedding planner loved by Diletta Leotta's family The 'yes' ceremony was organised by Luca Melilli, wedding designer and event planner at the head of Panta Rhei and regular at parties organised by Diletta Leotta's family. Refined and minimal, the two long imperial tables with echoes of the scents of Sicily welcomed the bride and groom and their guests during the reception held at Villa Don Mimì Guarnaschelli, an exclusive aristocratic period residence overlooking Isola Bella. Read more on perizona.it

This is Luca Melilli, the world-renowned event organiser and former President Donald Trump's favourite, who curated Diletta Leotta's White&shining themed party. The chandelier women were none other than 'elegant abat jour women, goddesses of light, ethereal as living sculptures who accompanied Diletta's cake cutting with a poolside choreography'. Dancers at the cake and LED balloons in the sky The details end on the ambience and the choice of colours, scents and flavours. Luca Melilli is certain that for Diletta Leotta, so far from the cliché of the beautiful and impossible showgirl and strongly tied to her homeland, something as natural as possible was needed Read more on gossip.fanpage.it

Registi e architetti del matrimonio a tutto tondo, tra i loro allestimenti più noti ci sono quelli del compleanno di Diletta Leotta, il matrimonio di Giulio Base, le nozze della figlia di uno sceicco libanese, il party taorminese di Oliver Stone e un’infinità di elegantissime cene di gala. Un comisano e un catanese doc, Luca Melilli e Franco Cannata sono – secondo la classifica stilata dalla rivista inglese Bride Magazine – tra i 50 wedding designer migliori al mondo. Registi e architetti del matrimonio come dicevamo, curano rubriche per la tv, la radio ed i magazine, come quella su “Sudlook”. Read more on lasicilia.it

The Sicilian party for Diletta Leotta's 28th birthday bears the signature of Luca Melilli from Comisano, a wedding designer and event planner at the head of Panta Rhei, an agency that for 14 years has been transforming its clients' dreams into reality by making any happening unique. Melilli is not alone in this adventure. At his side is floral designer Franco Cannata. Two opposites who complement each other and whose collaboration has even resulted in a web series entitled "Tutto Esaudito" that reveals the backstage of weddings "by Panta Rhei" and whose second season from social media could land on TV. The volcanic Sicilian has a particularly busy few months behind him. Among the highlights already on his CV is the organisation

On the occasion of the G7 in Taormina on 26 and 27 May 2017, we had the honour of hosting the gala dinners of Donald and Melania Trump. 'When I received the email,' he recounts, 'I reread it several times, because it almost didn't seem real'. This is how Luca Melilli responded to the microphones of Ansa.it. Discover the entire interview on

Comisano by birth but Catanese by adoption, Luca Melilli is - according to the ranking drawn up by the English Brides Magazine - among the 50 best wedding designers in the world. An all-round wedding director and architect, he edits columns for TV, radio and imagazine, such as the one in 'Elle Sposa'. The fittings for the Google event organised last July in the shadow of the Valley of the Temples in Agrigento bear his signature, as well as the wedding of the daughter of a Lebanese sheikh, the gala dinners of the Taormina Film Fest and events from a thousand and one nights. Read the full article on corriere.it