Carrying on with our gratifying mission of offering to-be-brides a unique dress rehearsal of their big day, we took WeddingSutra on Location to the beautiful garden city- Bangalore. We hosted the shoot at Bangalore’s newest luxury hotel The Ritz-Carlton. Located in the heart of Bangalore, this contemporary and elegant hotel with unique jaali work elements stands out as an ideal venue for memorable…

Thailand, the wondrous kingdom, featuring Buddhist temples, exotic wildlife, and spectacular islands is the most popular international destination for Indian weddings. The ‘land of smiles’ with its fascinating history, unique culture and friendly people now offers a variety of options and venues for Indian celebrations- city wedding in Bangkok, or Hua Hin close to Bangkok,…

By Divya and Vithika (Divya Vithika Wedding Planners, Bangalore) On WeddingSutra.com, we often read about dream wedding venues and celebrity wedding hot-spots so naturally we have been keen to visit the resorts and castles from Europe to North America, which international celebrities found romantic enough to say ‘I do’. Now in India, it is not…

Earlier this week, our blog post Bollywood Marriages 2014 generated a lot of excitement with the wedding community asking us many questions on B-town weddings. So here’s more on the last wedding of 2014 and what to expect in 2015. – One of the grandest Bollywood Marriages of 2014 was of Ahana Deol (daughter of Hema Malini…

While many would associate Bollywood stars weddings with huge grandeur the reality is that most stars choose to have fairly intimate weddings. More than grand, they are star-studded thanks to the guest list. Here’s more about the star-studded events and where the top Bollywood stars wed in 2014. The Grand Weddings Ahana Deol and Vaibhav…

Few outside the Wedding Industry know about the exact nature of work of Wedding Planners in India, or the profile of clients they work with. While some have a perception that Wedding Planners work with a huge volume of clients, many others think all Wedding Planners take on weddings only and no other events. What…

With the political unrest in Thailand, is it safe to plan a destination wedding there? Wedding Planners share their opinion. Armed soldiers with automatic weapons in the streets, nationwide curfews installed and news broadcasts censored; these are some of the updates we are reading in the papers, so naturally everyone is wondering if Thailand, or…

For the ultra-rich, a wedding is a grandiose event that brings together their near and dear ones, as well as their large circle of influential friends and connections- and the task of putting it all together is assigned to a wedding management company. Among the ‘star’ wedding management companies in India is E-Factor, run by…

Wedding Planners can choose to visit one of these places- Chiang Mai, Koh Samui, Phuket & Khao Lak, Pattaya & Rayong, Krabi and Hua Hin. Industry Symposium to be held in Bangkok on 27th March Thailand, the most popular international destination for Indian weddings has announced the dates for the next Wedding Planners Fam Trip-…

Cricketer Sreesanth and Jewellery Designer Bhuvaneshwari from Jaipur got married on 12th December at the Guruvayur Temple, near Kochi. Over 200 of the bride’s family and relatives reached Cochin on 9th December where they were put up at Hotel Crowne Plaza. It was Sreeshant’s father Shanthakumaran Nair’s birthday on the 9th, so a surprise party…

We are just back from Macau on an invitation from Galaxy Macau, a palatial complex that is turning out to be one of the hottest venues for Destination Weddings and Social Events. With elegantly designed rooms, exquisite restaurants, and an array of entertainment amidst a beautiful tropical resort setting, the one-of-a-kind complex positions itself as…

The Taj Group of Hotels, recently unveiled ‘The Taj Wedding Barometer’– a survey aimed at understanding the attitude, beliefs, trends and tastes of Indians towards the concept of marriage. The survey commissioned to the research agency IPSOS covered pan-India respondents and encompasses all the phases of the Indian wedding- the proposal, pre-nuptials, wedding to the…

by Jaspreet Soni Trisha Upadhyay and Akshay Bajpai got married in Delhi, and their wedding was managed by Raksha and Manoj Chawla of Mansa Events. Akshay’s father is the head honcho of a leading Shipping Company and over three hundred guests from around the globe, including some of the most prominent shipping industry members flew…

By Jaspreet Soni The air is mysterious and exciting. The leaves have turned from green to shades of pale gold and the foliage is a riot of colors. We are talking about a scene from a Wedding managed by Jakarta based Wedding Planner Innayat Khubchandani, where autumn’s excitement is recreated amidst the hot summer season….