Indian themes are also popular and may include the bridal stage, ethnic colour themes, entertainment as per the client's request, live cooking stalls and authentic North Indian menus. Another popular choice is a colour theme wedding, such as a red and white theme throughout the evening."įor Arabic weddings, the hotel can provide an authentic Arabic menu, decorative arch arrangements at the entrance, special bridal stage. Some unusual ones that have been organised in the recent past are an Arabic wedding function for women with a crystal rain forest theme where a whole set was flown in from Australia for nearly half a million dirhams paid for decorations.Īn Egyptian theme where the whole ballroom was filled with large statues, an Indian village and a carnival with various stations of live cooking items and ethnic entertainers have been some of the memorable weddings at this hotel.Ĭhadha at Sheraton says: "Themes that are offered for a wedding at our hotel vary from an Arabic and Indian to a European one. It is like making a dream come true for them," says Khogli. "For weddings, normally the brides and their families come with a very definite idea of what they want and our job is to build around it. The themes that are offered at the Hyatt Regency for a wedding are as creative and different as possible. Most hotels are willing to go that extra bit to fulfil your needs as they understand that you want your wedding to be "something different". If you have a theme in mind, or something special that you would like at your reception, you will need to consider this as well when choosing a venue. A lot of extras can also be arranged depending on the budget of our clients." We provide the bridal stage, stage for the band, flower arrangements on the tables and the stage, red carpet at the entrance, table service of the food, entertainment and wedding cake. Rajnish Chadha, director, Convention Services at Sheraton Dubai Hotel and Towers, says: "Our most popular wedding venue is the Dubai Ballroom located at the entrance to the hotel. "At the Dubai Creek Golf and Yacht Club, weddings can be organised down to every small detail like flower arrangements to elaborate details like laser, light and fireworks show," says Gesche Willers, event manager at the club.
"We include limousine service, flowers, food and beverage, video, photographer, special effects and lighting, music and entertainment," says Mark Agnew, director of events. JW Marriott hotel offers the advantage of one-stop shopping for the couple and their families.
Services provided by the hotel for a wedding include everything in the way of wedding co-ordination services, from A to Z". We have a very classical/mystical style that is no less than beautiful, and does not age. These are much simpler and get over very quickly, whereas women's events go on till the early hours of morning with plenty of dancing and music."Īllison Depattenden, regional director, public relations, Ritz Carlton Dubai, says the biggest selling point of the hotel "is our service. "The functions held by men have a separate reception which takes place normally a day before the women's function. "The women's functions are very elaborate with a lot of attention to detail, table-settings, flower arrangements, stage decoration and even uniforms of the staff," says Khogli. There are different functions on a number of days like the mehndi, sangeet and the actual wedding ceremony. Egyptian.įor Indian wedding functions, it's not just a matter of one day. Some of the themes available for weddings.
The Hyatt Regency has been specialising in Arabic weddings (men's and women's receptions) and Indian weddings for many years.įathi Khogli, director of banquets at the Hyatt Regency, has been with the hotel for nearly 12 years and notes that most of the packages are tailor-made to suit individual client requests as "wedding clients do not like to work with standard packages because they want to be as different as possible from the others". Here we cover some of the places which are frequently used by the residents of this emirate. Weddings are held at various locales all over Dubai and there are different packages offered by different venues. When choosing a venue to have your wedding or reception a wide range of options is available to you. Often most of us are perplexed about where we should hold that very special function which is going to change the rest of our lives. When you have decided to commit yourself to matrimony, besides organising the ceremony it's time to plan for the party. Wedding themes and a budget to suit all pockets, Dubai has it all