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Wedding
Wonderland of Great Ideas
Await
Soon-to-weds in Biggest Wedding Fair
MANILA -
More than 300 of the Philippines' finest wedding suppliers
will gather under one roof as WEDDING
EXPO PHILIPPINES celebrates its 14th edition of being the
biggest, most comprehensive, and most prestigious wedding fair in
the country. Special discounts, exclusive giveaways, great
deals, and loads of the newest, latest, and best wedding ideas are
in store for brides & grooms visiting the 2-day grand event on 7
- 8 March at the PICC Forum, CCP Complex. Event highlights
include the following sub-events:
Wedding Banquets Manila. With
WEPM09 major sponsor Josiah’s Catering as lead caterer,
soon-to-weds will be treated to the most elaborate of banquet
set ups that approximate actual wedding day grandeur by more than 20
of the country’s well loved caterers.
Josiah’s Catering will conduct a free grand food tasting
session that will give brides & grooms-to- be a sampling of its
very popular wedding menu. To
reserve a seat, soon-to-weds are requested to email grandfoodtasting@josiahcatering.com with their names, wedding
date, and venue. Furthermore, a complete wedding banquet package
plus refunds on a couple’s
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down payments with participating
fashion designers, videographers, photographers, cake suppliers,
invitation makers, etc. are
stake in the “A Blissful Wedding Promo.”
Worth more than P250,000.00, this comprehensive wedding
showcase awaits the lucky soon-to-weds booking Josiah’s Catering
plus at least two other wedding suppliers in Wedding Expo
Philippines.
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Floral Fete Philippines.
As
the country’s biggest and most fabulous floral and event styling
showcase, Wedding Expo
Philippines features the most talented and best event designers the
local wedding industry has to offer.
Flowers of all shapes, sizes, and color will compete with the
sweet scents of the freshest blooms and foliage for the attention of
even the most discriminating of soon-to-weds.
Stylemeister of the rich and famous, Robert Blancaflor will
weave his magic once again in Wedding Expo Philippines as one of its
official event stylists. Henry
Pascual, fast becoming
the event stylist of choice of the jet set crowd, will introduce the
latest trends in floral design and world-class event styling.
KasaLitrato.
The
Philippines cream of the crop photographers and videographers will
exhibit their international award winning form in Wedding Expo
Philippines. Lito Genilo
of Smart Shot Studio, WEPM09 Major Sponsor, will exhibit his prize
winning photographs from various award-giving bodies for excellence
in wedding photography. Fresh
from his top prize wins in the U.S. early this year, Mr. Genilo will
personally entertain queries from soon-to-weds
in Wedding Expo Philippines.
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There
will be more than 40 world-class photographers
and videographers who will try to outdo each other with
state-of-the-art techniques presented in the most memorable of
portfolios that can only be found in Wedding Expo Philippines.
Also, free
picture-taking sessions in the hip photo booths, a fast rising
keepsake concept that debuted in Wedding Expo |
Philippines a couple
of years ago and now rising fast in popularity,
allow couples and their friends to pose for souvenir shots.
As one of the most popular categories in Themes &
Motifs’ wedding fairs, the photo & video zone is jampacked
with suppliers and soon-to-weds alike and becomes a venue for
exciting exchange of ideas on anything and everything related to
weddings. Some
photographers join no other wedding fair but Wedding Expo
Philippines.
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I Do HMU.
Wedding Expo Philippines has been instrumental for the debut
and rapid ascent to fame of a lot of today’s hair and make up
artists. For Wedding
Expo Philippines, an
entire zone of these bridal beauty experts will become a hair &
make up festival and will offer free trials, product samples, and
consultations for soon-to-weds.
For the 2- day duration of the event,
various makeup techniques may be sampled by brides to find
out what suits their tastes before their big day.
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Debuting this year in
Wedding Expo Philippines is the chocolate buffet intended to be a
part of the dessert bar or a stand alone option for couples with a
sweet tooth. Pastry chef
Amandes, a division of Josiah Catering, will present a mouth-watering
assortment of truffles, pastries, glass desserts, petite fours, and
a luscious Belgian
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chocolate fountain, buffet style.
Also, the coffee
lounge concept, for wedding guests that want to linger over a cup of
coffee nibbling on some delicious macaroons and pastries will be
introduced.
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Photo
courtesy of Amandes, a Josiah's Catering company |
New
companies including interesting concept venues and banquet stylists
will get their initial public introduction in Wedding Expo
Philippines – March 2009. The biggest gathering of invitation suppliers will
feature the latest custom made styles and trends in wedding
stationery. Also,
a
big display of bridal limousines,
product sampling of cakes and wines,
a showcase of never-before-seen wedding gowns from the
country’s well- loved wedding couturiers can be expected by
soon-to-weds.
A trip for two to Bangkok,
Thailand awaits the lucky soon-to-wed who will book their wedding
suppliers in Wedding Expo Philippines.
Every P1,000.00 booked onsite is entitled to a raffle coupon
for the grand draw on March 8, 2009.
Hourly raffle draws will also be conducted for all
soon-to-weds who will visit the event.
This is free of charge and will feature tokens and door
prizes from participating exhibitors of Wedding Expo Philippines.
Goldenhills Jewelry, WEPM09 Major sponsor will also raffle of
a pair of elegant wedding bands worth P25,000.00 on top of big
discounts that they will extend to their clients exclusively in the
2-day prestigious fair.
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For free admission, guests
are advised to pre-register online through www.themesnmotifs.com or get their free passes
from Themes & Motifs Makati Shangri-la branch along Ayala Ave.
in Makati City. Pre-registered
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entitled to additional giveaways
to be included in
their loot bags courtesy of the event organizers.
One of these is the “Everything I Need” cd with minus
one, the Wedding Expo Philippines jingle-turned-single composed by
international topnotch singer & songwriter, Ms. Trina Belamide.
As part of its advocacy to
promote the Philippines as a wedding destination in Asia in support
of efforts of the Department of Tourism and also to position the
country as a prime source of world-class wedding suppliers,
members of the international press and wedding planners from
the region have been invited to attend the event. This augurs well
for the local wedding industry, both soon-to-weds and suppliers
alike, as it will further boost creativity and excellence and
increase choices of wedding ideas.
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Wedding
Expo Philippines is produced & organized by Themes & Motifs
– The Special Events Co. with Goldenhills Jewelry ,Josiah’s
Catering, & Smart Shot Studio as Major Sponsors. International
styelmeisters Henry
Pascual and Robert Blancaflor will be the official event stylists.
Event partners are Paper Elegance, T&M Gifts, Weddings
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and Allied Bank.
Media Partners are Bizlinq.net, Manila Bulletin Lifestyle,
88.Db, Wedding Essentials Magazine, & Metro Weddings.
This 2-day highly prestigious event is supported and promoted
by the Department of Tourism. For
more information, pls. call (632) 371.9783 / 409.2555.
Credits:
All photos, unless otherwise indicated, are international
award-winning shots of Mr.
Lito Genilo of Smart Shot Studio, WEPM09 Major Sponsor.
For
more info, check out Event
Highlights
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