The WedAway Destination Wedding Show is the must-attend event for couples who want to marry overseas and we’re so excited for this year’s event!

Wedding planners and suppliers from all the most popular overseas wedding destinations are present at the event in London to offer face to face advice and inspiration for planning your big day. Visit the international pavilions to explore the different destinations and venues in more detail, and meet suppliers who will answer your questions and explain exactly what they can do for you.

Arranging a wedding from another country can be a logistical challenge, but WedAway gives you the chance to meet and choose the individuals who will arrange your big day.

In addition, the WedAway Stage will host a speaker schedule brought to you by the illuminati of the global wedding profession to advise and entertain.

Tickets for WedAway are complimentary when you register in advance online. Once registered you will receive your beautiful formal invitation in the post.

The team that produces the WedAway show has over 60 years combined experience in producing destination weddings and events. It is also proud to produce arguably the world’s finest luxury wedding show: The Quintessentially Weddings Atelier, and was also responsible for bringing the luxury wedding planning summit Engage! to Europe for the first time.

Dates & Times:

• Friday 10th March 5-9pm
• Saturday 11th March 10-5pm

Royal Horticultural Halls, Vincent Square, London. SW1P 2QW

The leading luxury wedding website, 5 Star Weddings, has had an extreme makeover, providing a stylish new research tool for modern brides. The site offers a beautiful directory of high-end wedding suppliers, now illustrated within a glossy backdrop.

The new 5 Star Weddings site is easier than ever to navigate, ensuring newlyweds can search and access a wealth of wedding information quickly and efficiently. From inspirational ideas provided by industry experts to contact information for some of the UK’s top wedding suppliers, the latest version of 5 Star Weddings provides brides and grooms with the ultimate guide on how to plan a contemporary wedding.

Bigger and brighter in a magazine-style layout, storyboards give brides the ultimate browsing experience when looking for inspirational wedding ideas. Real wedding day storyboards allow cool couples to visualise the themes and decor used by their counterparts.

If some of 5 Star weddings’ suppliers are a little out of your budget, check out the new luxury deals and competitions on offer to all readers – discerning suppliers will offer everything from designer wedding dresses to bespoke jewellery and unique favours.

Haute Couture & Honeymoons

The team at 5 Star Weddings has been busy researching some of the best destinations in the world for you to honeymoon in. You can book directly through the site, but be sure to check out their blog, where you’ll find reviews on everything from glamorous train journeys to food lovers’ getaways.

And if you’re worried about what to wear during those special two weeks, the site’s Chic Boutique stocks Agent Provocateur and Anya Hindmarch amongst many other designers, for both men and women, providing the ultimate honeymoon wardrobe wherever the location.

Key Features:

• Stunning Design
• Beautiful Business Listing Pages
• Integrated with social media
• Videos and Galleries
• Chic Boutique
• Honeymoons and Travel
• Competitions and Deals
• Events
• Wedding Blog
• and so much more…..

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To see the new site, visit 5starweddingdirectorys.com

For further media information and advertising contact info@5starweddingdirectory.com.

By bringing together a selection of the finest wedding suppliers and brides-to-be, The Luxury Wedding Show does something special and unique: it provides a forum for people who share a passion for style and luxury.

• Here are some dates for your diary:
• Luton Hoo Hotel, Golf & Spa, Bedfordshire:
• Sunday 3rd March 2013
• Show Opens from 11:00 – 4:00 pm
• Bridal catwalk shows 12:30 & 2:00pm
• Ashdown Park Hotel & Country Club, Wych Cross, East Sussex.
• Sunday 24th March 2013
• Show Opens from 11:00 – 4:00 pm
• Bridal catwalk shows 12:30 & 2:00pm
• For more details or to book tickets visit The Luxury Wedding Show.

Here are just a few of the suppliers I met and what I found about their new collections for 2o13.

• Circa Vintage Brides, have vintage inspired collection of bias cutting wedding gowns with ethereal Grecian tones in silk Crepe, georgette, satin, taffeta and French lace.

• Claire Thorogood, uses luxurious fabrics and exquisite embellishments, and Clare also had beautiful bespoke designs for the Mother of the Bride.

• Louise Selby told me that this season’s collection is notable for its glamorous simplicity achieved by her signature lace look with a textured approach.  The look has been created by layering delicate lace over gently billow owing silk georgette by draping chiffon and tulle to magically skim feminine curves.

• Naomi Neoh has got her inspiration by the glamour of vintage Hollywood, romantic and unique.  They are very striking and stylish creations and I hear they are incredibly comfortable.

I was so excited to try out the new photo booth by The Photo Emporium.  They are certainly show stopping centre pieces for any wedding party.  They provide studio quality photos in such a fun friendly booth! You can choose from Vintage, Classic to Airstream.  The Air stream is a photobooth in a 1950’s airstream caravan.

I had the chance to sit in the most ultimate wedding car, a brand new White Rolls Royce Ghost, by London Chauffeuring Ltd.  To hire this beauty is £980 for 3 hours.

• Ivy Ellen had the most beautiful handmade wedding stationery and invitations featuring authentic Swarovski  crystals and the finest ribbon on luxurious boards.  Their London Landmarks stationery is proving to be a big trend for 2013.

• GC Couture caught my eye and I just had to speak  with Sash the creator of these stunning cakes. GC Couture have a wonderful new range called Through the Eras collection for 2013.  The collection demonstrates beautiful cakes based on designs from the 1950s through to the modern day and contemporary wedding cakes.

• Chewton Glen, a 5 Star hotel set in Hampshire has 12 new luxury tree houses built high among the trees of a secluded valley, each Tree house is an unforgettable setting for unwinding, for relaxing, for simply being. The exterior architecture is in perfect harmony with the surrounding trees cape.

From their private balcony guests feel the ultimate seclusion; high above ground; far from everyday life. The interiors let nature in. Huge windows give a panoramic view through the canopy to the valley beyond.

• Top Tips from Michael Van Clarke included getting regular trims, and having regular treatments so you hair will be in tip top condition to style on your wedding day.  Michael Van Clarke is seeing the goddess/classic Hollywood proving to be very on trend for 2013.

• Freya Rose designs collections that take innovative, romantic and breathtaking approach to classic couture wedding shoes. Freya showed me her brand new Ice Queen shoe that had been hand made with amazing embellishments that been put together from a top couturiers from Chanel. Her shoes start at £400 – £2,000.

If you visited The Designer Wedding Show I hope the whole experience inspired you to plan everything you need for a truly stylish wedding, do let me know as we would love to hear what you thought of the show!

• To see some more wonderful wedding suppliers visit 5 Star Wedding Directory.

This March, Lough Eske Castle invites soon-to-be brides and grooms, from across the country to come and meet some of Ireland’s most prolific wedding suppliers and opinion formers at their exclusive and not to be missed, Wedding Open Day.

The open day, which will last from noon until 6pm will feature everything any impending bride could ever want to know prior to her big day, and includes presentations from a range of popular wedding brands and services including dress makers, caterers, flowers, honeymoon operators and car services. As well as all this, guests will have a unique opportunity to meet the hotel’s very own award winning wedding co-coordinator Noreen Lyons, to get some tips and advice ahead of their special day. They could even make their Princess dreams come true, and book Lough Eske Castle as their wedding destination.

The castle boasts an impressive 96 spacious bedrooms and suites, and is available for exclusive hire if needed. Other facilities include a tempting Aromatherapy Associates Spa and swimming pool, delicious a la carte cuisine at Cedars Restaurant, two bars and 600m2 of banqueting facilities. With its own private dining room ideally suited to family weddings, the Presidential Suite is the icing on this five star rural sanctuary’s cake.

Recent accolades include Noreen Lyons, the Catering Manager being crowned, ‘Best Wedding Coordinator of the Year’ (2012) with the hotel also winning ‘Best Castle Wedding Venue of the Year 2012’, ‘Best Wedding Venue of the Year’ (2010 & 2011) and ‘World’s Best Luxury Country Hotel’ (2009, 2010 & 2011).

As an award winning wedding venue in its own right, Lough Eske Castle is the perfect place to host a Wedding Open Day. Part of the prestigious Solís Hotels & Resorts, the hotel opened just five years ago in northwest Ireland after being transformed from a ruin into Donegal’s only Five Star establishment. Half a decade since the castle’s doors opened, it is widely recognised as Ireland’s quintessential fairytale wedding venue.

For more details visit Lough Estke Castle

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