Luxury Wedding Awards Gala in Naples

Cira Lombardo - Luxury Wedding Planner

Weddings Luxury Awards' Gala in Naples
Weddings Luxury Awards' Gala in Naples

Looking back at an unforgettable evening: The ‘The Luxury Wedding Awards’ Gala, masterfully orchestrated by renowned wedding planner Cira Lombardo, dazzled Naples on October 26th. A night of elegance, creativity, and celebration, it marked a milestone in the world of luxury weddings. Here’s a glimpse into the magic and allure of this spectacular event.

Weddings Luxury Awards' Gala in Naples
Weddings Luxury Awards’ Gala in Naples

The enchantment of the most glamorous and spectacular party in the wedding world, created by Cira Lombardo, returned. The Weddings Luxury Awards 2023, a much-awaited Gala evening conceived by the famous wedding planner, was held in Naples on Thursday, October 26, at the Mostra d’Oltremare.

Weddings Luxury Awards' Gala in Naples
Weddings Luxury Awards’ Gala in Naples

It took place within the Tutto Sposi fair, symbolizing the mutual professional respect and friendship between Martina Ferrara, the president of the event, and Cira Lombardo, who have collaborated on various successful work occasions and events. The party, hosted by Veronica Maya, aimed to celebrate the achievements of Weddings Luxury in recent years, thanks to the commitment and dedication of Cira Lombardo and her entire team. The Gala featured supplier partners who had reached significant milestones over the years. Each category received important recognition for their work.

Weddings Luxury Awards' Gala in Naples
Photo: Giuseppe Rotondo Wedding Photography

The Gala’s goal was to highlight the well-crafted network of synergies among the Campanian excellences in a sector that is continuously growing, capable of adding value to the regional and national territory, not just economically but also for essential valorization in the international panorama.

Weddings Luxury Awards' Gala in Naples
Weddings Luxury Awards’ Gala in Naples

The event received considerable media attention thanks to the Weddings Luxury network, the Wedding Academy, and the presence of media partners: Elle Sposa, Sposi Magazine, Wedding TV, and Donna TV. The best talents and professionals in the Campanian wedding sector were invited to participate, showcasing their services under the guidance of Cira Lombardo, to stage a unique Gala evening titled “The Love Maze.” This event featured grand visual and scenic effects, including floral installations, enchanted gardens, light paths, and olfactory experiences across several rooms, set up to lead visitors, enveloped in a misty haze of love sighs, into a magical world where love, fantasy, and imagination were celebrated through photobooths, lounge bars, and scenography.

Participants of the third edition of the advanced course for Event Creators directed by Cira Lombardo, held from October 23 to 26, were also involved in organizing the event, marking the end of their training experience.

Tutto Sposi 2023 thus became the stage for a dream, combining design structures and floral art, furnishing accessories, fragrances, and lights, which everyone admired during the three subsequent days of the Bridal Fair. This was a significant novelty. While the Gala evening was a private event, accessible by invitation only.

The partners included:

8 top Campanian flower designers, such as Pichs Flower (Peppe Picca), Flover (Massimo Iodice and Rosaria Ungaro), Espedito Rusciano flower (Espedito Rusciano), L’asso dei fiori (Salvatore Borriello and Angela Russo), Iris Flower Design (Pietro and Giuseppe Russo), Garofalo Creazioni (Luigi and Pasquale Garofalo), Carmine Ammaturo, Creazioni Floreali Regina (Francesco and Giuseppe Regina), introduced guests to the magnificence of flowers, leading them along an experiential path made of floral installations, furnishings, breathtaking scenography, LED walls, and photobooths in nuances from red to hot pink.

Weddings Luxury Awards' Gala in Naples
Weddings Luxury Awards’ Gala in Naples

The spectacularity of the scenography was entrusted to the professionalism of setup companies: Staging Italia, Allestimenti Le Rose, FG Eventi, Il Progettista di Eventi, Allestimenti D’Errico, G&G Party service, and the printing and customization companies Sefaro, Publipas, InsanePrintDesign, This is Love, enhanced by the atmospheres created by Fratelli Pizza’s audio-light service.

Many dream-like settings, formed by a profusion of flowers, were the fragrant fil rouge of the evening. Over 200,000 stems of fresh flowers and natural elements in shades of red and pink were provided by leading producers and Campanian flower cooperatives: La nuova Floricoltura, Ercolano Flora, Cooperativa del Golfo, Gerardo Basso, Aniello Testa, Florcamp, Flortrade, D’Aniello, S.Antonio Flowers, Lembo, Manna Forniture Wedding.

Amid the enchanted gazes of the invitees, Cira Lombardo made a triumphant entrance in a Giada Curti dress, which also designed some of the hostess dresses alongside Atelier Emé. The Gala’s protagonists, further beautified by makeup artist Francesco Riva and hairstylist Marianna di Ricci e Capricci, arrived in luxurious cars from Noleggi di Lusso and Shine Luxury. The evening thus commenced, its tone already set by the beauty of the handmade invitation by Eyder Design and the coordinated image and communication managed by Todolab and Immagine Paolo.

Guests, in elegant red long dresses for the ladies and classic tuxedos for the men, moved through three different spectacular lounge areas. In each, love resonated through special installations and various floral scenographies. Guests were delighted by tasty personalized cocktails, crafted by two exceptional bar caterings Drink Me and Tanya Future, and wines from Cantine San Salvatore. The palate was further indulged by the tasty offerings of Alba Catering and Eden Banqueting, along with the exquisite locations of Tenuta San Domenico and Savoy Beach, and the sweet treats of Lombardi Pasticceri, Emanuele Frigenti.

Inside the Gala hall, giant flowers by Gaia Pietrella, lounges, carpets, corners, and wonderful photobooths were on display. There was also a “photographic exhibition” featuring iconic shots from wedding photography studios: Morlotti Studio, Sabatino Maisto, Carmine Napolitano, Antonio Aragona, Belvedere, Luca Bottaro, Antonio Gibotta, Fashion Studio, and Cattura un sogno by Mariella D’amato. Love, beauty, creativity, and flair were the subjects of the exhibition.

Weddings Luxury Awards' Gala in Naples
Weddings Luxury Awards’ Gala in Naples
Weddings Luxury Awards' Gala in Naples
Weddings Luxury Awards’ Gala in Naples

Cira Lombardo created an alternate reality where anything could happen, a product of the most fervent imagination, enchanting everyone. Each visitor was the protagonist of their own dream, living the unique adventure of a journey in scenarios designed to stimulate their imagination and involve them through incredible setups, performances, and monumental installations where flowers and color were the main features. Detailing the event and making it unique were the many elements signed by the cadeaux of Emò Italia, Bracciale Infinity, Gioie Gioielli Granata, and the fragrances of Elisir N.03 and DPL Candele. To entertain the guests, many national caliber artists were present, such as the Forlenzo band with choreographies and performances by Redmonium, the beautiful voices of soprano Tonia Langella, the gospel choir The Blue Gospel Singers, the sophisticated music of the violinists Elek3, the sax of Ernesto Dolvi, and the vibrant percussions of Dj Umberto!

Other original sources of entertainment included the animations of Selfie Box, Selfie 360 Party, All Party, Puerta Balloon, Gemar Balloon, and Casino Party. The Gala night was illuminated by the lights of Donnarumma.

The evening concluded, bidding farewell to the guests in their elegant attire, with dreamy eyes, sparkles, hugs, and smiles, leaving the Gala with the memory of a wonderful evening.

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