Atlantis Gateway For Indian Weddings
MICE Talk|December 2017

The great Indian wedding is often synonymous with terms like grandeur, extravagant and more. Saida El Massmoudi, Director, Wedding Events, elucidates on how apt a venue The Atlantis is for Indian destination weddings

Kanchan Nath
Atlantis Gateway For Indian Weddings

The Indian wedding segment is seeing a surge in destination weddings due to the demand of a wedding getaway trend being witnessed for the current generation. Indians are the preferred clients for destination weddings, primarily because of the numerous events they hold.

Massmoudi throws light on this trend and gives her views, “The destination weddings coming from India is important for us especially in terms of revenue and numbers. Mainly because of the number of functions they do and the kind of luxury they look for. The minimum spends they have per event and the kind of consumption there is during the event.”

DESTINATION ATLANTIS

Destination wedding have surged for Atlantis as well. The number of clientele the hotel deals in shows the demand to have a destination wedding for the India market. Giving an idea about the number of people invited to such weddings, she says, “Destination weddings that we have done so far range from 140 rooms up to 400 rooms. The biggest was held in October last year and it was for 800 people. They did more than five functions with us and most of them stayed with us more than five nights. They spent more than 3-4 million UAE Dirham (AED).”

Talking about the kind of weddings they can facilitate, she says, “We do weddings that range from 1 to 5 million Dirhams. We customise the packages to facilitate the process for the customers. That is based on their budget, on what they are looking for. Based on the food they are looking for, the services, the added values that we provide, whether they are going to have activities like the attraction with the dolphins. Special menu if they are asking for Jain food, pure vegetarian. Specifications like that. It is basically the one-stop-shop and it’s a destination within a destination being in The Atlantis.”

INDIAN CLIENT, THE RIGHT CATCH

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