Real Wedding ~ Anantara, The Palm When we heard that the Anantara hotel was launching on Dubai’s Palm Jumeirah earlier this year, we immediately hoped we’d be able to cover a real wedding there one day. The time has finally come. Set among Asian-inspired architecture, with peaked roofs resembling Thai temples, this real wedding features a warm, hazy sunset and a very chilled bride and groom. It was submitted by Goldfish Photography and Video, and we…
Click here to read the full article…
Meet the Dress Bride Club ME reader Nermine Saadeh, originally from Syria, contacted us last month to tell us how happy she was to have found bridal boutique BELJOUR Bridal via our website – so much so, that she wanted to publicly praise the service she received. Shadi Watts, the founder of BELJOUR Bridal, is not only extremely passionate about her business and helping brides, she’s also incredibly sweet. Nermine married her Italian sweetheart Giovanni…
Click here to read the full article…
A Destination Wedding in Thailand A sizeable number of our UAE readers are planning a destination wedding abroad, with the most popular locations including Italy, Cyprus, Santorini, Sri Lanka and Thailand. If you’ve ever been to Thailand, you’ll understand its appeal for a destination wedding. Relatively close to the UAE (a 6-hour flight), Thailand has great weather and climate for the most part; weddings are cost-effective depending on your hotel/location of choice; Thai people are…
Click here to read the full article…
A Retro Skate Park Engagement Shoot Cool and quirky are two words that perfectly describe our latest engagement shoot submission, sent in by photographer duo Two Quirky. While we will never tire of beach or desert engagement shoots in Dubai, we love to feature something a little different. From the colorful graffiti wall on Jumeirah Beach Road, the retro skate park, to the casual bus shelter shot, we adore everything about this gorgeous shoot! Below,…
Click here to read the full article…
A Glamourous Affair At The Ritz, Dubai The boys are back in town! One of our favourite international wedding videographers, Deneemotion Boutique Weddings Cinema + Photo, were back in Dubai recently, filming the wedding of Newlyweds Carol and John, who found Deneemotion via the Bride Club ME vendor club. Prior to their wedding, the couple met the Deneemotion team in the UK to discuss wedding preps and plans, while they were on holiday and are thrilled…
Click here to read the full article…
A British Expat Wedding in Dubai When Bride Club ME vendor club members Goldfish Photography & Video sent us this real wedding submission earlier in the month, and mentioned that the bride loved Take That and incorporated the famous 90s’ boy band into her wedding, we knew we had to feature it! For those of you who don’t know who Take That are, click here. The super-relaxed bride Melissa and her groom Simon are both originally from the UK…
Click here to read the full article…
When Bride Club ME vendor club members Goldfish Photography & Video sent us this real wedding submission earlier in the month, and mentioned that the bride loved Take That and incorporated the famous 90s’ boy band into her wedding, we knew we had to feature it! For those of you who don’t know who Take That are, click hereThe super-relaxed bride Melissa and her groom Simon are both originally from the UK and married at the gorgeous Montgomerie Hotel…
Click here to read the full article…
An Engagement Shoot By The Sea We met wedding photographer Maria Sundin a while back over coffee at MORE Cafe and immediately clicked. Maria is a vivacious character who is full of ideas and creativity – so much so that she is one of the few wedding photographers we know in the UAE who actively blogs about her craft and the industry. Her blog is not only quirky but also full of beautiful imagery, and we…
Click here to read the full article…
A Wedding Planner-Turned-Bride’s Dreamy Wedding We always beam a huge smile when a BCME reader sends us their REAL wedding submission, and you can imagine how our faces lit up when we realised that this wedding was sent in by a wedding planner – the stunning Mennat, over at Cloud Nine Events. Keep scrolling to see some gorgeous photos (captured by Celeste Van Rooyen Photography) of a fairytale wedding in Abu Dhabi, featuring pale hues and…
Click here to read the full article…
A Dubai Wedding At The Desert Palm We are back again, with another stunning wedding held at the Desert Palm hotel, Dubai. Astrid (the bride) is originally from Switzerland and her husband, David, hails from the UK. Given where they are both from, it makes complete sense that they chose the lush green, expansive landscapes of the Desert Palm as their dream venue in Dubai. Both David and Astrid live in the UAE and we…
Click here to read the full article…