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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Engagement Shoot At the Dubai Marina Yacht Club We have some cuteness overload for our readers today and the kitty is not too bad either! We met Liz, the talent behind JvR Photography, last month at the Bridal Affair, Dubai, and immediately hit it off. Liz, originally from South Africa, is a photographer brimming with passion and creative ideas, and we are delighted to announce that she will soon be joining our carefully curated Bride Club…
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‘A Garden Tale’ – By ‘Fabulous Day’ Events Brides – If you’re looking for the best wedding theme ideas, you’ve come to the right place! Our Bride Club ME ‘wedding planner’ vendors often submit REAL weddings they have designed and planned right here in the UAE. We are consistently blown away by their creativity and talent. If you are planning to have an outdoor garden-inspired wedding, ‘Fabulous Day Weddings & Events’ offers food for thought and…
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A Thunder Storm Wedding in Dubai – {The Video} To round off my ‘Real Wedding’ features, I am posting my wedding highlight video, filmed by the rather brilliant Morning Jacket Films. The talented duo at Morning Jacket films filmed and edited our wedding highlight video and were an absolute delight to work with. I would highly recommend them to other engaged couples searching for a creative team to film and document their special day. We loved being part…
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