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You could be on set. Only, it’s your wedding!GRAND HYATT MACAU
Located in the Cotai area
of the City of Dreams, this
property offers over 21,000
square foot of wedding
space—100 banquets, to be
precise—with a capacity of
up to 1,300. The pillar-free,
20,600 square feet Grand
Ballroom houses big and
opulent gatherings and the
Salão do Teatro—an ode
to the city’s Portuguese
heritage—is a dramatic
space of 8,330 square feet.
The hotel aces the thematic
wedding game: you can
choose from ‘Shanghai
1930s’, ‘Modern & Chic’,
‘Opulence Ball’, or just about
any other theme you may
have in mind. Don’t forget to
hop into the casino later.ANDAZ WEST
HOLLYWOOD
Enjoy a wedding on
LA’s Sunset Strip at
this stylish boutique
hotel with chic venues
such as the Panorama
Ballroom and Sundeck
Rooftop, both offering
unending views of the
city. Staci Brener and
Samantha Newport are the
resident wedding planners
and they have plenty of
experience in putting
together quintessential
Hollywood-style
weddings. Try the Mezz
Lounge for brunches or
the acclaimed Riot
House Restaurant
and Bar for a cozy
rehearsal dinner.Clockwise from left: Wedding set-up at Grand Hyatt Macau; Andaz West Hollywood
overlooking LA’s Sunset Strip; fl owers at Hyatt Regency Thessaloniki, Greece.HYATT REGENCY THESSALONIKI
Exuding Greek charm, this hotel is
perfect for that unique wedding with its
152 guest rooms (including 34 suites),
restaurants serving authentic Greek fare,
landscaped gardens, swimming pool with
waterfall and nine unique spaces for events,
as well as the largest casino in the Balkans.
Besides the two large ballrooms, the hotel
gardens offer a gorgeous backdrop for
outdoor weddings, and the twin meeting
spaces, Ephesus and Epidaurus, are perfect
for intimate dinners.Celebrity Weddings
Shilpa Shetty’s wedding
reception at Grand Hyatt
Mumbai was the stuff of
dreams. Bollywood royalty
turned up to congratulate
the newly-weds. Flowers
and butterfl ies adorned
the venue, while guests
feasted on Italian, Indian,
Thai and Chinese fare. And
the wedding cake weighed
80 kilograms! British Indian
performers RDB and Rishi
Rich entertained the actor’s
famous guests.Actors Riteish Deshmukh
and Genelia D’Souza threw
a lavish wedding reception
at Grand Hyatt Mumbai in- Rekha, Aishwarya
Rai Bachchan, Kareena
Kapoor, Aamir Khan, Randhir
Kapoor, Bappi Lahiri,
Sushmita Sen and Mithun
Chakraborty, among many
others, graced the occasion.
The bride was the cynosure
of all eyes in a peach
lehenga, while Riteish kept a
low profi le in a black outfi t.
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