showcase May 2016 42 www.womanthismonth.com This unique event, which aims to be the Northern Gulf’s largest independent bridal shopping festival, will take place at Bahrain International Exhibition and Convention Centre and will provide visitors, both male and female, with a one-stop approach to organising their dream wedding party. Exhibitors will include women’s bridal fashion, men’s fashion, jewellery, abayas, hair and make-up as well showcases from wedding planners, venues, resorts, hotels, caterers, wedding bakers, honeymoon services, entertainers, photographers/videographers and florists. The event will also stage fashion shows by leading designers, live hair and make-up tutorials by some of the GCC’s most celebrated beauty bloggers, henna designing and calligraphy workshops with more add-ons to be announced. Special awards will also be launched to recognise GCC talent for Designer of the Year for bridal couture, jewellery awards, Wedding Planner of the Year, Best Stylist for hair and make-up, Wedding Photographer of the Year and Best Wedding Venue for 2017. “My Wedding Party will provide visitors an unbiased setting to evaluate the products and My Wedding Party, the showcase that promises to put Bahrain on the wedding events destination map of the GCC, will take place from March 15-18, 2017. HILAL CONFERENCES AND EXHIBITIONS EVERYTHING WEDDINGS UNDER ONE ROOF services available for their respective wedding requirements,” says Jubran Abdulrahman, managing director of organiser Hilal Conferences and Exhibitions. “The online portal to My Wedding Party is being designed to deliver visitors a tool to act as your 'Wedding Planner'. The interactive website provides users with an insight into all things wedding-related, by giving them an understanding into different wedding themes, traditions, global venues, decoration tips, cakes, wedding fashion from around the world, jewellery and honeymoon destinations. The website also maintains a blog with wedding inspirations to give that added unique twist to any wedding.” “The My Wedding Party website will also provide a feature called Plan My Wedding where the couples (and families) will be able to plan and budget their entire wedding celebration and allocate resources accordingly,” says My Wedding Party project manager, Nisreen Masri. “myweddingparty.net gives the user a knowledgeable overview into the wedding planning process as well as giving a sneak peek of the My Wedding `Party expo, by promoting the different exhibitors and activities that will take place during the show” adds Nisreen. My Wedding Party is already capturing popular interest through its ever-growing social media presence. “We are also delighted by the media partnerships that the event is attracting in the early stage not just in Bahrain and the GCC but internationally” concludes exhibition director Ahmed Suleiman. Media Partners for My Wedding Party will include Bahrain This Month, Woman This Month, Gulf Weekly, Gulf Daily News, Akbar Al Khaleej and Biz Bahrain.
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