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Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Raging Tiger Events, the exclusive representative of Wedding Design Company (WDC), India’s leading destination wedding planning company. This partnership, enabled through DXB Live, the experiential arm of DWTC, is set to promote Dubai as the preferred wedding destination for Indian weddings, and give UAE residents easier access to their dream wedding at international destinations of their choice.

Launched over 15 years ago, Wedding Design Company is one of India’s most renowned wedding planners, and is known to organise high-profile marriage ceremonies for the who’s who of Bollywood and the business industry, featuring exclusive guest lists. This includes the recently orchestrated nuptials of India’s most illustrated business moguls, the Ambani family, as well as Bollywood celebrities Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh at Lake Como, Italy.

Vandana Mohan, Founder and Owner of Wedding Design Company said: “WDC was conceived out of a desire to inspire people to live out their fantasy by creating dream weddings. We have decades of experience of organising customised weddings in exotic locations ranging from Florence, St. Moritz and Ibiza to ancient palaces and forts in India. Dubai is already a popular wedding destination and we want to raise its profile by making it the most preferred wedding destination for Indians, whether they live in India, the UAE or elsewhere.”

“We believe that combining our experience with the international expertise, in-depth local knowledge, and vast network of DXB Live and Raging Tiger Events, will help us to achieve our goal. We also hope to share our knowledge and experience of great wedding destinations across the globe with UAE residents, and we would love to design weddings for DXB Live’s discerning Emirati clients,” said Mohan.

Khalid Al Hammadi, Senior Vice President – DXB Live, DWTC said: “DWTC has a strong heritage of hosting bespoke weddings of all scale and sizes. In addition to offering flexible event space that can host largescale celebrations or intimate gatherings, we also have the in-house capability to handle every aspect of the event from catering multiple cuisines to creating extraordinary set-ups. We look forward to combining our expertise with WDC to tap into the big Indian wedding market, both in the UAE and internationally, creating unforgettable memories for our clients.”

Yogesh Mehta, Chairman of Raging Tiger Events Co. said: “We are proud to be the exclusive UAE representative of one of the best wedding planning companies in India, and very happy to forge this partnership with one of the most experienced event organisers in the UAE’’.

Aziz Merchant, Director of Raging Tiger Events Co., and the architect of this alliance added: “Bringing together the unmatched organisational and creative expertise of these companies will enable us to explore the full potential of the excellent infrastructure, facilities, and unique locations available in Dubai and the UAE, and help us create the most memorable weddings in Dubai, as well as 25 locations around the globe that WDC specializes in for local and international clients.”

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(From L – R) Yogesh Mehta, Chairman of Raging Tiger Events Co. with Vandana Mohan, Founder and Owner of Wedding Design Company and Khalid Al Hammadi, Senior Vice President – DXB Live, DWTC.