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Sanibel Harbour Marriott Goes Buckwild with Bridezillas for Valentine's Day
High season for weddings may start in June but you can always count on the seriously schmaltzy types to get hitched on Valentine’s Day. Like the 48 couples who are getting married or renewing their vows at the Sanibel Harbour Marriott Resort & Spa this year.
That’s right, unless you fancy yourself a wedding crasher, you may want to rethink your dates for a quiet winter getaway in Fort Meyers.
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Weddings May Be a Recession-Proof Industry But You Can Still Save at Barcelo Resorts
They say that weddings are recession-proof but if you're a bride with a tight budget, there's never been a better time to get married. Last week, we told you that Sonesta Resorts on St. Maarten were offering free weddings to couples who book 10 or more rooms for a seven-night minimum stay. That included a free reception and bar, plus the use of a wedding coordinator!
But Sonesta isn't the only hotel doing this for brides and grooms.
Barceló Hotels & Resorts is offering a free wedding package at its forthcoming Barceló Los Cabos Palace Deluxe in Mexico to couples who can meet a minimum of 25 room-nights. (The resort will open in December.) In fact, Barcelo has put together so many other wedding packages at their diverse properties in Mexico, the Caribbean and Central America, that they had to start an entirely new website devoted to the big day--BarceloWeddings.com.
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Get Hitched for Free at Sonesta St. Maarten Resorts
Don’t get us wrong, we’re happily married, but something about the breeziness of a beach wedding sorta makes us want to tie the knot all over again. And at Sonesta St. Maarten Resorts, destination weddings just got even breezier.
Both Sonesta Maho Beach Resort & Casino and Sonesta Great Bay Beach Resort & Casino are doing their best to lure brides and grooms with free perks for any couple who books 10 or more rooms for a seven-night minimum stay.
Their “Free Wedding Package” includes a wedding coordinator, wedding cake, corsage and boutonniere, official marriage license, 10 percent off select spa services at Sonesta Maho’s Good Life Spa, a bride corsage and groom boutonniere, room upgrade, and free reception and dinner (with open bar!) at Sonesta Maho. Not bad! Especially if you’re too dewy-eyed — or, um, hasty — to really care about making each wedding detail just-so. And let's be honest, if you're planning a destination wedding you probably just care about the beach and your betrothed.
Room rates start at $275. The offer is valid through 2010.
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Get Married The Martha Stewart Way at Sandals Resorts
If you’re a home décor fanatic, and big fan of Martha Stewart, you’d think you’d want to throw yourself hook, line, and sinker into wedding preparations. But based on this new promotion from Sandals Resorts and Martha Stewart, it looks like there are plenty of nesting types whose passion for napkins and placeholders does not extend to destination weddings. (Hey, we don’t blame them. If we were on a tropical island with a rum punch just a snap of our fingers away, we wouldn’t want to be worrying about coordinating bouquets and boutonnieres either.)
The new Sandals Weddings by Martha Stewart “experiences” take the concept of an all-inclusive resort and a wedding reception package, and runs with it all the way to the crystal-clear shore. From January 1st, brides and grooms will be able to book one of six Sandals Weddings by Martha Stewart themes at 18 different Luxury Included Sandals Resorts and Beaches Resorts across the Caribbean.
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Todd English Skips Out On His Wedding, Heads to W South Beach
Todd English, seen here with hotelier Jason Pomeranc.
Some folks may think celeb chef and soon to be hotelier Todd English is mighty foxy but we're not one of them. We can't really explain why but it's probably because of his eyebrows. Just had to put that out there.
Still, he was named one of People magazine’s 50 Most Beautiful People in 2001 and he's been steadily expanding his restaurant empire. He even worked in a guest judge appearance on this season's Top Chef (Olives at The Bellagio is his restaurant.) But women might be leery of English now that he left his bride-to-be, Erica Wang, at the altar over the weekend.
Was it a case of cold feet (English has two previously failed engagements and a divorce on his relationship resume)? A mutually decided upon moment of clarity for both of the to-be-betrothed? Or call us super cynical, but the thought has crossed our mind that maybe Todd is the mystery man that knocked up a certain Top Chef host, whose managed to keep mum about the sperm donor and due date. Again, just had to put that out there.
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The Ladera Resort Unveils New 'Paradise Pavilion': A Happily Ever After Not Guaranteed
While the Hotel Bel-Air is definitely out as a venue for brides looking to get married before 2011, the Ladera Resort in St. Lucia is in. Coming in December, the hotel will step up their romance factor, allowing couples to say "I do" inside its new Paradise Pavilion. Okay, so the name is kinda hokey, but we’re grooving on the visual, even if we’re not quite ready to walk down the aisle.
Perched 1,100 above the sea, the open-air wedding venue sits along the property’s rainforest ridge. Sounds lush and lovely, right?
It’s crafted in Ladera's signature rainforest style, with terracotta flooring, columns milled and richly polished from tropical greenheart wood, as well as cut stone and tile work crafted by local St. Lucian masons.
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The Hotel Bel-Air 'Truly Regrets' Disappointing Brides-to-Be With Upcoming Renovations
Yesterday we told you about how the Hotel Bel-Air impending renovations have left brides-to-be scrambling for a new place to get married until the renovations are completed, sometime in 2011. Brides who already signed contracts at the Hotel Bel-Air for their wedding days are now being moved to The Beverly Hills Hotel, a sister hotel just a few miles away that's equally posh but has quite a different feeling.
We compared it to stepping inside the pages of Us Weekly magazine where you see celebs left and right. It's the perfect hotel for a visit to Los Angeles (seriously, we see celebs everytime we pop in there) but it doesn't have the seclusion and intimacy of the Hotel Bel-Air.
It seems the hotel knows that and they sent us a statement, reiterating just how hard they are working to accommodate all the ladies in white who dreamed about getting married at the hotel. The hotel's full statement is listed below:
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Hotel Bel-Air's Upcoming Renovations Mess With Bride's Dream Wedding Day
The Save the Dates and the wedding invitations were mailed out. The flights for family members from out of state and out of country were booked. The deposits for the florists and the band were paid. The Vera Wang wedding dress was altered and waiting patiently in the closet. A bride to-be was now simply counting down the days (less than 90) to her very special wedding day at the Hotel Bel-Air, one of the poshest wedding sites in Los Angeles.
That is, until she received a call from her gym trainer. He told her that another one of his clients--a bride also set to get married at the Hotel Bel-Air--was in hysterics because the hotel had announced it would be closing on September 30 for 18-months for a major renovations project.
Our bride friend was in disbelief. The hotel had just taken a new deposit from her less than three weeks before and now they were closing? Without even telling her?
Apparently, yes.
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Honeymooners: Skip Cancún and Check Out Cozumel Instead
When it’s time to cut loose, fun-seekers tend to head to Cabo San Lucas and Cancún, Mexico. But, for couples seeking a peaceful island honeymoon packed with adventure, Cozumel is the civilized solution.
It’s intimate enough to never feel crowded, yet offers visitors everything from nightlife in San Miguel to miles of secluded, white sandy beaches. Setting it apart from its mainland Mexican counterparts, Cozumel boasts photo-op worthy sunsets, privacy and some of the best diving reefs in the world.
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Maison 140's Redecorating Appointment Coming Up
Like all respectable Beverly Hills ladies, the Kor Hotel Group’s Maison 140 knows that she’s got to schedule a touch-up or two to keep up appearances, so she’s booked herself for a little facelift this October. All 43 rooms will undergo a cosmetic redecoration, and we’re told she’ll look rested and refreshed by December.
We got a sneak peek at the new look—and we’re calling a mix between naughty French maid and doting Miami Beach grandmother. That means classic bark-patterned glossy wallpaper with Parisian marble lamps, plasma flatscreens over pink faux marble desks, a mirrored wall reflecting a lushly tufted headboard, and a Louis XIV chair with a mohair throw to keep you warm when there’s a draft.
All that and more was handpicked as usual by Kors in-house designer Kelly Wearstler, and we haven’t even told you about the Chinoiserie-chic Bar Noir downstairs that’s a cross between an absinthe bar and a Boca Raton cocktail party.
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'The Today Show' is Throwing a Wedding at The Plaza
You know how every year The Today Show picks a lucky couple and throws them a wedding? Well, you should — they've been doing it for ten years now. And in '09, on the official tenth anniversary of "Today Throws a Wedding," four couples will go through a series of weekly challenges for a chance to win — you guessed it — a wedding at The Plaza. It's like Bride Wars: The Remix.
The grand Plaza wedding — thrown for the couple wins the whole competition — goes down on July 15th live on show, and the reception will be broadcast from The Plaza’s Grand Ballroom from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. And, that day, the executive chef of the Plaza will also be unveiling "a new signature drink" and will be showcasing selections from the Ballroom’s 100-mile menu.
Sounds like a pretty kickass deal for the lucky couple, except, you know, that America gets to vote on their rings, the dress, the tux, the attendants’ attire, the cake, and where they're going for the honeymoon. And America has been, er, "misguided" before — do we have to remind you of a little American Idol called Taylor Hicks? Oh, right, we do.
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Brides.com Picks the Cheapest and Chicest Honeymoon Hotels
Our pals over at Brides.com have a knack for picking out the loveliest and the smartest hotels for your wedding-related celebrations — from the ceremony to the reception to the afterparty — and this year, with the economy in mind, they've hand-selected a few destinations that get you the most bang (hehehe) for your buck on your honeymoon with the help of travel gurus Mr. and Mrs. Smith.
Some highlights from the Top 10 Cheap-Chic Honeymoons List they put together:
· Jetting to the Rodwell House in South Africa can be worth it — go all the way there and be rewarded with room rates as low as $168.
· Or just keep it simple and stay in the US: the Townhouse Hotel in Miami runs in the $115–$500 range, including continental breakfast. It's cute, boutique-y, and includes the option of doin' your bronzing time on the rooftop or walking the few steps down to the beach. decked rooftop or walk the 50 yards to the beach
· Thinkin' Europe for the honeymoon? If you "crave quiet intimacy in the middle of it yet away from it all at the same time," the Murmuri in Barcelona (shown) may be a good spot for you and your new spouse, with rates starting around $155 (not including breakfast).
Check out the full list here — or, you know, you could always just register with a hotel chain to have your wedding guests pay for a not-so-cheap honeymoon.
[Photo: Mr. and Mrs. Smith via Brides.com]
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