Wedding Shows @ Grand Corpthorne Waterfront & Mandarin Oriental

Just thought I'll summarise the 2 wedding shows we've attended in September this year. One of which was my dream hotel, Mandarin Oriental (MO) and the other is my current choice Grand Corpthorne Waterfront (GCW).

For GCW, here's why I like the place..

• Ballrooms which fits my table requirement - Riverfront Ballroom - for 17-20 tables or Galleria Ballroom - for 10-16 tables
• Nice outdoor venue for solemnisation - Pavilion by the Singapore River
• Pricing quite reasonable

Downside of GCW..

• Location not so convenient 
• No fixed wedding themes - hotel is using dated decorations 
• The smaller ballrooms seems to have a rather short march-in, hopefully can arrange to have the stage shifted to another side where I can have a longer march-in

For MO, their atrium suite is rectangular shape and this enables me to have a longer march-in. However their rates is one of the highest among the hotels I'm shortlisting. Their perks also not as good as the other hotels. Therefore I gotta say bye bye to them.

Below are some pictures I've taken for reference. There are a few more hotels which I'm considering besides GCW and hopefully they will be having wedding shows next year. The shortlisted ones are: Holiday Inn Orchard City Centre, Novotel, Crowne Plaza Hotel & Mandarin Orchard Hotel.

Grand Corpthorne Waterfront Hotel

Waterfront Ballroom

Paradiso Room for Solemnisation

Galleria Ballroom

Reception Area for Galleria Ballroom

 Mandarin Oriental

Dream Wedding Theme

Reception Area for Atrium Suite

The Atrium Suites Ballroom

Dazzling Wedding Theme

Sweetheart Wedding Theme

The Garden Suite

Wedding Show @ Sheraton Towers

Just attended wedding show by Sheraton Towers last Friday. Location is pretty good, walking distance from Newton MRT. We degcided to go there first after work before having our dinner. Thought of going Newton for dinner after that. To our surprise, they actually have buffet dinner for the couples at the show. So we decided this is also a good chance to try out their food from the famous Li Bai Restaurant.

The main ballroom there is L shaped, which I find the size a bit weird. I prefer rectangular shaped ballroom.
Anyway their min. table requirement is at 20 tables if I'm not wrong. For their smaller room, it's 12 tables (12 pax per table). We took a small peek at the smaller room and felt that it's very cramped. Price wise is not exactly very cheap. It's more expensive than Grand Copthorne Waterfront. (My current no. 1 choice for now). 

Initially we're also thinking of having a lunch reception as it's much cheaper. But zhai nan told me he's aiming for dinner reception..I also want a dinner reception as there's more time for everything..we might have our solemnisation on the same day so dinner would be better..oh well we still have time to look around for more options and I think the next wave of wedding shows would be in Feb/Mar next year..hopefully by then we can fix on the wedding banquet venue. 

Various Wedding Themes

Buffet Dinner

A very hungry and curious zhai nan checking out the desserts.  ;P

Wedding Favours

Wedding Invitation Cards