Wedding industry needs regulations, cash component must reduce: WedMeGood founderWedMeGood Founder Mehak Shahani emphasized the need for wedding industry regulations, particularly reducing the cash component. She highlig...
21 Jan, 2025, 04.47 PM IST
Weddings get glitz back as budgets surge; haven't hit the ceiling yet, say industry playersWeddings in India have become more extravagant, with budgets seeing a significant increase from previous years. Metropolitan cities have dr...
26 Dec, 2024, 03.37 PM IST
Renting wedding clothes can save brides, grooms a huge amount; Others are monetising their designer wear via rentingHigh prices of designer clothes put them beyond the reach of most people, but rental marketplaces offer occasion wear at a fraction of the ...
16 Dec, 2024, 06.30 AM IST
Big fat Indian wedding: Couples splurge for band, baaja, baaraat, with average budgets reaching Rs 36.5 lakhIndians are spending big on weddings with average budget of Rs 36.5 lakh and Rs 51 lakh for destination weddings. Costs have increased due ...
30 Nov, 2024, 06.16 PM IST
WedMeGood partners with Agora to reinvent the wedding experience in the new normalWedMeGood features over 85,000 vendors and had to pivot to an online model to ensure business continuity and customer satisfaction when bri...
18 Aug, 2021, 07.15 PM IST
A royal celebration: Tired of postponing weddings, more Indians pick dates in winterDestination weddings see 62% uptick in demand this year.
25 Jun, 2021, 05.22 PM IST
Less is more: Couples prefer small weddings with close friends & family members during pandemicA survey in April found that although the search for a life partner has moved online with ease, virtual weddings haven’t met the same fate.
22 May, 2021, 04.36 PM IST
With most Indians uncertain about getting married, will coronavirus kill the match made in heaven?The novel coronavirus has forced Indians to re-plan or cancel their weddings.
27 Mar, 2020, 12.04 PM IST
Wedding industry in crisis as most weddings cancelled, some rescheduledApril-May weddings are already affected, with several states including Delhi, Rajasthan and Kerala banning public gatherings of over 20-50,...
25 Mar, 2020, 11.37 AM IST
Truffle makers, keto counters & gin bars: Super-rich spare no expense on food options during big, fat Indian weddingsThe great Indian wedding spread remains well and truly insulated despite economic slowdown.
21 Sep, 2019, 11.38 AM IST
We remain focused on building the pipeline of visitors from India: Singapore Tourism Board regional directorFor the fourth time in a row, Visitors Arrival (VA) from India to Singapore had crossed the 1 million mark
19 Sep, 2019, 05.25 PM IST
Gold-dusted pedas & laddoos that cost the moonSuper-luxury mithais priced upwards of Rs 20,000/kg - the new food fashion for HNIs, star items at weddings.
20 Apr, 2019, 06.51 PM IST
Weddings that made news in 2016In 2016, it was not just the celebrity weddings that became the talk of the town; there were many others that caught attention.
22 Dec, 2016, 11.26 AM IST
Cashless India walks down the online aisle at weddingsAs cash runs dry in wallets, startups are rising to the occasion. Wedding arrangements in cashless India are turning out to be a purely onl...
24 Nov, 2016, 11.10 AM IST
Uber brings UberWEDDINGS to 12 Indian citiesThe promo codes can also be customised with host's name or their wedding hashtag which will be printed by Uber and made available within th...
21 Nov, 2016, 05.58 PM IST
- AppilyEver knots in seed round
Integrated wedding services app AppilyEver has raised a seed round of Rs 2.7 crores ($400,000) from a group of angel investors, led by foun...
24 Feb, 2016, 08.20 PM IST
IAN invests Rs 2.7 crore in wedding execution portal WedmegoodThe Indian Angel Network (IAN) has led a round of Rs 2.7 crore in Gurgaon-based Wedmegood.com, a wedding portal that helps prospective coup...
16 Sep, 2015, 05.10 PM IST