The 10th annual Saudi wedding exhibition entitled “Our Weddings and Brides 2010” will open here Feb. 28 under the patronage of Princess Dr. Moudy Bint Mansour Bin Abdul Aziz. In the three-day exhibition, 150 Saudi and international companies will display the latest fashions in wedding dresses, gold jewelry, flower arrangements, antiques, gifts, sweets, and wedding invitations, according to Iman Adel Abdulshakour, the executive president of the company organizing the exhibition. The exhibition will also feature the participation of a number of charity organizations, academics, wedding experts, and designers from the Kingdom and abroad who will provide educational lectures and advice on the economics of marriage, the wedding customs and traditions of the Kingdom, and bridal health both before and after marriage, Abdulshakour said. “The exhibition is being held partly for advertisement and marketing and partly for charity and for providing advice and assistance in wedding planning,” she added. “Visitors of different ages will come to have a look at the wedding related gifts, flowers, and chocolates,” she said, adding that “besides these products, we will also arrange lectures, presented free of charge, by specialists in the field to make the couple, and especially the bride, aware of the preparations that should be made before the wedding party”. She also pointed out that local charities will be included in order to highlight their activities and services in various fields, in coordination with the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry. According to Abdulshakour, people are often confused about how to plan a wedding and where to get everything that they need. “This exhibition will gather together in one place everything required for the wedding party from the decorations to the small gifts given to the wedding guests,” she explained. The exhibition will provide a mix between the traditional wedding customs of the Kingdom and the latest international wedding fashions, she added. “The wedding sector plays an important economic role in the Kingdom with many international companies eager to enter the market because of the enormous importance that Saudis place upon wedding parties,” Abdulshakour said.
