This year’s BOWS Blissful Outdoor Wedding Show (BOWS) 2010 was held at the newly refurbished Dhoby Ghaut Green above Dhoby Ghaut MRT station. Easily accessible to the city crowd, this specially erected air-conditioned tentage was the housing venue for the 38 wedding merchants including wedding planners, bridal designers and much more. Over 2,000 couples thronged the 3-day event scouting for fabulous wedding packages and deals that may not be available on usual days.

Held from the 26th to the 28th of February 2010, the event raked in about $1.8 million in sales with the exciting variety of wedding packages on offer. Packages from hotels like Novotel Singapore, Orchard Hotel, Amara Hotel, Crowne Plaza, M Hotel, Grand Mercure Roxy, Holiday Inn and the Intercontinental drew in the crowd. Wedding-related items that included romantic lingerie and intricately designed wedding cakes were also hot items at the show and were snapped up or ordered right there and then. Bridal de Couture, Kooshi, La Belle, My Dream Wedding, Nirwana Resort, Pine Garden Cakes, Tung Lok Millenium, Sentosa Golf Club, One Eye Click and Thomson Wedding were also some of the featured merchants at the show.

Attracting the new generation of media-savvy mid-income range couples, most of the couples we talked to told us they got to know BOWS 2010 through our online advertisements and websites. Kudos to the power of the internet, and be sure to check out ows.com.sg for more of our informative articles and outdoor wedding promotions that are always value for your money!

Can’t get enough of the thrilling wedding deals from BOWS2010? Here’s some good news, the next BOWS2010 event will be held during October/November 2010! Look out for the confirmed date and venue for BOWS2010 at a later date here at ows.com.sg or on the official BOWS website, bows.sg

See you again at the next Blissful Outdoor Wedding Show 2010 later this year!

That’s right, Blissful Outdoor Weddings Show (BOWS2010) is back for its 5th consecutive year. This year, it will be conveniently situated in the heart of the city — at Dhoby Ghaut Green, adjacent to Dhoby Ghaut MRT.

 Look out for exclusive BOWS-only promotions from our participating merchants!

 HSBC card holders can also look forward to special Vera Wang goodies when you present your card at the BOWS booth plus enjoy special offers!

 Hurry! RSVP before 23 February 2010 at bows.sg for your exclusive goodie bag and for a chance to win cash rebates worth SGD$500 each and Grand Lucky Draw prizes worth SGD$15,000!

If you’ve always wanted that sprawling beachfront wedding, or that elegant outdoor soiree in a lush garden setting, your wishes are one step closer to being realised!

The Outdoor Wedding Specialist is giving away $1000 vouchers to FIVE lucky couples.
If you are planning to have your wedding in 2010, this is a contest you CAN’T afford to miss!

Hurry, contest ends 31 December 2009!*

How to Participate:

1. Blog about your dream wedding. Add in photos or sketches, be creative!

2. Name the title of your blog entry “My ows.com.sg Dream Wedding!” and add a hyperlink back to ows.com.sg

3. Leave the URL of your individual blog entry in the comments section below, so we can find your blog entry.

It’s as simple as 1-2-3. So what are you waiting for?
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*Tune in for the results in January 2010.

Myth: Outdoor weddings are expensive.
Eleanor says: That depends on the scale of the wedding. Couples already knew how much it will cost them to have a wedding banquet at a hotel ballroom. So for an outdoor wedding, the cost will depend on how grand they want it, or it can be scaled down to fit their budgets.

Myth: Outdoor weddings are troublesome.
Eleanor says: Outdoor weddings are achieved from “nothing” to “something”, by setting up the wedding
tent, laying tables and chairs, setting up the stage and stage and sound system, setting up the buffet lines, and finally, floral decoration are added as a finishing touch. When we organise a wedding, the logistics people, caterer and florist will coordinate our efforts smoothly so that the bride and groom will have nothing to worry about. Our job is to make them feel at ease, from the initial stages of preparation all the way till their actual wedding day.

Myth: It’s too hot in Singapore to have an outdoor wedding. Or what if it rains?
Eleanor says: In hot weather, we’ll always have cooler fans, or you can opt for an air-conditioned tent. As for rain, which is one of our couples’ foremost worries, we have carpet flooring and transparent rain curtains to resolve this issue.

Myth: Outdoor weddings can only be held in remote, inaccessible locations.
Eleanor says: Depending on the outdoor venue they choose, we can always arrange for a shuttle bus service for guests.

For more ideas on outdoor weddings and how Outdoor Wedding Specialist can make your dream wedding come true, call 6482 8266.