{"id":6773,"date":"2023-03-10T13:56:45","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T09:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tourism.gov.sc:443\/?p=6773"},"modified":"2023-03-10T13:56:46","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T09:56:46","slug":"seychelles-strengthens-position-as-ideal-wedding-destination-at-11th-exotic-wedding-planning-conference-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tourism.gov.sc\/?p=6773","title":{"rendered":"Seychelles strengthens position as ideal wedding destination at 11th Exotic Wedding Planning Conference 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Tourism Seychelles team in the Middle East participated in the 11th Exotic Wedding Planning Conference (EWPC), the world&#8217;s largest wedding planning conference, in Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates, from 1st to 3rd March 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Seychelles\u2019 participation aimed to increase the destination\u2019s visibility as a travel and desired wedding destination in Dubai and all over the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Countries.<br>The three-day event focused on bringing together top-class wedding planners, hospitality vendors, tourism boards, travel experts, and other wedding suppliers from all around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first two days of the event were designed to create an open marketplace to cultivate collaborations, featuring a stellar lineup of speakers, engaging panel discussions and dazzling entertainment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The highlight of the last day was the APEX Awards, which spotlighted remarkable talent, commendable initiatives, and the hard work done in the destination wedding industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Commenting on the fruitful three days, Mr Ahmed Fathallah, Tourism Seychelles\u2019 representative for the Middle East, said, &#8220;it is a great opportunity to participate in EWPC, to further promote and increase the visibility of Seychelles as an ideal wedding destination.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As one of the event&#8217;s objectives is to build and reconnect for potential business or collaborations, Mr Ahmed had the opportunity to engage with people from different sectors and interact with multiple attendees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr Ahmed added, &#8220;We are proud to show the attendees that Seychelles is truly a paradise that embodies beauty and luxury on earth.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Tourism Seychelles team in the Middle East participated in the 11th Exotic Wedding Planning Conference (EWPC), the world&#8217;s largest wedding planning conference, in Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates, from 1st to 3rd March 2023. Seychelles\u2019 participation aimed to increase the destination\u2019s visibility as a travel and desired wedding destination in Dubai and all [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6774,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tourism.gov.sc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tourism.gov.sc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tourism.gov.sc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tourism.gov.sc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tourism.gov.sc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6773"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tourism.gov.sc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6775,"href":"https:\/\/tourism.gov.sc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6773\/revisions\/6775"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tourism.gov.sc\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tourism.gov.sc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tourism.gov.sc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tourism.gov.sc\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}