A quick peek into Raffles Hotel...

Just rushed back from a slightly longer lunch 'hour' to give you this report..Met up with Michelle (Catering Sales Mgr) for a quick 15min view (of the ballrooms la..what are you thinking? =) tsk tsk tsk)..anyway back to the report..there are currently 2 ballrooms that are available for our usage in Raffles Hotel, namely the Casuarina Suites (A & B) and East India Rooms..

Casuarina Suites A & B have a capacity of a maximum of 6 and 12 tables respectively. This suite is situated on the 3rd floor of the hotel, facing Seah Street..There is a separate bar counter for this suite and looks pretty standard for any ballroom..There was no setting/arrangement done for the room when i was there so it is pretty bare..Peggy and I will return to the hotel when there's an actual wedding there to see the different layouts...

Enough said, here are the pics for Casuarina Suite B:

Signage indicating the room

Bar counter for the Suite

View of Ballroom upon opening the main door

View of back of Ballroom on the right of the main door

View of back of Ballroom on the left of the main door

Moving on the East India Rooms, it is situated on the other wing of the hotel, so if we pick this room, you guys will have to alight at the hotel lobby, to save yourself some walking...haha..

As I turned the corner to head to the corridor outside the room, this is what greeted me...pretty garden don't you think...would be great for an intimate solemnization especially with the fountain in the background...according to Michelle, the whole garden will be cordoned off for only the invited guests of the wedding couple (US!) for the event with a red carpet going through the centre of the garden...i think a white carpet would be nicer... =P

As for the ballroom itself, i didn't manage to take pictures of the interior as there was a function held when i was there..I did, however, take a pic of the lighting of the room when someone stepped out...looks very cosy to me...cant wait to have a proper look at this place..

Well that's as much as I could get within such a short time span..will definitely post clearer pics of the ballrooms as well as that of the other hotels shortlisted...

Till then,

Mike...

Hotels, Hotels and More Hotels....

Naturally the next step after deciding the date of the ROM would be to find and select a location to hold the ceremony.

Prior to the decision of the date, Peggy and I had already gone through a few rounds of discussion on how the ceremony should be and would be held. After emailing and getting the packages from the different hotels, we have narrowed down to the following four hotels...

Try to squint and see the hotels we have shortlisted so far..We're definitely going to make this as memorable and grand an occasion not only for us but only you people, the invited guests of this special occasion..Hint hint.. =P

Well planning for our wedding has kind of taken over a majority of our time..Be it conversing over the phone or on msn, even whilst chilling over coffee, we are definitely giving our all in making sure we are one step ahead..

Will be going over the shortlisted packages with my parents over this weekend and hopefully we will be able to visit the hotels as well to get a feel of the individual ballrooms and their seating arrangements..Will definitely post up more pics once it's available...in the meantime, it's back to more discussion over hotels, hotels and more hotels..

Till the next post,

Mike & Peggy