NIKITA RAMCHANDANI

The wedding business grows

The wedding segment in India is lucrative, our visible commitment to the same has been through ‘Shaadi by Marriott’. It is our 360-degree approach on how we treat weddings. Destination weddings is the trend gaining traction. Among our hotels, for beach weddings, W Goa is very popular; for the castlelike theme, we have our newlyopened property JW Marriott Jaipur; and for wedding in the hills, we have JW Marriott Mussoorie Walnut Grove Resort and Spa. Our hotel, Le Méridien Mahabaleshwar Resort & Spa, does well for weddings; even JW Marriott Hotel New Delhi Aerocity, JW Marriott Pune, and JW Marriott Hotel Kolkata get a good number of wedding bookings. JW Marriott Mumbai Juhu and The St. Regis Mumbai are also doing well for weddings. We started Shaadi by Marriott to understand, elevate and customise the wedding experience. Since 2016, we have seen an