mahesh shirodkar

managing director, tamarind global

I have stopped making predictions; there is too much uncertainty. We are currently only engaging with HNI clients and vendors. Everything will be ruled by government mandates. There are weddings in November and December, but the window of finalisation is going to be crunched. What could happen also is that wedding ceremonies might take place in India but couples may look at short-haul destinations in Southeast Asia and Middle East for post-wedding events. Flexibility in contracts and shortage of time in terms of confirmation of contracts from hotels is going to be the order of the day. Hotels might gain by doing virtual tours for each client. They must also look at having a loyalty programme for wedding planners to incentivise them.