Opting for a unique experience, rather than the traditional hometown wedding, many couples are now exchanging vows on the spectacular Greek island of Santorini…
Opting for a unique experience, rather than the traditional hometown wedding, many couples are now exchanging vows on the spectacular Greek island of Santorini at the internationally renowned Heliotopos Hotel. Amalgamating their professional skills as destination management company, wedding planners and hoteliers, Heliotopos, the ultimate pick of picks earned the title the World`s Best in 2002 from The Travel Channels search to find the top ten places to get married in.
The runners up were: Hotel Del Coronado, Coronado, California – Skibo Castle, Dornach, Scotland – Caneel Bay, St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands – Empire State Building, New York City, NY. USA – Elephant Safari Park, Taro, Bali, Indonesia – Old Lahaina Luau, Maui, Hawaii, USA – Little White Wedding Chapel, Las Vegas, USA – La Sala Rossa, Palazzio Vecchio, Florence, Italy, – Grand Lido, Negril, Jamaica
Thanks to the increasing popularity of destination weddings, where couples take their ceremony and guests to an exotic location, the local wedding planner is the essential ingredient. According to Modern Bride Magazine, about 10% of all weddings this year will be destination based and many of these couples will, following a Valentine`s Day engagement, be making plans and looking for a glamorous or unusual location to tie the knot.
Greece is the word…. a wedding on Santorini has it all….No better place to celebrate than the Hotel Heliotopos says the Honeymoon Guide (March/April 2004). Voted the most romantic destination by The Travel Channel and endorsed by Millie Martini Bratten, Editor-in-Chief of Bride`s Magazine, Heliotopos leads the way.
And as Lila Konstantinidis, chief wedding coordinator and director of Heliotopos Hotel confirms it is the perfect place for couples to say `I do`…. they have the wedding of their dreams, Santorini remains the hot spot.
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