Shas­tri Boodan

Cen­tral Trinidad’s largest wed­ding con­ven­tion drew hun­dreds of at­ten­dees last Sat­ur­day.

The Ul­ti­mate Wed­ding and Event Con­ven­tion 2025, a free-to-at­tend event, was held at the Den­nis P Ramd­han Com­plex in Cou­va. Cou­ples be­gan ar­riv­ing as ear­ly as 8 am to ex­plore the lat­est of­fer­ings in the wed­ding in­dus­try.

Event or­gan­is­er Denise Ramd­han said the wed­ding in­dus­try has evolved sig­nif­i­cant­ly in the past three years, with more cou­ples opt­ing for venues that of­fer am­ple park­ing and com­pre­hen­sive ser­vices.

Tra­di­tion­al­ly, in south and cen­tral Trinidad, wed­ding re­cep­tions were of­ten held at the home of the bridal par­ty. How­ev­er, there is now a grow­ing pref­er­ence for all-in­clu­sive venues that elim­i­nate con­cerns about park­ing and noise pol­lu­tion.

“Peo­ple want a dif­fer­ent am­bi­ence,” Ramd­han ex­plained. “They al­so want cre­ativ­i­ty in their venue choic­es and, most im­por­tant­ly, less stress.”