WeddingWire India honors Top Indian Wedding Professionals with 2022 Couples’ Choice Awards; Delhi amongst all Metros bagged the highest number of awards (152)

New Delhi, 01st Feburary 2022: Weddings have been one of the sectors hardest hit by the pandemic and both professionals and couples have risen to the occasion. They have worked harder than ever to be able to continue celebrating love safely. While the world is still dealing and recovering from the unprecedented pandemic, WeddingWire India, the Indian subsidiary of The Knot Worldwide and a leading online marketplace for couples and wedding professionals, has launched its first edition of the Couples' Choice Awards. These awards celebrate and acknowledge the efforts of vendor partners in enabling couples to experience their weddings and celebrate with loved ones safely. The Knot Worldwide has launched the Wedding Awards in multiple countries including India. 

With the Couples’ Choice Awards, WeddingWire India aims to recognize excellence in the services offered by vendor partners and become a seal of guarantee for couples in India. Rated by 8 million+ couples on their experience, these awards are a true testament to the unwavering commitment of these professionals and speak volumes of the trust couples and families place in these vendor partners. More than 65,000 registered vendors were rated by the couples on the WedTech platform in different categories, also taking into consideration the quality and professionalism of the service they offer. Based solely on the ratings of couples’, the top 5 categories that bagged the highest number of awards in the respective categories are- Photography & Video (252),  Health & Beauty (226), Wedding planners (111), Venues (83) & Entertainment (42). 

"This year, for the first time, we are awarding these prizes simultaneously in 13 of the 16 countries where The Knot Worldwide is present. It is a moment of great recognition and prestige for Indian wedding professionals as they join their counterparts from countries like France, Italy, Mexico, Brazi, the UK, and the USA among others, and be identified as some of the best wedding professionals in the world," says Jose Melo, recently appointed VP Sales EMEA of The Knot Worldwide group, of which WeddingWire is part of in India. 

Anam Zubair, Associate Director of Marketing at WeddingWire India, said, “Weddings are a huge celebration in India. While it is a special day for couples and their families, we often fail to recognize the stars behind the scenes who are making dream weddings and experiences come alive. With these awards, we want to bring to the forefront the faces of those committed and unwavering professionals who even in the midst of a pandemic ensured that couples and their living families had a great and safe experience.”

The Couples' Choice Awards honors professionals from the following 15 categories:  Bridal Accessories, Catering, Entertainment, Flowers and Decoration, Guests, Health and Beauty, Jewellery, Photography and video, Transportation, Venues, Wedding cards, Wedding planners, and more.

About WeddingWire India

WeddingWire India, launched in mid-2017, is one of the fastest-growing and trusted wedding technology platforms in India connecting engaged couples with local wedding professionals. The virtual marketplace gives couples in India access to any and every wedding service provider and online planning tool they can think of. It is the one-stop destination for all wedding planning requirements with a robust vendor directory covering over 60,000 vendors across categories such as venues, photography, hair, and makeup, catering, music, etc. From vendor management, checklist, website creation, budget allocation, guest list creation, community ideas, and inspiration, millions of couples search, compare and connect with required wedding services from WeddingWire India’s vast directory of vendors. It is dedicated to building innovative tools and resources and is present across apps, websites, and mobile web as the online marketplace of venues and wedding professionals that simplify and inspire the wedding planning process that is unique to its customers. WeddingWire India helps clients plan their dream weddings across 28 states and 8 union territories.

Weddingwire.in is the Indian subsidiary of The Knot Worldwide, the world’s largest global wedding technology platform with over four decades of expertise in the wedding industry which is present in 15 countries and has been helping people in celebrating their life’s biggest milestones.

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