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Weddings & Honeymoons ORLANDO, GRANDE LAKES Among the many beneﬁts of hosting your wedding celebration at The Ritz-Carlton Orlando, Grande Lakes: If you book the event by May 31, 2010, and hold the reception by the end of the year, you’ll receive a complimentary two-night stay on your ﬁrst anniversary. The posthoneymoon honeymoon is valid 30 days before or after you reach the one-year-of-wedded-bliss mark. - ST. THOMAS Imagine exchanging vows at sunset — at sea. The Cruise Beginnings package lets brides and grooms do just that aboard The Lady Lynsey, a luxury catamaran that accommodates up to 49 people. After saying your “I dos” on deck, you’ll cruise the Caribbean, followed by dinner on the beach. BACHELOR GULCH Ladies aren’t the only ones who can indulge in prewedding pampering. The Complete Bachelor lets the gentleman luxuriate, too. The package combines an hourlong massage, a 45-minute Mountain Man Facial and a High-Country Scalp Treatment, plus the Bachelors-Only Hand and Foot Grooming. For quality time together, the property also o ers an After Hours Grotto Party. With its stacked-stone walls and pool-size hot tub, the Grotto is the perfect setting for a romantic party for two. Or you can open up the celebration to 20 friends. The rainfall shower at Eau Spa at The Ritz-Carlton, Palm Beach VILLA PADIERNA, MARBELLA The journey to the altar begins with The Bride’s Journey of Beauty. This head-to-toe pampering starts with a soothing salt-and-oil full-body exfoliation and waxing to make you silky smooth, followed by an aromatic body massage, skin-brightening facial and a deluxe manicure with hot stones. In between the pampering, you also get a light lunch. Yum all around. BEIJING For couples who want to hold their ceremony and reception in the same place, The Ritz-Carlton, Beijing, is the only hotel in the city that o ers an on-site wedding chapel. The serene venue is nestled beside a delicate ﬂower garden, providing an opportunity for a champagne toast and photographs after the ceremony. And when it comes time for the reception, couples can choose between the opulent ballroom or a more intimate dinner, perhaps in one of the six private rooms at the hotel’s restaurant Yu. to ensure the bride is both relaxed — and gorgeous — when she walks down the aisle. For brides and grooms who go from wedding to honeymoon at The Ritz-Carlton, Palm Beach, Eau Spa o ers three spacious Couples’ Spa Villas, which provide an intimate experience beyond treatments. The Villas include lavish outdoor gardens, oversized soaking tubs and al fresco rainfall showers. SAN FRANCISCO Eco-conscious couples will love Shopping with the Chef, a wedding package in which brides and grooms join their wedding planner and Executive Sous Chef Kaleo Adams on a visit to area farmers markets to choose locally sourced cuisine for the reception. Other “green” wedding options include the use of organic or local ﬂowers as decor, seeded place cards that can be taken home and planted, and succulent plants in small silver goblets used as centerpieces and then o ered to guests as favors. DALLAS Brides-to-be and their guests can enjoy the Wedding Cake Tea, a champagne and spa social that provides a taste test of sweets, along with a spa mini-experience. After an exclusive sampling of Ritz-Carlton wedding cake styles and ﬂavors, and a preview of reception design options, your party of up to 12 receives wedding-day makeup tips and mini-manicures. Think of it as an early kick-o to planning your big day. CHARLOTTE The newest Ritz-Carlton is also the ﬁrst to receive LEED Gold certiﬁcation. So it’s no wonder that it also o ers brides and grooms the opportunity to host a wedding celebration that has minimal impact on the environment. Its Reduce? Reuse? Recycle? I Do! program provides couples with savvy tips for planning a green wedding, plus a menu that comprises locally grown and organic cuisine, starting with the salad and continuing all the way through the co ee and tea service. PALM BEACH There is no better way to relax before the big day than with the Here Comes the Bride treatment at Eau Spa. This ﬁve-hour indulgence combines a ruby and sapphire massage, a manicure and pedicure, plus hair, makeup and eyelash enhancement W E D D I N G S B Y T H E R I T Z - C A R LT O N

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Ritz-Carlton Weddings - Amelia Island - December 2009
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Flowers
Jewelry
Stationary
Beauty
Bridal Chic
Passage to India
Sweet Finale
Moscow Vows
Traditions, Weddings, Honeymoons
A Little Italy

Ritz-Carlton Weddings - Global - December 2009

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