The three-day event is displaying the complete range of wedding related products and services. Exhibits at the show include wedding decoration items, fashion and jewellery wear including bridal wear, health and beauty items, and wedding stationery.
Services covering catering, wedding venues, wedding entertainment including traditional dance troops, sound and light services, car and limousine rental, and photography and video, besides travel agencies, home furnishings and appliances, and banking services, are also being showcased at the event.
Zahoor Siddique, Vice President at Al Harithy Company for Exhibitions (ACE) said "This year's exhibition will bring a wide range of products and services ranging from the latest jewelry designs to fashion, beauty, photography, wedding designers, bridal accessories, flowers, invitation cards, kitchen appliances, furniture and a lot more."
More than 170 exhibitors are displaying a wide range of perfumes, ouds, cosmetics, jewellery, gifts and accessories, health and beauty products, cards and stationery, and related materials and services.
As the demand of weddings on the rise, Siddique noted that Saudi Arabia celebrates more than one million weddings every year and the dynamic wedding industry is estimated at an exceptional $2.5bn.
He added also that the market for skincare is worth $2bn and the Kingdom's female citizens spend more on cosmetics and hair per capita than any other women in the world.
The highlight of the show will be a national Turkish pavilion comprising of 33 companies supported by the Undersecretriate for Foreign Trade of Turkey.
Participating alongside are companies China, Malaysia, Jordan, Lebanon and UAE and a large number of Saudi companies dealing in a range of products catering to this booming industry.
There will be special features in the form of live demonstrations from beauticians, fashion and haute couture houses and fitness centers, he said, adding that it will be an enriching experience for both exhibitors and visitors in a market that has the highest spend on weddings.
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