WeddingSutra Influencer Awards 2021 Venues Edition – Winners Revealed
India’s leading wedding media brand, WeddingSutra announced the winners of the WeddingSutra Influencer Awards 2021 – Venues Edition that was hosted at JW Marriott Mumbai Sahar on 21st December 2021. The last year has been a rollercoaster for the wedding industry in India but with sheer determination and a dash of creativity, it has bounced back! This year, we are incredibly excited to honor the nominees and winners who with innovation, quick adaptation, and perseverance blazed a trail ahead in the last year.
“The Venues Edition of the WeddingSutra Influencer Awards 2021 honored the continuous effort, resourcefulness, and creativity that hospitality brands, be it big or small, showed which, in turn, influenced the way Indian weddings & celebrations are planned. Visibility and recognition are key for growth in the wedding industry and through this platform, we want to showcase the creative minds who’ve worked tirelessly behind these sought-after venues,” says Parthip Thyagarajan, Co-founder and CEO, WeddingSutra.com.
Here are the winners for the WeddingSutra Influencer Awards 2021 – Venues Edition:
Best Destination Wedding Venue in India – Hotels (South)
| – Grand Hyatt Kochi Bolgatty |
Best Destination Wedding Venue in India – Hotels (East)
| – Mayfair Tea Resort, Siliguri |
Best Destination Wedding Venue in India – Hotels (West)
| – ITC Grand Goa | – Taj Exotica Resort and Spa, Goa |
Best Destination Wedding Venue in India – Hotels (North)
| Platinum | Gold | Silver |
| – Fairmont Jaipur – The Oberoi Sukhvilas Spa Resort, New Chandigarh – The Leela Palace Udaipur |
– JW Marriott Mussoorie Walnut Grove Resort & Spa – ITC Grand Bharat, Gurugram |
– DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Agra – The Westin Pushkar Resort & Spa |
Best Wedding Venue in India – Hotels
| Platinum | Gold | Silver |
| – The Taj Mahal Palace, Mumbai – Rambagh Palace, Jaipur |
– JW Marriott Mumbai Sahar | – Crowne Plaza Greater Noida – ITC Kohenur, Hyderabad – JW Marriott Kolkata |
Best Wedding Venue in India – Standalone Venues/Banquets
| Platinum | Gold | |
| – Suryagarh, Jaisalmer | – Amaara Farms Delhi – Della Resorts, Lonavala – Noor Mahal Karnal – The Tamarind Tree, Bengaluru |
Best Indian Wedding Venue (Outside India)
| Platinum | Gold | Silver |
| – InterContinental Fujairah Resort – Palazzo Versace Dubai |
– Marsa Malaz Kempinski, The Pearl – Doha | – Amari Galle Sri Lanka |
Trendsetting Food Design – Hotels/Venues
| Platinum | Gold | Silver |
| – ITC Grand Chola, Chennai | – ITC Maratha, Mumbai – Taj Aravali Resort & Spa, Udaipur |
– Conrad Bengaluru – Courtyard by Marriott Agra |
Trendsetting Bar Menu Design – Hotels/Venues
| Platinum | Gold | |
| – Taj Aravali Resort & Spa, Udaipur | – Conrad Bengaluru – ITC Gardenia, Bengaluru |
Trendsetting Cake Design – Hotels/Venues
| Platinum | Gold | |
| – Fairmont Jaipur | – ITC Windsor, Bengaluru – Taj Aravali Resort & Spa, Udaipur |
Editors’ Choice Award
Best Destination Wedding Venue for Intimate Weddings
| – Taj Bekal Resort & Spa, Kerala |
Editors’ Choice Award
Best New Destination Wedding Venue
| – The Leela Palace Jaipur |
Editors’ Choice Award
Best New Wedding Venue
| – Courtyard by Marriott Nashik |
Editors’ Choice Award
Best Venue for Wedding Proposals and Pre-Wedding Shoots
| – Waterstones Hotel Mumbai |
Editors’ Choice Award
Best Venue for Pre/Post Wedding Celebrations
| – Tropical Retreat Luxury Resort & Spa, Igatpuri – The Forest Club Resort, Karjat |
The WeddingSutra Influencer Awards 2021 – Venues Edition was attended by the creme de la creme of the Wedding industry, Mumbai Society, Social & Luxury Influencers, and Top Hoteliers.
Present at the elegant celebration on the Lawns of JW Marriott Mumbai Sahar were Madhoo, Music Director Anu Malik and his daughter Ada Malik, actresses Tanishaa Mukerji, Chahat Khanna, Malvi Malhotra, Malvika Raaj, Aarti Surendranath, Laila and Sundari Khan, Singer Shweta Shetty, Shreyas Puranik, Aishwarya Bhandari Puranik, Designer Nachiket Barve, Yash Dongre – Head of Business at House of Anita Dongre, Business Scion and Entrepreneur Samarth Bajaj. Hotelier/ Entrepreneur Jimmy Mistry, Restauranteur Hitesh Keswani, Luxury Wedding Planners Mohammed Morani and Aditya Motwane, Content Producer Nisha Aggarwal, Ace Makeup Artist Kajol R Paswann, and well-known Bollywood Stylist Eesha Amin.
Parthip Thyagarajan with Kunal Chauhan, Nikita Gonsalves, and Yash Dongre
Ada Malik, Anu Malik, Aarti Gupta Surendranath and Malvika Raaj
Samarth Bajaj, Praveer Avdhoot of ITC Grand Maratha and Nisha Aggarwal
Parthip Thyagarajan with Sundri Khan, Laila Khan and Nachiket Barve
Bhavnesh Sawhney of FB Celebrations, Tanishaa Mukerji awarding the Tamarind Tree Bengaluru
Shreyas Puranik, Aishwarya Bhandari Puranik & Parthip Thyagarajan
Jimmy Mistry, Natalia Mistry and Parthip Thyagarajan
Abhimanyu Lodha of The Oberoi Sukhvilas Spa Resort, Parthip Thyagarajan, Nakul Hada of Suryagarh Jaisalmer
Parthip Thyagarajan, Indu Khatri of Fairmont Jaipur and Aditya Motwane
Venue Partner: JW Marriott Mumbai Sahar
Event Production: Popular Decorators
Furniture: Rentastic
Event Design: The Finale Eventz
Event Management: Mokshiva Entertainment
Hospitality and Guest Management: HNL DESK by Ketan Patil
Emcee: Varun Kapoor
Mixology Partner: The Wedding Bartenders
Beauty Partner: Christine Valmy International Academy of Beauty
Photography Partners: Movie’ing Moments, Studio RDP, The Storyteller by Natasha Samant