Weddings in full swing
despite financial turmoil

Arab News

“Last year, there was not much work because of two factors: the pandemic and the Aug. 4 blast,” Tarek Ladiki Barbor, owner of luxury wedding planning company Oui Concept, told Arab News, referring to the explosion that destroyed much of the Port of Beirut, leaving 218 dead, 7,500 injured and 300,000 homeless.

Last year, he had 49 weddings planned and scheduled, but only 10 of them went ahead because of the aforementioned factors. This year, however, his company has organized 66 weddings so far, a more than six-fold increase since last year. FULL STORY