Weddings marry business with pleasure

Travel operators, event managers, flower suppliers tap into the booming trend of spectacular nuptials

Marriages may be made in heaven, but it is equally important that the wedding, the first step toward a marriage, should be held at memorable locales like overseas resorts or picturesque coastal cities of China - that is the consensus among well-heeled young couples taking the marital plunge, which has spawned a whole new industry of sorts.

And even older, married couples, who have witnessed the People's Republic of China evolve over the last 70 years, are lunging for a slice of fun.