Choosing your wedding venue

Choosing Your Wedding Venue with Confetti

With nearly ½ million unique users a month Confetti.co.uk is the number one way to reach the UK's wedding market.

Confetti is the perfect place to promote civil wedding and reception venues, allowing advertisers to be seen by the largest audience of brides and grooms in the UK. In an online survey of 1,000 brides over 80% said Confetti was their single source of inspiration for choosing their venue.

Confetti's targeted audience has attracted a host of new venue advertisers. Corus have just agreed a contract to advertise 22 of their hotels in Confetti's venue channel and venues which have renewed their packages with Confetti in 2005 include Institute of Directors London, Marriott Breadsall Priory Derbyshire, Fennes Estate and Parklands Quendon Hall Essex.

300,000 Weddings are held each year in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland and cost a UK average of £15,000, with the reception accounting for the largest expense. Confetti has early acquisition of brides and grooms-to-be before they have named the date and at the exact time they will be searching for their dream venue. Confetti also attracts a male audience which is important as choosing the venue is a joint decision! With 48% of Confetti couples choosing to marry in a civil venue, the site is an invaluable source of information.

Confetti takes the hassle out of finding the ideal venue by allowing brides and grooms to view detailed information about the venues on the Confetti site. Couples can search by location or type of venue and can see up to 5 images of the venue, a sample menu and a facilities key. So by the time the happy couple contact the venue direct they are already well-informed about what it has to offer, meaning as many as 60% of Confetti couples can limit their physical visits to between 2 to 5 different venues.

Confetti's overseas venues include Caesars Palace Las Vegas, Chateau Marouatte France, Beachcomber Hotels, Sandals and Beaches, Cyplon and Thomas Cook. With the number of UK residents holding their weddings abroad growing rapidly to approximately 30,000 a year, Confetti is able to cater for this market with both the Confetti Venues Channel and Travel Channel.

Opportunities on the website also include purchasing space in a promotional page where they can show their late availability for weddings. All ads can include direct links to the advertisers own website, email link and any other contact details so they can really measure the return on their investment.
Other packages available to venues advertising on the site are a link in the confetti email newsletter that is sent to 140,000 registered users, competition pages and confetti store events.

As the respected authority in the bridal market, Confetti's website is a highly trusted and relevant site for the entire wedding party, from bride to best man and guests, to plan every aspect of the perfect wedding.

www.confetti.co.uk
For further information, please contact: Confetti Public Relations
Tel: 020 7291 7685

Note to editors:
Confetti.co.uk was launched in February 1999. The site brings together information, advice, planning tools and purchasing opportunities (available on and offline through its range of catalogues) and makes the researching and organising of weddings and special occasions easier and all the more fun for its customers. The site offers personalised opportunities for each user, be they the bride, groom, best man, bridesmaid, family, guest or anyone who is planning a special occasion. There are 12 specialist channels - weddings, celebrations, gift lists, shopping, fashion, venues, travel, health & beauty, men, my Confetti, café and supplier directory. Products also available through the Confetti stores: Flagship store in Tottenham Court Road, London, The Light, Leeds and Temple Street, Birmingham plus 2 new Confetti catalogues: The Confetti Catalogue and Stationery. Also produces 5 out of the top 10 wedding books in the UK.