Hotel Jen Tanglin, Singapore by Shangri-La

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soupie,

WOW! Your dishes sounds very delicious! (drooling...)If I'm not wrong, your is the highest end package. 2004 packages has only got 8 dishes and most of your dishes is similar to those in 2004's highest end package.
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How much was your package?

so the one u recommend(andy)is not ur AD photographer(yew kuang)? yew kuang isn't available on my date.
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nope, this chris is under another company...shouldn't be the same unless he work for 2 companies or he changed his co. name...

How much is your videography service from mirage?
 


hi pink lady,

i don't have the price list with me now, if you don't mind waiting, i can check it out and let you know after i get home. If not, you can email or call them to ask for the package to be emailed to you.
Thomson's email address: [email protected]
Tel(Direct line): 6831 4315
If can't get him, can try Soo Ting or Rupert. Rupert is a very young chap who is very nice and friendly. He had very good customer service.
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Direct line: 6831 4316

i booked my 2005 dinner using their 2004 package price. So i don't see why you cannot use 2005 to book for 2006 dinner...
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Here is the price list for 2005:

Mon-Thurs: $598+++
Fri-Sun: $658+++
Mon-Sun: $778+++ (difference is in the type of dishes)

min. 15 tables max 19 tables(Temasek room)
min. 20 tables max 30 tables(Gallery room)

Prices are for 10 pax/table of 8 course.
Hope this is helpful
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Hi everyone, I am considering Traders Hotel.
Saw that there are pillars in the ballroom from the hotel pics on their website. Hmm...wonder if the guests' views will be blocked.
Unlike other hotels, they do not have anything on their website, nothing about wedding packages. Anyone willing to share?
 
Hello...
Brides who dealt with Thomson from Traders...
How was he? We visited Traders for the 1st time yesterday, and Thomson didn't seem too interested in entertaining us. He was quite aloof. After a while, he had a colleague speak with us while he entertained another couple. This other guy, Ivan, was very helpful. We won't mind working with him, but I have doubts with Thomson. How???

Another concern...
The Temasek Rooms. Brides who are using Temasek, what are your opinions?? We anticipate 18 tables, so The Gallery is out. But if we can stretch our guest list to fill 20 tables, we may be able to use The Gallery. Comments??? Thank you!
 
Hi Faerie,

I will not recommend Trader Hotel.

The pillars WILL block views.. My cousin just had her wedding dinner in trader hotel. It is really badly layout. Around 24 tables, only the front 4 tables are able to see wats going on stage.. the rest of the tables are not able to see anything at all...

Besides that, services there are not so good and they are not so friendly...
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L.S., one word of advice.. dun try to stretch ur guest list just becos u wanna use the gallery. i find that the temasek room is very cosy and just nice for 15/16 tables
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cha bo, it's true that the gallery room has 2 huge pillars. from wat we have seen, it does cause some blockage. at first i was having quite a big headache over the pillars but after attending my frens wedding in a pillarless ballroom, conclusion is even tho there wasn't any blockage, but end up also only those sitting in the centre can see the stage directly.. those not sitting near the centre.. can't really view wat's on stage either.

the only disadvantage for me is that i can't show my video express highlights on stage.. i'll be showing it during reception. but the ballroom is really cosy and elegant enuff for us so we took it. moreover there are not many hotels that focus on 20-25 tables.

as for the service i gotta highlight to my coordinator abt this cos i'm having my wedding there next week!
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L.S., thomson was better than the previous coordinator rosalind who was very rigid with the perks. he's okie.. but not too warm or frenly. he does keep his distance. so far he's quite efficient in wat we have requested, which was again better than rosalind who never come back to us when we had queries.

having said this, the food is wat attracted us to traders. and it was yummy during our food tasting. hope it'll be the same next week
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hi, just had my wedding at traders gallery room. I must comment that their ballroom is really cosy. The pillars do block some of the guests if you have more than 22 tables. So if your guests are not that many, its a nice place to consider. Not to worry to much about the pillar as on tat day otself, they will decorate the pillars nicely. I chose the place as the food is really nice and it turned out well on my wedding day. all my guests commented it was excelent.

I actually signedup with rosalind but she quitted halfway and took over by Thomson. Soupie is right to say that she is very rigid over perks...Thomson is much more friendly and is easier going. However, when it comes to the actual day, it was the banquet manager who runs the whole show instead of him...guess he is only doing the sales part...anyway, i must say that the banquet manager did an excellent job!! He is efficient and direct to the point.

The only disadvantage is tat not all your guests will be able to see your montage or video unless you have your function in the smaller ballroom which can only accomodate 15-16 tables...They do not have projector so you have to bring your own.

The suite is romantic and cosy, try to bargain for 2 nights if you can...I wasnt able to have 2 nights cos rosaline was too rigid....sigh....what a waste, hope i could stayed there longer...
 
Hi L.S.,

agree with you that Thomson is not as friendly...I haven't meet with rosalind so can't compare her service with his. But other cordinators are quite good
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Like Rupert (extreme friendly, helpful and patient, maybe cos he is rather new so more enthusatic) and Soo Ting (the manager).
Don't be too upset by Thomson's attitude. Like bertbert said, it's the banquet manager that's more impt on the actual day.
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But do go all the way out to bargain for perks with Thomson. He may seems quite unhappy when you make your request but most of the time he usually get back to you with good news! :D

I will be taking the Temasek room but can't comment much until my wedding day. I've seen the deco with the tables setup...find it nice and cosy for small banquet loh
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I guess most of us who took up traders are mostly going for the quality of the food which received many positive comments
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Hi Soupie, how's the prep coming along? Few more days to go...excited?
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Hi,

Just to check with you folks. Is it true that new package for the year of 2005 now comes in table of 10pax instead of 12?

thanks..
 
Thanks Limmy,

I have just paid Thomson a visit on last sat. I loved the rose pen for the guest. Generally, I felt Thomson is ok, quite friendly and straight forward. Should be a nice guy to work with.
 
hi gals, i'm back!!! hehehe just had my wedding last thurs..
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our banquet at traders went wonderfully... the food was great esp. the sharks fin (full of sharksfin), food portion is big. the guests all had good comments abt the food. but the fish meat is still tough even tho we requested for 2 smaller garoupa instead of 1 big one. service was okie i guess (not heard any complaints)... they have experienced staff to settle everything.. banquet manager is steady at coordination and explain things to us satisfactorily .. they kept our food in warmer and serve it to us in our room.

overall, we had a wonderful time and had alot of happy memories to bring back with us
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Hi Rosewood,

No problem!
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Welcome back soupie! Glad to hear that everything went well for you! :D Hope they can maintain their standard for upcoming weddings...
How many tables did you had? Manage to break even?
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Good to hear that!
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So going for honeymoon soon?

You mentioned before you took Mirage's videography. Do they have any website?
 
Harlow, I read some of your comments here and it seems that Trader's Hotel is quite good for the food, just that the pillars are an issue? Anyone has a picture??
For myself, Im considering TH. If I have more than 25 tables..will Gallery still be nice? Can anyone comment on the march in aisle? Straight? or L-shaped...

Thanks!
 
Thomson is great. He has been very helpful. He does follow up very well too. He is also very friendly. Two thumbs up for him!
 
Hi Soupie/Limy

I'm very sad n disappointed. Today I went to Traders hotel to meet up wif Thomson to finalise the theme etc..

Guess what? The hotel is undergoin renovation at the main lobby..wat we have is a miserable reception corner wif the noise and smell..Goodness my wedding is on feb 20 and it's only 3 weeks away!!!

Very unhappy that the hotel did not inform us in advance cos the reno notification (according to them) started in dec ... Thomson could have advised us earlier when he received the notice of renovation..at least we could haf postpone to another day..now my invitation cards are given..

Very disappointed at the way Traders handles this..To them, it's just another wedding. But to us, it's once in a lifetime..

I asked thomson the response of other couples whose wedding is affected by the reno and he said that the couples so far were okay with this..I don't believe his words..how can anyone be happy with the reno in progress.. According to thomson, the main lobby will be ready by feb 4 but the cafe is not goin to be completed by April which means that the ground floor is still gonna be blocked up. Just imagine everything is just messed up!!!

Ladies, hubby n me gonna meet the director next Monday..Wish me luck..I want an apology from the hotel. It's either postpone my wedding date or cancel the booking... I simply cannot lower my standard and accept such level of service and the condition the hotel is in.
 
hi jeank, sorry to hear this... actually we're informed like 2 days before the wedding abt the reno.. we didn't go down at all after the foodtasting.. everything was communicated thru the fone with thomson.. and he only mentioned abt the reno like 2 days before the wedding...

now i realise that i've never mentioned it in the forum cos i've totally forgotten abt it. we're too bz with preps during that time to bother abt it... but other than the main lobby... the banquet won't be affected by the reno

where will ur wedding be held? the gallery or temasek room? i had it in the gallery... and everything looks the same. no renovation sounds could be heard cos there wasn't any done in the evening. the 2nd floor where the gallery and temasek room are look the same ie. not affected by the reno.

well... i was too excited and bz that day to notice abt the reno... i did stop for a while before our wedding and ask my hubby why they only informed us last min.. but everything went well that day and their service was good so we totally forgotten abt it. and we didn't hear any complaints from our guests or any negative feedbacks. nobody noticed the reno. even while we were spending 2 nites in the suite which we had on the 18th floor.. we hardly heard anything during the daytime as well. we're enjoying the suite too much to care..

i really forgotten abt the reno until u mentioned it again.. i feel kinda bad that i didn't mentioned it here seeing u so upset abt it. hope that u can resolve this amicably and have a wonderful wedding
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just remember, it's ur wedding day... celebration of ur union together.. dun let such things disrupt or make u unhappy. of cos it's not really professional of them not to inform in advance.. maybe u could get them to give u some form of compensation or more perks.
 
Hi Jeank,
Sorry to see your message so late. How can they be so irresponsible of not informing the affected couples in advance? Is it cos they afraid couples will want to cancel booking if informed earlier. I personally like the lobby area a lot. Pretty grand for a small hotel like them. As it is one of the main feature that attracted me and FH to traders, I would be disappointed and upset like you if it was compromised. How big was the area being covered up? Was it very dusty and smelly? What are they renovating? Will the lobby be very different from what it used to be?

How did the meeting with director go? So you going to cancel or postpone your booking? Like soupie said, if you decide to stick to traders, you should ask for more perks or compensation.
Do keep us updated ok?

Hope you can resolve this asap and everything will still go on as planned. Best of luck!
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Hi Limy/Soupie

I decided to continue my wedding on feb 20. But I'm very disappointed with how the hotel handles this situation. They do not have any sincerity at all. When we meet up, we do not feel that the hotel is truly sincere and apologetic abt this. And they kept asking us to trust them..but we simply don't..cos in the first place, the very basic courtesy of informing us in advance was not even in their agenda..until that day we happened to drop by the hotel..

Well...at this point, the hotel is not even sure whether the main lobby will be ready or not..so I can only trust God for our miracle..

In fact, I'm not really as excited as I used to be becos of this incident.
 
Hi Soupie,

Thanks, I got it!!
U look fabulous. May I noe which BS you engaged?
What is the march-in path like?? L-Shaped?
Cos I remember when my FH & I went down last mth to check out the venue, it looks kinda weird, there no red-carpet.
 
barleybabe, thanks... my BS was jazreel collections
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the march in is actually straight.. u've seen the gallery room before? it's just straight from the door to the stage. it's quite short.. so must walk slowly.. hehehe

yeah.. there's no red carpet. my hubby and me thot that it looked better without the red carpet.. cos the room's carpet is quite diff from other hotels'.. not cheena at all kekeke.
 
Soupie,
You are welcome.
Opps, I tot is L-shape.Hahaha, no red-carpet to "direct" me that why.
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, must walk very very slowly.
My FH asked me if I want the red-carpet, he said we can get our own if I want
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Better drop the idea.
 
Hi Jeank,

Thanks for the wedding pics. You looked gorgeous!
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The weather looked perfect for photo taking.

How did your banquet at traders went? Did they finish the renovation at the main lobby during your dinner on 20 Feb?
 
Hi Jeank,

Your pics are simply beautiful!. I thought the style look Chris Ling. I saw your posting above and know that you got him for AD at $600. How did you ever get him at such a low rate??? With all those perks too???
I must say I wasn't impressed by the pics on his website either, but your pics change my opinion on him. I am probably set on Kelvin bcos of the BS I'm going to - I thought Kelvin's pics look better than Chris'. Which BS did you choose?
 
This is embarrassing. I automatically assumed that your Chris is Chris Ling without further reading. Sorry for the mistake.
 
Hi Rain,

My bridal shop is milan..the photos i have posted is done by their inhouse lady photographer kym.

My actual day photographer is another guy, Chris..hee

Cheers!!!
 
Thanks Jeank,

Your pictures look beautiful nonetheless. My sister was also a Milan bride and pics were also taken by Kym. Kym is getting better than ever I must say.
 
Hi Jeank,

yr photo goods look I can say..but.. itis expensive for this package..
me trying to take more information so that I can see which one is better...u know choosing a bridal shop is very headache.rite...
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Hi,

the max no. of tables for Traders is 26 tables (12 pax per table).

do let me know if u need other info, im an ex-traders bride
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Hi gals, i'm lookin ard for AD venues. Any comments abt Traders Hotel? Got pics of the ballroom...is it pillarless??
 


hi Gintonic,

Trader htl got 2 ballrooms, the bigger ballroom(the gallery) has pillar, the other smaller ballroom is pillarless.(I'm ex trader's bride)
 
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