Singapore Marriott Tang Plaza Hotel

hey gals! i just got my contract from marriott. any of u got urs? the attachment behind is the old copy! (the one that still reflects the old wishes, oriential charm as a theme instead of the crystal theme etc etc). my fiance sent an email to eileen n she mentioned that its ok, that watever we agreed on still stays but...it feels weird. sigh..why like that...
 


Agreed that it does not seem very professional, I think, basically, things such as wishes can always be changed. It's not a hard and fast thing. By the time ur AD comes, you may want X, Y, Z instead of A, B, C...and they are pretty flexible one. As for themes, themes can also change...so, no diff also. Afterall, all these you will only select a few weeks (or a few days!) to your AD. Perhaps you might want to note down (eg. email) what was discussed and keep a copy of that. My experience with Marriott so far is that they are quite flexible...
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Hi all,

I need a favour for all those bride to be in 2006 or early 2007.

I need about 5 empty bottles of duty paid Martell VSOP. I believe that hotel will return you the empty bottles after the dinner so i guess you will throw away those bottles right?

So can you sell those empty bottles to me at $5 per bottles?

the duty paid one will be the 750ml bottles and not the duty free on which is 1 litre.

so anyone willing to sell the empty bottles, you can sms me at 91936911 or email me at [email protected]

Thanks
 
went for my frns wedding at marriott on friday... hmmm.... small dinner ard 8 tables only... the seating was nice... the food wasnt as great as i hope it wld be .. the sharksfin wasnt nice... was very bland had to add a lot of pepper to taste it.. the only good dish was the pork ribs... the chicken wasnt that great also... was jus so so.. and the dessert was a plus... had yam ball and red bean pancake... initially was considering mariott now i wont. hehe
 
hehs...missycandyprincess,

think that has to do with your frens' menu...maybe your fren chose this particular menu for the small intimate gathering...
 
hey hey CSI! i emailed stephen (lyrical moments). he charging per hour rate...kinda diff to estimate how much i'll be spending in total.

can u PM me on ur pkg with him? what ur pkg consist of etc?
 
hi twinstarz,

yah, generally pple like Stephen, Kuang, Gabriel Mendes charge by the hour. Think the general guidline is 10 hours (6 during the day, 4 for dinner). Even if others (eg. Let There Be Light, Lighted Pixels) quote a lump sum package, it's usually stated "for 10 hrs photography" kinda thing. That's what I noticed when I was "shopping" for PG. Think you can use that as a guide.
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Then there's the different kind of albums for the photos. Price also depends on the kind of albums you want.
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Mine? Mine's a 2-day event....can't really compare leh...
 
CSI Fan ( ^ . ^ )

May this day begins the many sweet & beautiful moments of your marriage tat you and your hb created hand in hand together!

*Congrats, sweetie*
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Enjoy every moments of your wedding & rem to share with us your lovely photos!
 
Hi all,

My AD was just over last Tuesday. Just want to share with everybody on Marriott's service.

I must admit that my dinner started very late, about 8.45 - 9pm as I still have 2 tables of guests (from Indonesia) from my father's side who had yet to arrived, so no choice, we had to wait for them. Most of my guests arrived pretty early. I went down to the reception at 7.40pm and the foyer was already crowded with people. If I didnt have to wait for my father's guests, my dinner could have started by 8.15pm.


Both hubby and myself were very impressed and satified with their serices. Adrie called me in the morning of my AD to check if there was any last minute changes to the event order. I could still see Alicia around during the banquet to make sure things were all in order (I couldnt remember if I saw her during the first or second march in).

Christine was the banquet manager on duty that night. I must say that she was very professional. She kept serving us honey water and butter for my husband and kept reminding my hubby to go slow with the alcohol. Throughout the banquet, she was always within out sight taking care of us and helping me with my gown. At the end of the banquet, she even brought us our food to our suite (she even warmed it up for us) and helped to see my parents down to the lobby (at my request).

In case you ladies are wondering how much to prepare for your alcohol, here is my breakdown:

I had 38 tables. I prepared 5 cartons red wine and 1 carton white. Left 2 cartons of red and 8 bottles of white. I had 80 litres of beer, all used up as I served beer during the cocktail reception. As for hard liquor, I prepared 6 bottles but only used up 2 1/4 bottles. Ya, I also think that I prepared too much alcohol but I was scared that they may not be enough to last through the whole dinner. Just a friendly advise to all who wish to get wine from Marriott. Their wine are not very smooth drinking (They gave me 2 cartons free red wine as I returned them their wedding favours and I also choosen wine from their wedding wishes). No doubt many people say that most people are drinking wine now at wedding dinner, but my friends noticed that most of my guests were drinking beer that night. I even served 7 cans of stout for 1 or 2 of my guests.

The only not so perfect is that they have forgotten about the rose petals in the bridal suite. They were supposed to place rose petals on the bed and in the bath tub. But these were not really important so I just let it be.

So all BTB who have chosen Marriott as your wedding banquet venue, you have really made a right choice. Till now, I'm still thinking about that night and hope that my video will be ready soon. Cant wait to see it.

Have fun with your wedding preparation.
 
Congrats to CSI Fan & shermaine24sg
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shermaine24sg, it's great to hear about your pleasurable wedding @ marriot.

Have a wonderful & blissful marriage
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Hi Shermaine,

Ur worries bef hand are unfound! Keke... Btw, hw's the fd tat nite? Glad that everything turns out beautiful for u. Hope u hv a blissful marriage, Congrats Congrats!!!

Do share w me ur lovely pics k.
 
Hi Cutie_gal,

My relatives and friends all commented that the food was good. There was alot of shark fins in the soup and the chicken was good too.

But ladies, you may like to take note of the vegetarian or muslim menu if you need to cater any. Coz the feedback I got was that the food was not very nice and the serving was slow.
 
My AD was just over on Sunday. (Yap, I'm back at work...haiz. hahaha)

Not sure what time dinner started, but I think it was 815pm (I was a cocktails at 720pm, and I think I went up to change into WG at 750pm). But I do know that we ended late. Coz there were a few surprises by friends etc...so food moved slowly. hehs.

I didn't notice Alicia nor Adrie anywhere during the dinner. But I saw Alicia during cocktails (understand that Alicia was not feeling well...so we were touched that she actually turned up despite being down with flu and fever...)

However, one waiter/waitress (dunno which) toppled softdrinks over my fren. It was probably too much for that person to handle. According to that fren, they offered to launder the dress, but she was ok without it. So in the end, they compensated her with cookies and chocolates.

Wine - We had 38 tables of people. We had 36 bottles of wine (from wedding wishes and after converting free flow of beer to bottles of wine). In the end, we had 3 bottles of wine left. Beer, we had 30L beer in our package (since we gave up free flow), and we didn't finish either.

We had lots of food and cake (our dessert) sent up to our room. Quite nice.
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Guests commented that the food was good, scenting of the ballroom was good too. Made the whole place smell lovely and inviting.

The only thing we're not happy about is their mattress. My mother and several relatives are in the hotel industry. A number of our guests are also hoteliers. They visited our room (to say hi and to "kay poh" also I guess...hahaha). And all noticed the bed. The mattress was too thin. It was not the proper kind of box spring mattress or good mattresses that other 5 star hotels provide. We informed the front office of it, when we checked in. The mattress looked like foam mattress to us, but front office assured us that it's not. The mattress was too soft for us. we requested for them to change it or do something about it. They simply removed the plush foam top of the mattress. Surely, it would now become "less soft"...

Fortunately or unfortunately for us, my mum and relatives felt that it was not acceptable for a 5-star hotel to be providing guests with such a thin mattress. Even if they are in the process of renovating and changing, they shouldn't be short changing the other guests. oh well...a matter of preference.

Banquet-wise, everything with Marriott went great!
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hi babybaby,

I dunno what dish one should avoid, coz food was great for our dinner...
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Generally, everybody loved the food. IMO, the sea perch is a must have. Everyone loved it and were raving about it. And the Love Is Sweet dessert too. The bird's nest broth garnered several votes and praises too.
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The dessert, I guess it depends on your guests. The mango pudding is a great choice, but we wanted out dinner to be something different, something not-your-usual-wedding-dinner kind. So we went for the cakes as dessert. They were absolutely lovely! The cakes stood out as something different too.

Basically, our dishes were:-
(1) suckling pig slices, sushi (Salmon and soft shell crab), jelly fish, vietnamese spring roll - <font color="0000ff">this is pretty normal, maybe the sushi and spring roll is something different</font>
(2) scallop with pine nuts
(3) bird's nest broth with hasma - <font color="0000ff">there's bird's nest in it</font>
(4) sea perch
(5) pork ribs coated with sesame
(6) bai ling zhi mushroom with abalone
(7) chicken steamed with chinese herbs
(8) ee fu noodles
(9) Love Is Sweet - pastry cakes
 
Hi CSI

Thanks!!
But too bad, mine is a weekday dinner and hence, totally different menu
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and heard that it's very costly to change dish.

Wow, yours sound really nice!!
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Hi CSI Fan

Time reali flies... Ur AD was over liao in a flash. All the past few mths anxiety n preparation, discussing over the forum... I couldn't believe it. I hv been following the thread but got prob logging in so didn't quite post. Glad tat everything went well for u, hope mine will be as wonderful as u gals
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Congrats to u, hope my well wishes was nt late
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hey hey CSI Fan! congrats!!! glad ur wedding went well!!! =) share pics when they are available okok??

hihi shermaine!! my wedding's gonna be a weekday too, so its definitely reassuring to hear that ur weekday wedding was so good! =) hee...
 
Twinstarz,

Actually it is very commom to have weekday weddings now. In fact I have over 99% of attendance and surprisingly, I expected half of the guests to have left after the second march - in, but most of them stayed till almost the end of the dinner.

So not to worry so much about having wedding on a weekday. It will turn out to be fine.
 
Hi fooby,

The scenting? I'm not sure how they do it...but they will scent the whole ballroom with the scent you choose (from the list). That adds a whole different feel to the event (eg. romantic scent, relaxing scent).

My theme was a mix between red rhapsody, and crystal. Had a bit of vineyard also...
 
Hey gals,

my wedding was last Wed... so glad it was over finally. I agree with Shermaine for Christine's service on that night. She was the banquet manager and both hubby and myself were impressed with her service. She followed us throughout the dinner, briefed us every step, gave us honey water and butter, and also gave us our portion of food at the end of the day.

For liquor consumption, i got 33 tables, consumed 32 bottles of red wine, 6 hard liquor (FIL's friends were good drinkers) and 2 barrel or beer.

Yes, i agreed that nowadays weekday wedding are pretty common, i got 95% turn up rates.. was shocked as well coz heard from frens that usually the tables will look empty. I think its also coz we invited mostly closer coll and frens thus they will not fly you kite at the last min.

Good luck to those whose wedding which are near. Overall i find Marriott quite a nice place, everyone praised the ambience. However we received feedback that the food is too salty though we pointed this out during food tasting. What to do? Its already over...
 
Hi Jay

Glad to hear that ur wedding was splendid.
Wat theme did u use?

CSI Fan &amp; Jay
Can use ur pics with me, if u dun mind? I wan to take a look at the theme. Thinking hw to go abt combine the various themes tog.
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Thxs in advance. My email is [email protected]

Jus wan check with u gals, hw long is the printing of the invities?
Thxs
 
Hi Ng H L/HappyWife (you still ard?),

Your AD is tmrw! Congrats!
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Smile lots! Rest well and be a pretty bride tmrw!
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(hey, I think I might know ur sister!)
 
hihi..jay &amp; shermaine..

i m interested to know how i can contact Christine, your banquet coordinator.

could u pls PM me her contact number?

i would like to fix an apptment wif her. thanks.=)
 
Hey JJ from what I remember I think Pauline is from operations not Sales.

Think you can contact Charlene, I met up with her. She is quite nice, very helpful and patient though I asked her so many questions.

Seems like Marriott is running some kind of wedding event next week, does anyone have any idea what is it?
 
JJ,

No, I dont have Christine's contact no. Anyway, I dont think we are allowed to choose our banquet manager. Think they have their own roaster to follow, but you can still check with your co-ordinator. I may be wrong lor
 
hi hi

anyone chose the essential oil as your wedding wish? wonder if it is nice and if the smell is too strong. scare ppl will find it too strong. can choose the scent u want?
 
hey babybaby1007,

yap, I chose the essential oil scenting. Yes, you can choose your own scent from a list of Festive Scents. Depends on what you choose, it can be strong or nothing...hahaha. They (the supplier) will advise you...
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Hi Everyone

I had my wedding luncheon at Marriott recently and I didnt find their services that good. Would like to caution everyone to be more careful.

Food - was a disappointment to my guests. But mostly our fault as we were not careful with the menu selections and food tasting was not offered in our package at all. Marriott gave v small portions and the food was not tasty. I like to warn everyone that it is important to secure food tasting with Marriott and be careful with menu selections and instructions.

Wine - My guest noticed that the waiter just keep opening the bottles and pour out wine into many glasses and leave them on the table. But, the glasses were not served at all since v few of my guests drank wine for lunch. In the end, we have to pay for all the opened bottles.

Suite - As mentioned by the brides here, no romantic deco at all. Worst, there was renovation and a lot of noises going on till late evening and we couldnt rest after the luncheon at all = (

Service -The waitresses were not experienced and toppled a few glasses of drinks during reception. We are not aware if there are any other incidents that happened during luncheon.

Food was NOT warmed and sent up to our suite. We have to call and complain and the Marriott Staff said its not their practice to send the leftovers to the couple = (
 
Hihi,

I was thinking of signing up with them (weekend package) on their wedding workshop promotion last sat. However, I am still considering.

Can advise what are the additional things I can bargain for?? waiver of wine cokage? or free flow of beer or 2 nights stay?

thks
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hey HappyWife,

How are you?
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Oh dear...seems like Marriott's standard of service varies between luncheon and dinner banquets. That really shouldn't be the way. Did you manage to get some form of compensation?

Perhaps for all BTB out there..whether u eventually choose Marriott or not...it's better to keep a "tight rein" on things with the banquet venue. The waiters etc spilling things, we can't really control. But at least we can control the food and wine. Better to spell things out clearly (what you want them to do etc...).
 
Hi CSI

Sorry I didnt reply to your msg earlier. Yes, my sister attended your wedding : ).

She shared with me that your wedding and food quality etc were very well-organised and good. But in my case, the food quality and portions were v indeed very different.

What to do? The wedding is over already. And I would agree that all BTB must keep a tight rein, give specific instructions to the hotel, no matter which one we chose.

So where did you go for honeymoon? I went to Mauritius : )
 
Hi All

Glad to see that there are some positive things abt Marriott

My AD is in early Feb, but to date, my dear coordinator, Alicia, has not updated me abt what to do.

We have to call her to ask abt the invitation cards, wedding favours and etc......

She din even bother to call us...Not sure whether that is the standard or not. We have a super hard time looking for her........

Have called her about the food tasting, and she told us we can do it 2 weeks before the AD. But when we called to make appts, we were told that the restuarant is fully booked. She din even bother to explain to us what has happen.

Now we are left in the lurch, and no one in Marriott is bothering to assist us.

Seriously, i kinda regret the decision to held at Marriott as I am very disappointed with them.

If anyone is considering Marriott, pls think twice.
 


My AD is on 25 June next year, and the coordinator is Alicia. My friend had very good experience with Marriott thats why he recommended me to them.

I saw the threads, and was wondering what is this wishes that you are talking about. I don't remember seeing any of them. A newbie myself, can you shed some light wat it is and what else I need to look out for?

Err... didnt have v. good experience with Alicia either but hopefully she improves. :p
 

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