Before the professional photographs from Chris Woon and Mike are released, please bear with un-pro some shots that were taken on the actual day :)















Our experience being a couple with Intercontinental didn't turn out as great as we'd hoped. Basically there was a screw up by the Intercontinental Hotel Singapore, in that we were not given our executive suite when we checked-in in the morning. The reason: some Thai politicians are stranded in the hotel and decided to extend their stay without notice, due to the unstable situation in Thailand. Well, not our problem.

We were quite unhappy about the shophouse suite that was offered as an alternative. Basically it was a clear breach of contract for not offering what was paid for. And what's worse, the corridor leading from the suite to the ballroom is under severe maintenance. Read this: wet paint on the walls.

Shockingly, and ironically, there was nothing the hotel can do.

So... we were offered some terms of compensation. Our wedding coordinator, Stephanie Chua, suggested some terms which we considered and settled for. Alas, the terms suggested by Intercon couldn't even be fulfilled themselves!!! One term was a free upgrade from a normal room to a suite in Intercontinental Bali, where we will be staying for a couple of nights during our honeymoon. The second term was a complimentary stay in the executive suite that we should've been check-ed into, of 1 year validity. Alas, Bali Intercon was fully booked, and we were told that Intercontinental Hotel Singapore will be undergoing some renovations, which will only limit the complimentary stay voucher to end of 2010.

Since it was so, we decided to change the terms to complimentary stay for executive suite until end of 2010 (which was the best they can do), and complimentary stay for shophouse suite until mid 2011 (so that we can return for our anniversary). Alas, the management still thinks that we were overdemanding. True, we were transferred back to the executive suite late afternoon after the event, but our photographer has already left and we missed alot of good photography opportunities and the whole experience of having to walk through the corridor under maintenance really painted a hideous picture in our minds every time we recall our experience during the banquet.

To be honest, the hotel really really managed our case very poorly. For a start, it was extremely miserly of them to be unable to offer us better deals, when we were gracious enough to drop their breach of contract in the first place. In the end, we decided not to pursue the matter further as it was really getting ugly and draggy. Just had to keep our graciousness and dignity in place, rather than to keep begging for better compensation, however justified we feel it is.

We did fall in love with the ballroom and the banquet and events ran rather smoothly, but sorry to say this: if a hotel can screw up big time on your wedding day, do think twice before signing your contract for your wedding with Intercontinental Hotel Singapore.