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Zoya & Ishaan — Spectacle Above the Desert
Zoya & Ishaan

Location

Dubai, UAE

Venue

Atlantis The Royal & a desert resort

Guests

480 guests

Investment

₹5.1 Cr

Duration

3 days · February 2025

The Couple

An NRI couple splitting their lives between London and Dubai, Zoya and Ishaan wanted scale, gloss and surprise — a wedding that felt as modern and global as they are, with guests arriving from three continents.

Zoya & Ishaan celebration
Zoya & Ishaan celebration
The Challenge

Delivering genuine spectacle without tipping into excess, while coordinating a guest list scattered across London, Mumbai, Lagos and Toronto, each segment expecting a different register of hospitality.

The Design Concept

We built two contrasting worlds. A sleek monochrome reception high above the city — black marble, mirror and a thousand points of light — and, the following night, a desert dreamscape of carpets, low fires and lanterns under the open sky. A synchronised 300-drone show wrote the couple's names across the desert dark.

Zoya & Ishaan celebration
Zoya & Ishaan celebration
The Outcome

A 300-drone aerial finale, a surprise headline performance kept secret until the moment it began, and a guest-experience operation that met every arriving flight personally. Guests described the contrast of glass-tower glamour and desert silence as 'two honeymoons before the honeymoon.'

Defining Moments

  • 01300-drone synchronised aerial show
  • 02City-tower & desert dual concept
  • 03Per-flight personal guest welcomes
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