PICC: Forever starts here

MANILA, Philippines - You have set your heart on a wedding venue, but where do you hold your reception? Once you take into consideration the number of guests you have invited, picking a place for the reception will be a breezy decision.

The Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) is one popular option. Whether traditional or ultra-modern, pricey or practical, the historic edifice can embrace your wedding reception theme to your heart’s content.

Start your memorable reception by sashaying into the main lobby in your fabulous wedding gown or traipsing in your dapper suit under 3,000 droplight chandeliers hanging on elegant cylindrical bars, with classic artworks by the country’s legendary artists as backdrop. What venue can be more regal, classy and more sophisticated than that?

However, if intimacy is your preference during the reception, the PICC’s Summit Halls have operable walls to adjust to the number of close friends and relatives to toast your forevermores. Pendant drop lamps add to the warm ambience while a view of the famous Manila Bay sunset gives you a glimpse of your happily ever after.

For a reception of a grander scale, the Reception Hall is a big possibility. It has an endless red carpet for everyone to have photo-ops and pose-offs and huge grape-like chandeliers that give the venue the elegant ambience needed for the grandest events.

There is also a stage and dressing rooms for special performances on the big day, while the hall can accommodate 2,500 guests for a sit-down dinner or as many as 5,000 for a cocktail reception.

An enchanting time can also be experienced at The Courtyard, which can be a fantastic venue for fairytale-like garden weddings. The al fresco facility is a beautifully landscaped garden with ponds and a towering sculpture made by National Artist Arturo Luz.