WedTalks Forum, a new global B2B platform by Platinum World Grroup (PWG), is set to make its global debut on September 19, 2026, alongside Colombo Fashion Week, bringing together the destination wedding, events, fashion, hospitality and tourism sectors.
The inaugural edition will take place at Cinnamon Life at City of Dreams Colombo, bringing together wedding and event planners, hoteliers, destination representatives, policymakers, fashion designers and other stakeholders from the luxury wedding and hospitality ecosystem.
The launch is supported by the WedTalks Forum FAM Trip, taking place from September 18–24. The curated delegation brings together wedding industry leaders from India and the UAE to experience Sri Lanka as a destination for weddings, celebrations, luxury events and incentive travel.
The FAM trip is supported by Aitken Spence Travels for travel logistics, with hospitality partners including Cinnamon Life at City of Dreams, Shangri-La Colombo, Shangri-La Hambantota, Weligama Bay Marriott Resort & Spa and Sheraton Kosgoda Turtle Beach Resort.
Bringing Fashion And Weddings Together WedTalks Forum is built around the intersection of fashion and weddings, two sectors that have long shared strong links through bridal fashion, jewellery, beauty and luxury but have largely operated through separate industry platforms.
The new forum aims to create a common meeting point for wedding and event planners, hotels and resorts, tourism boards, policymakers, fashion designers, luxury brands and destination stakeholders.
Rather than functioning as a conventional wedding conference, the platform combines industry conversations, fashion, hospitality, destination promotion and B2B opportunities, with a focus on generating business for destinations and industry stakeholders.
Sushill Waddhwa, Founder & CMD, Platinum World Grroup, says, “WedTalks is conceived as a first-of-its-kind global IP around a very simple observation: weddings and fashion influence each other enormously, yet there has been no truly global platform of this kind, bringing these two worlds together with the business of destinations and hospitality. Colombo Fashion Week, with its 23-year history of shaping and elevating Sri Lanka’s fashion industry, gives us the perfect stage to change that. Our objective is not to create another conference, but to create an IP that can travel to the world’s great fashion and luxury destinations and generate meaningful business for planners, hotels and destinations.”
Ajai Vir Singh, Founder, Colombo Fashion Week, says, “Colombo is the perfect city to begin this journey. Sri Lanka has the beauty, hospitality, culture and infrastructure to position itself strongly in the international destination wedding and luxury events market. Bringing the wedding industry into the Colombo Fashion Week ecosystem creates a powerful new dimension and opens up exciting opportunities for the fashion and wedding industries to engage with each other in a meaningful way.”
Kamal Munasinghe, SVP – Colombo Hotels, Cinnamon Hotels & Resorts and General Manager, Cinnamon Life at City of Dreams, says, “Cinnamon Life at City of Dreams Colombo is delighted to host the inaugural WedTalks Forum at a time when Colombo is emerging as an exciting destination for luxury experiences, events, weddings and celebrations. The combination of fashion, weddings, hospitality and destination tourism creates a compelling platform, and we believe Cinnamon Life provides the ideal environment for this new international initiative. We look forward to welcoming planners and industry leaders from India and the UAE and showcasing what Colombo can offer to the global wedding and events community.”
The WedTalks model is designed to be destination-led, with tourism boards, hotels and hospitality groups participating as partners to generate future wedding and event business for their respective destinations.
From Colombo To The World The Colombo edition marks the beginning of WedTalks Forum’s planned international expansion. The platform is expected to travel to cities hosting Fashion Weeks, Bridal Fashion Weeks, Couture Weeks and other luxury fashion platforms.
Potential future destinations include Dubai, Mumbai, London, Paris, Milan, New York, Los Angeles, Singapore and Bangkok, among others.
Each edition is expected to bring together the local destination and hospitality ecosystem with an international network of wedding and event planners. While the core WedTalks philosophy will remain consistent, the format will be adapted to reflect the character, opportunities and business potential of each host destination.
The long-term vision is to establish a global platform connecting fashion, weddings, hospitality, planners and destinations, while creating new business opportunities and strengthening destination-led luxury experiences.
With its Colombo debut, WedTalks Forum is positioning itself at the intersection of two closely connected industries, using fashion as a platform to expand conversations around destination weddings, luxury hospitality and international event business.
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