The Roraima Group of Companies-staged annual Wedding Expo and what the company anticipates will be a high turnout at the 10th staging of the event next weekend provides an “ideal opportunity” for small businesses whose goods and services are in demand in the wedding sector to “establish their credentials and win a share of the market,” Roraima’s Chief Executive Officer Gerry Gouveia has told the Stabroek Business.
With a week left before the staging of the event Gouveia says that the company’s team assigned to the planning and execution of the event has indicated that there are still some display and vending spaces left at the Roraima Duke Lodge, the customary location for the event.
“What we have decided is that it would be good for small businesses offering goods and services linked to the wedding sector to take up those spaces. The Wedding Expo is the only event of its kind held locally that focuses on a specific sector. What we have found is that whereas in earlier years the event attracted high numbers of people simply wanting to have a good time and while that remains the case our own ongoing evaluation tells us that greater numbers of people are showing up at the Wedding Expo looking for services for family weddings. These days, a significant percentage of the visitors to Wedding Expo who stop at a stall do so because they are genuinely after a particular service. The event has really come to symbolize the captive market,” Gouveia said.
