WedTalks Forum, a new global B2B platform by Platinum World Grroup (PWG), is set to make its debut on 19 September 2026 alongside Colombo Fashion Week. The new IP brings together the destination wedding, events, fashion, hospitality and tourism industries on a single platform.
The inaugural edition will be hosted at Cinnamon Life at City of Dreams Colombo and will bring together wedding and event planners, hoteliers, destination representatives, policymakers, fashion designers and other stakeholders from the luxury wedding and hospitality ecosystem.
The launch will also be supported by the WedTalks Forum FAM Trip, taking place from 18–24 September 2026. The curated delegation will include wedding industry leaders from India and the UAE, giving them an opportunity to experience Sri Lanka as a destination for weddings, celebrations, luxury events and incentive travel.
The FAM Trip is being 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 aims to bring two closely connected industries—fashion and weddings—closer together. While bridal fashion, jewellery, beauty and luxury have always played an important role in weddings, the two industries have largely operated through separate platforms.
The new forum aims to create a meeting point for Wedding & Event Planners, Hotels & Resorts, Tourism Boards, Policymakers, Fashion Designers, Luxury Brands and Destination Stakeholders.
Rather than functioning as a traditional wedding conference, WedTalks Forum is positioned as a destination and business platform combining conversations, fashion, hospitality, destination promotion and B2B opportunities.
Industry Voices
Sushill Waddhwa, Founder & CMD, Platinum World Grroup said, “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 said, “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 said, “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 in generating future wedding and event business for their destinations.
From Colombo to the World
The Colombo edition is planned as the beginning of WedTalks Forum’s international journey. The IP is expected to travel to other cities hosting Fashion Weeks, Bridal Fashion Weeks, Couture Weeks and luxury fashion platforms.
Potential future destinations include Dubai, Mumbai, London, Paris, Milan, New York, Los Angeles, Singapore and Bangkok, among others. Each edition will bring together the local destination and hospitality ecosystem with an international community of wedding and event planners.
While the format will retain the core WedTalks philosophy, each edition will be adapted to the character and opportunities of its host destination.
The long-term vision is to build a global platform where fashion, weddings, hospitality, planners and destinations come together to create new business opportunities and strengthen destination-led experiences.
