Stately homes 'perfect venues' for Asian weddings

Brides and grooms in the UK are increasing choosing stately homes as venues for Asian weddings.

Knowsley Hall in Liverpool has seen its profits go up by as much as ten per cent, boosted by the Asian weddings.

These weddings are big business for venues since they typically have around five times the number of guests than the average British nuptial, the Liverpool Daily Post reports.

The stately home has hosted four Indian weddings in the past three months with as many as 550 guests each.

Raj Somaiya at Payal Prestige told the newspaper: "Asian couples don't just invite family and friends – they invite whole communities so a wedding becomes a get-together of almost everyone they have ever known."

He said this was the reason why Asian weddings were moving more towards stately homes because of the space offered.

James Hervy-Bathurst, president of the home, said: "It is particularly welcome that more and more Asian families see historic houses as the right place for a wedding, because of their romance, tradition, hospitality and spirit of continuity. That is the way their owners see them too."

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