BR- 6450Addressing Business Problems with Research | Qualitative Research on Destination Weddings | Decision Criteria for youth in choosing destination weddings |

| Devika Mathavan 218454
7/13/2014
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13TABLE OF CONTENT | PAGE NO. | ACKNOWLEDGMENT | 3 | INTRODUCTION TO THE WEDDING WORLD | 4 | * WEDDING | 4 | * DESTINATION WEDDING: A GENERAL OVERVIEW | 4 | YOUNG GENERATION: VOW AND CONFRONT TO DESTINATION WEDDING | 5 | DESTINATION WEDDING STATISTICS, FIGURES & KEY TRENDS UP IN THE DESTINATIONS OF THE WEDDING WORLD | 6 | PERCEPTIONS: DESTINATION OR TRADITONAL LOCAL WEDDING | 11 | THE KEY CHALLENGES INVOLVED IN PLANNING A DESTINATION WEDDING | 13 | SWOT ANALYSIS: WHY DESTINATION WEDDINGS | 13 | TOP DESTINATIONS FOR DESTINATION WEDDINGS | 15 | DESTINATION WEDDING: SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE | 17 | DATA COLLECTIONS: RESPONSE AND OBSERVATION ANALYSIS | 21 | CONCLUSION: YOUNG GENERATION’S PERCEPTION TO DESTINATION WEDDING | 39 | BIBLIOGRAPHY | 40 |

Acknowledgement

I would like to express my sincere gratitude to my professor Thomas Schoenfeldt for the valuable comments; remarks and complete engagement through the learning process of this subject Addressing Business Research with Problems and for narrowing down the topic for this master thesis. Also, I like to thank the participants in my survey and providing me the valuable opportunity to unbiased answers. I would like to thank my loved ones and colleagues, who have supported me throughout the entire process, by helping me putting pieces together. I will be grateful forever for your love and support.
Many thanks to: * Family and friends * QNA Team * Dr. Kaup Mohamed, (Professor at London American City College – Dubai and Ras Al Khaimah) * All participants for their time and interest on the survey.

INTRODUCTION TO THE WEDDING WORLD:
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