Maria & Tom's Wedding at Sri Panwa: A Cliffside Celebration in Phuket
95 guests, three days, one cliffside resort: a sunset ceremony on the Baba Nest rooftop, a white-glam reception under the stars and a private boat party through Phang Nga Bay, planned and produced end to end by our Phuket wedding team.
The Wedding at a Glance
| Clients | Maria & Tom, based in the UK |
|---|---|
| Event type | Three-day destination wedding, welcome dinner, wedding day and a private Phang Nga Bay boat party |
| Date | 12 January 2025 |
| Venue | Sri Panwa, Cape Panwa, Phuket, ceremony at Baba Nest |
| Guests | 95, travelling from the UK, Russia, Singapore, Hong Kong and the USA |
| Scope | Full wedding planning and production, venue coordination, white-glam decor and florals, ceremony and reception production, live band and DJ, guest logistics and on-the-day coordination |
The Challenge for Maria & Tom
Maria and Tom planned their wedding from their home in the UK, a seven-hour time difference, no chance to pop in for a venue visit, and 95 guests flying in from the UK, Russia, Singapore, Hong Kong and the US who all needed to be looked after from the moment they landed. They wanted a celebration that felt like them: elegant, relaxed, nothing formulaic, and they wanted it at Baba Nest, the most famous rooftop in Phuket.
Baba Nest is also one of the most demanding event spaces on the island. It is an intimate rooftop deck wrapped in 360-degree views, spectacular for vows, unforgiving for production. Every floral arrangement, every cable, every speaker has to be carried in through a working five-star resort without disturbing a single guest, the footprint leaves no room for error, and sound has to be managed carefully out of respect for the pool villas below. Fitting a 95-person, white-glam production into that footprint, invisibly, was the puzzle our team loves most.
Photos from Maria & Tom's Wedding
What We Delivered for Maria & Tom
- Wedding planning and design, full concept and styling direction around a white-glam theme: mood boards, floor plans and a detailed planning timeline, all managed with the couple over video calls across time zones
- Ceremony at Baba Nest, a sunset ceremony on Phuket's most famous rooftop, with a white floral arch framing the Andaman Sea, elegant aisle styling and discreet sound so every word of the vows carried
- White-glam reception, a private poolside lawn celebration with long banquet tables dressed in white, candlelight and soft pin-spotting, full sound and lighting production
- Entertainment across the weekend, a live band through dinner and a DJ to take the party into the night
- A three-day guest experience, airport transfers, villa accommodation at Sri Panwa and nearby villas, a welcome dinner to open the celebrations, and a private boat party cruise through the limestone islands of Phang Nga Bay to close them
- On-the-day coordination, our coordinators Nina and Shawn running setup, show-calling and guest flow from first look to last dance, so the couple never saw a single problem
Venue Facts: Sri Panwa
Sri Panwa is a luxury pool-villa resort on the tip of Cape Panwa, at the south-eastern corner of Phuket, home to Baba Nest, the rooftop bar famous across Phuket for its 360-degree sunset views over the Andaman Sea. For weddings it pairs that rooftop ceremony setting with private pool villas for guests who want to stay inside the celebration, and it sits within easy reach of the piers for Phang Nga Bay.
From experience: Baba Nest rewards light, low-profile production, the view is the decor. January gives you Phuket's driest, gentlest weather, and sunset at Cape Panwa in January falls just after 18:30, which sets the entire run of show.
Three Days at Sri Panwa
Day 1: Welcome dinner. Guests arrived from the UK, Russia, Singapore, Hong Kong and the US to a relaxed welcome dinner at the resort, the first chance for two families and friends from across the world to become one group.
Day 2: The wedding.
| Time | What happened |
|---|---|
| 15:00 | Bridal preparations and photography in the pool villa |
| 16:45 | Guests gather at Baba Nest for welcome drinks |
| 17:15 | A tropical shower rolls in off the Andaman. The call is made: hold the ceremony |
| 17:15 to 18:00 | Glasses topped up, extra canapés circling, the band playing upbeat sets, the wait becomes part of the party |
| 18:00 | The sky clears and Maria walks the aisle, vows above the sea as the light turns gold |
| 18:45 | Cocktail hour on the rooftop at sunset |
| 19:30 | White-glam reception dinner on the poolside lawn, speeches between courses |
| 21:00 | First dance, live band party set |
| 22:00 | DJ takes over, dancing into the night |
The forty-five minutes that made the wedding. When the rain arrived minutes before the ceremony, nobody panicked, least of all the guests. Nina and Shawn held the timeline, the drinks flowed, the canapés kept coming and the music lifted, and when the clouds parted, Maria and Tom said their vows in the softest golden light of the whole day. Guests didn't witness a delay; they witnessed a save, and they're still talking about it.
Day 3: Phang Nga Bay. A private boat party through the limestone karsts and hidden lagoons of Phang Nga Bay, swimming, sun and one last day with everyone they love in one place.
What We Would Do Differently
Honestly? Lock the photo schedule around the sunset even tighter. Cape Panwa gives you twenty perfect minutes of golden light, and we would protect every one of them, everything else, we would do exactly the same.
The Results for Maria & Tom
95 guests, three days, one rain shower handled so smoothly it became the highlight, and a wedding people are still talking about.
"Thank you, Phuket Event Company, you made our day even more special. The planning was smooth and the location was so amazing; everyone is still talking about the ceremony and the view. Thank you for being patient with us and making our big day so special."
Maria & Tom
How We Delivered It
Planning ran over four months with structured video calls across the UK-Thailand time difference, a shared planning board the couple could check any time, and detailed production plans for every space we touched. On the day, a 16-person crew loaded in through the resort's service routes without guests noticing a thing, and Nina and Shawn stayed with the couple from first look to last dance, including one perfectly handled rain delay.
This is the same planning discipline we bring to every Phuket wedding, one team responsible for everything, so families and guests only experience the celebration.
Maria & Tom's Wedding: FAQ
Can you plan a wedding at Sri Panwa if we live overseas?
Yes, most of our destination-wedding couples plan from abroad, exactly as Maria and Tom did. We run structured video calls, share a live planning board, and handle everything on the ground in Phuket, so you make decisions, not phone calls.
Can you hold a ceremony at Baba Nest?
Yes, we produce ceremonies at Baba Nest and across Sri Panwa's wedding spaces, and we manage the resort's production requirements for you. The rooftop is intimate and strictly managed, which is exactly why it photographs like nowhere else on the island.
Can you handle decor, entertainment and guest logistics, not just planning?
Yes. Decor and styling, live bands and DJs, sound and lighting, airport transfers, villa bookings, welcome dinners and boat trips are all delivered in-house by our team, one contract, one point of contact.
What happens if it rains on the day?
On Maria and Tom's wedding day itself, a tropical shower arrived minutes before the ceremony. We held for 45 minutes, drinks topped up, extra canapés and uplifting live music, and the couple said their vows as the sky cleared over the Andaman. Every outdoor wedding we plan also has a fully styled backup agreed in advance, so whatever the sky does, guests never see a compromise, they see a team that knows exactly what to do.
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