A thing of beauty is a joy forever...

It's the most memorable event of your life, and you want everyone to be happy, everything to be beautiful, and if possible, perfect.

Preparing for that big day can be fun and enjoyable same time. I always encounter excited young couples trying out new ideas that they get from bridal magazines or seen and heard from a friend's recent wedding and infusing it to their own celebration. You can prepare your own checklist and scout for a wide variety of wedding suppliers, seek expert advice from wedding planners, or simply visit the more accessible way of having them all - a one-stop wedding shop that caters to every little thing.

Joyful Weddings just might be your alternative to a more affordable way to celebrate your lifetime bliss - all under one roof in SM City Cebu. Couples can find great buys from ready to wear wedding gowns, suits and barongs, accessories, lingerie, to make-up artist, photographers, florists, and other essential suppliers and services. If you're the type who wishes to celebrate your dream wedding in style, but in a more convenient and budget conscious way, then there's the answer for you.

And just in time for the wedding season, Joyful Weddings recently celebrated a Bridal Fair at the lower ground atrium of SM. It exhibited a wonderful display of fashion and style, a bridal show featuring the latest collection, and a live mannequin showcasing a bride and groom act with two of Cebu's top models, David Baer and Marianne Mader, of A.D. Model MGT. Live musical repertoire of the most popular wedding songs of all times entertained the onlookers. This event also reintroduced Joyful Weddings as it opens a brand new wedding store boasting of its up and coming suppliers, and tie ups with the best of wedding finery, this month of August. Be updated on the latest bridal trends, prepare for that special occasion, and get ready to walk the aisle, in style. Most of all, make that wonderful moment a "joyful wedding" to remember…. Cathay Pacific voted 'Airline of The Year 2005' Cathay Pacific Airways has made a virtual clean sweep of this year's World Airline Awards with the announcement today it has been named Airline of The Year, Best Airline Asia and Best First Class in the world's "largest" global passenger poll.

London-based Skytrax says its 2005 World Airline Awards poll was the world's "largest" passenger survey ever with more than 12.3 million eligible nominations. Votes were cast by 94 different nationalities from June 2004 to May 2005.

The latest awards come on top of the airline's Hong Kong lounges last month being voted the world's best in a survey also conducted by Skytrax Research.

"Airline of the Year is the established, global barometer of passenger opinions about airlines around the world," Skytrax says. "Airline of the Year is not focussed on one specific sector of the passenger market. It encompasses a wide mixture of passenger types - business customers who may be more familiar with First and Business class and, most importantly, the large majority of global air travellers who travel Economy class, be it on leisure or business travel."

Cathay Pacific's The Wing and The Pier were earlier named 2005 Best Airline Lounges for First and Business Class travellers in the Skytrax survey. Skytrax said its lounge survey was based on the combined quality of product and service and "seeks out those airlines that offer something original and, above all, the best format". Cathay Pacific was previously voted the Airline of the Year in 2003. It has carried off the Skytrax "Best Airline - Asia" award three times, "Best Airline - Transpacific" twice and won the Best Lounge award in 2002. In April this year, Hong Kong International Airport was named the World's Best Airport in a separate Skytrax poll for the fifth straight year.

Cathay Pacific Airways Chief Executive Philip Chen said: "Cathay Pacific being voted Airline of the Year is a great honour because it is such a world-class award. I would like to thank every member of staff around the world whose professionalism and dedication to excellence made this great achievement possible. Being a repeat winner reflects our commitment to deliver consistently high standards of service across the board. It also underscores our ongoing effort to make Hong Kong more attractive to passengers as a global aviation hub and gateway to the Chinese Mainland, and our determination to make Cathay Pacific as the world's most admired airline."