Marrakech Lebanese wedding the Hollywood way. : 1000 distinguished guests. A boon for the ocher city and its tourism.
The marriage concerns the union of Malek Mikati, son of the former Lebanese Prime Minister, Najib Mikati, and his future Lebanese wife Rif Hachem. The father of the lucky man is the richest man in Lebanon, the 9th richest man in the Arab countries and the 534th richest man in the world. He is the main shareholder of the Mikati group, an empire spanning telecommunications, real estate, the banking sector and even air transport.
For his son’s grandiose ceremony, the Lebanese billionaire privatized 5 luxury hotels for the 1,000 distinguished guests. The palaces reserved exclusively for this occasion are all fully booked for the occasion: La Mamounia, the Royal Mansour, the Solman, the Sofitel and the Four Seasons. A Hollywood-style wedding.
For Marrakech it is an excellent opportunity to promote the destination with all these beautiful people who will arrive from everywhere. The weather is beautiful at the moment and the guests will be well spoiled in every way. Needless to say, the great mobilization of Local Authorities for the success of this large-scale event. In fact, accommodation will have cost no less than 20 million DH.
Please note that Najib Mikati has chartered around twenty airliners to which must be added around forty private jets which will land on the tarmac of Marrakech airport. It is the Jordanian airline which will transport the majority of the 1,000 guests coming from Lebanon and Middle Eastern countries on special flights. The rest of the guests will come from Europe and the United States.
To liven up the two evenings of the wedding, more than a hundred artists will be there: Lebanese stars like Najwa Karam, Elissa, Assi El Hillani, the Egyptian singer Amr Diab or the Moroccan Saad Lemjarred and many others.
When you’re a billionaire you don’t count. For his son’s wedding even less. Great happiness for the bride and groom and very good luck for Marrakech, tourist pride of the Kingdom
