The business's domain name will change from theritzuk.co.uk to ketteringvenues.co.uk, and the Berkeley suite, a wedding or conference room for up to 100 people, will be renamed the Mayfair suite annexe.

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There is room for a billion-dollar wedding industry serving a generation of young people who, though marrying later than my generation did, have embraced the white wedding gown, a dozen attendants, the cake, the song, the speech and the party after.

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There was a function room up there that I used for the occasional wedding.

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You gather 200 friends and acquaintances in a room--the sort of people who attended your wedding or might attend your funeral--and you clink a glass.

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The night before our wedding, Eleanor and I stood awkwardly in the center of a large room, surrounded by our family and our closest friends.

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The historic 33-room Vanderbilt Grace in Newport, Rhode Island, is no stranger to wedding buyouts, averaging four a year due to its intimate size and elegant setting.

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