CREATING TIMELESS CELEBRATIONS WITH THE WEDDING BLISS THAILAND
Nanya Tantapaiboon – Destination Wedding Planning Director
Nanya’s passion for weddings is rooted deeply in her artistic education and innate love for beauty. Back in 2011 she saw a great opportunity for destination weddings in Phuket, and together with her sister Jess they started The Wedding Bliss Thailand. Since then the company established itself to be the leader in luxury destination weddings, and Nanya continues to lead her team, managing weddings around Thailand and internationally.
Her innate sense of artistic balance (she’s a talented painter!), combined with wide experience and unique understanding of the luxury destination segment, all allow Nanya to drive her planning team further and bring to life the most breathtaking events with unrivalled level of execution.
Travel is the ultimate muse for Nanya, and wherever she goes, she finds inspiration in people she meets, food she tastes, music she listens to, and architecture she observes. Over the years she has also developed a real love for wines and co-owns a wine bar in Phuket.
Besides working and traveling, she enjoys volunteering work with kids, teaching English in schools, as well as event management to young staff in boutique hotels.
Jess Tantapaiboon – Executive Director
Cosmopolitan and well-travelled, Jess has a strong academic background and cultured awareness that give The Wedding Bliss its supreme edge in the industry. Her drive and determination for success always give you the assurance that whatever your dreams and needs may be, TWB will go above and beyond in making them become a reality.
Jess has a Bachelor’s degree in Communication Arts, majoring in Public Relations and Advertising from Chulalongkorn University, Thailand’s oldest premiere educational institution. After graduating, Jess moved to Rhode Island, USA, where she finished her MBA in Global Marketing, and then New York to obtain her certificate in Hotel Management from New York University.
Her career took her from Marketing Manager position at a high end spa in SoHo, New York, to a prestigious Public Relations position at a luxury skincare brand – La Mer, part of Estée Lauder group, until finally she joined forces with her sister Nanya to launch The Wedding Bliss Thailand. Her years of work experience gave her the knowledge and expertise in providing the best service to international clients, as well as forging excellent relationships with the press and influencers.
Jess is the leading force behind TWB business strategy and brand image, at the same time ensuring that each and every couple is provided with the unrivalled level of exceptional service.
Outside of work, Jess is known to throw a fabulous party, whether it is a special occasion or not, she loves celebrating every moment! She also enjoys travelling and exploring the world, from ultra modern to culturally rich countries, and takes great joy in interior design projects.
Lookmai – Client Relations Manager
As such, she values individual approach and always aims to provide the highest level of customised recommendations.
Lookmai graduated with a BA in Fine and Applied Arts, and also holds a Master’s degree in International Hospitality Management from France. Outside of work hours, she can be found exploring picturesque vineyards of Bordeaux with her husband.
Xenia – Brand Communications Manager
Xenia began her career in weddings back in 2013 when she joined The Wedding Bliss Thailand as a wedding coordinator. Quickly advancing through various roles-from coordinator to planner to designer-she soon discovered her strength in brand communications. With an innate ability to craft both words and visuals, she serves as an essential support system for all things PR within the company. Whether it's developing visual strategies for our social channels, crafting compelling stories for event submissions, interviews, and collaborations, or nurturing a broad network of international press contacts, Xenia has it all covered. Additionally, she assists our clients in selecting photographer and videographer teams, recognizing this decision as one of the most significant throughout the planning process.
Xenia has lived in several countries, including Thailand, Scotland, England, and Japan. Now based in Spain, she continually expands her visual education and remains attuned to international trends and emerging talents in the industry. Outside of work, Xenia can be found exploring new travel destinations with her husband and a Shiba Inu named Keiko.
Planner Team
Ava
Ava’s positive energy, can-do attitude, unending passion for the wedding industry, and incredibly diverse experience makes her an integral part of TWB team. After joining the company back in 2018 as an Executive Assistant to the Directors, she has since tried on a variety of roles, from coordinator and production assistant to business development and brand communication manager, and finally brought all her skills together to become one of the key TWB planners.
Ava graduated from Tourism Management and Business Administration, and has always been inspired to connect with people from all around the world. Weddings have opened her eyes to a whole new world of possibilities; from collaborating with international teams to helping her couples create destination weddings, wherever they are from.
There’s no task too difficult for Ava, and she takes all her projects with passion, dedication and thoughtful attention to details. Her favourite wedding day moment is watching brides walking down the aisle.
Anlisa
Anlisa provides an all-round support to the whole team as well as our couples, paying attention to the smallest imaginable details. In her free time, Anlisa loves exploring the beautiful nature of Phuket, snorkelling and spending time with her beloved dogs.
Pim
Pim is a passionate and dedicated wedding planner, committed to providing her couples with the best service possible. She holds Master’s degree in Integrated Innovation Tourism Management, and is a firm believer that process is equally as important as the result. As such, Pim aims to make every step of the wedding planning an enjoyable adventure, through her attentive service and outstanding organizational skills.
Prior to joining TWB team, Pim gained extensive experience working in international luxury hotel groups, leading Sales & Marketing departments as well as overseeing staff trainings. This background makes her a wonderful leader on the wedding day, with her hand always on top of things. Pim is very supportive, and you can count on her guidance throughout the whole planning process.
Neon
Work in floral boutique company brought her attention to weddings, and it was a love at first sight. The atmosphere, anticipation, excitement, — all captured her imagination immediately, and there was no turning back. Since 2018 Neon has planned and managed dozens of weddings for TWB, and still firmly believes in their magic.
She sees her mission in brining couple’s dream to life, and stops at nothing to create the most unforgettable days for each and single one of her clients. Her couples love Neon’s warm and supportive personality, while her strong character makes her a perfect leader on the wedding day.
Designer Team
Nitcha
A graduate of the prestigious Thammasat University, Nitcha is an amazing all-rounder, known for her incredible attention to details. After years of experimenting with various realms of the design world, she found her passion in events. Her unique style – timeless, fashion-led and editorial – combines creativity with practicality, and reflects her dedication to ensuring every event is extraordinary. Nitcha’s events exude elegance and uniqueness. She associates her personal style with deep navy colour – effortlessly combining softness with a hint of edginess, blending elements of nostalgia with modernity to create an appealing aesthetic. Her ability to infuse fresh and innovative ideas into weddings is a testament to her fashion expertise, resulting in designs that always captivate and inspire. With a fondness for Neo-soul and funky music, she adds energy and spirit to her creations.
In her free time, she enjoys sketching portraits and sourcing vintage home decorations, turning these hobbies into passions that enhance her artistic skills and creativity.
Yimmy
Her personal story and interests are deeply rooted in art. Growing up in Australia, she was lucky from the early age to be exposed to different cultures, and aboriginal art of Australia inspired her to pursue applied arts. She then proceeded to European studies, which deepened her knowledge in classical painting and fashion. Such international background resulted in Yimmy’s signature style, respectful of cultural richness, yet modern and relatable.
In her work with TWB, Yimmy found a connection between fashion, art, and weddings. She has an eye for beauty and has already realised her potential in many high-profile projects, including a styled shoot collaboration with Style Me Pretty, while more of her designs were featured on other well-established wedding publications.
Nara
Nara was born to be a designer, — while other kids played with their toys, she spent hours drawing and sketching, never ceasing to amaze her parents and teachers with her talents. She had nurtured this passion into her adulthood, and went on to study landscape architecture and design in Bangkok, taking on some flower design jobs along the way.
When Nara found herself in the world of weddings, she instantly knew that she was finally in her place. Intuitive and attentive, she can almost read the minds and hearts of her couples, and create designs that invariably cause an astonishing effect among them. Technically skilled, she can translate her vision into beautiful renders and clearly show the desired look on paper.
Her work has been recognised by many international wedding publications, and she keeps on pushing boundaries of wedding design by setting new trends year after year, focusing on harmonious and feminine aesthetics.
Benz
Passionate for art and design all his life, Benz completed his Architecture and Design degree before finding his first design job: floral designer at a luxurious flower boutique in Bangkok. Benz found the floral medium both challenging and incredibly inspiring, and he continued to learn more and more about it. This is when he discovered weddings and how they can perfectly blend all his interests together: fashion, flowers, and architecture design. After designing his first event with TWB, he was immediately hooked, and is continuing to create outstanding design proposals for our couples since.
Beyond his work in the studio, Benz is passionate about on-site work as well. As he joins TWB team for weddings around Thailand, he carefully monitors his designs come to life element by element, working hand in hand with and production teams; all while assisting our wonderful planners with the smooth flow of the event.
Cartoon
She finds joy in seeing other people happiness, and that is one of the reasons why she chose to work in wedding industry. She loves both modern and classic styles, and has produced over a hundred eye-catching weddings in her career.
Outside of weddings, Cartoon is a mother of 2 beautiful girls, and together with her family she loves travelling, exploring new cultures, cooking most incredible food, and leisurely strolls in nature.
Production
Yok – Inventory Manager
Graduate of Computer Engineering School, Yok is an inherent member of TWB, who has been with us almost since the beginning.
His main responsibility is managing a constantly growing company’s inventory: furniture and tabletop design items, linens, custom structure, lighting and so on. He keeps track of international wedding trends and uses that to further extend our inventory offering. He also works on production, carefully developing floor plans and event layouts, planning and implementing structure set up, supervising outsourced teams and our crew teams. Yok is the main power force on any wedding day, and even though his role required a huge physical effort, he always does it with a smile and joy, — because he knows that he’s creating magical memories to be cherished for years to come.
Chote – Production Manager
Phuket born and bred, Chote loves the island with all his heart and believes there’s no better place for a once in a lifetime celebration. With his educational background in computer , he first fell into the wedding industry almost by a serendipitous chance, — after having his first job as an part-time assistant of TWB production manager. He fell in love with it immediately, and decided to change his professional life path to pursue event production, learning all job aspects with passion and dedication, while helping out on numerous weddings of various scales.
Chote ensures that production plan is in place for all TWB events, and that vision set forward by our designers can be smoothly brought to life. There’s no details too big or too small for Chote: whether we need to build a custom structure strictly following the dimensions or source a unique table prop, he always has our back.
