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Couple stranded by volcano take vows online

18 April 2010, LONDON

A British-Australian couple’s wedding guests watched them take their vows over the Internet on Saturday after the volcanic ash cloud disrupting European flights left them stranded in Dubai.

Sean Murtagh, 24, from west London, and his new wife Natalie, a 30-year-old Australian, were married at a civil wedding in Brisbane three weeks ago.

But they also planned a ceremony for family and friends in Ealing, west London.

Flying back from their home in the Queensland capital for the ceremony however, they found themselves stuck when they changed planes in Dubai on Thursday.

But staff at their airport hotel helped them take their vows over the web.

“They have decorated the lobby of the hotel. They made us a three-tier wedding cake, set up a laptop with Skype and a projector,” Sean Murtagh said.

“It’s spellbinding the amount they have done for us.

“It’s been an incredible day. We were never going to forget it anyway but we certainly won’t forget it now.”

The groom even borrowed his smart shirt and trousers while the bride wore a dress she had in her luggage.

Caroline Black, who conducted the online ceremony from London, said: “It was just like any other wedding except the bride and groom weren’t there.”


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Interesting.

Don't let Etisalat know, they will block the hotel's Skype ISP immediately as VoIP is still illegal here!



Knight

Good news

What hotel was it ? They deserve praise as well.

And yes, technically they did something illegal by using Skype

BlackburnRovers wrote:Good news

What hotel was it ? They deserve praise as well.

And yes, technically they did something illegal by using Skype

It was at the Millenium Airport Hotel. Apparently they had their first ceremony in Australia (her family) and were heading to the UK to have the second ceremony (his family).

The hotel went out of their way to make it as nice as possible for them. Yes, good things do happen in Dubai and they will certainly have good things say about Dubai.

Bora Bora wrote:
The hotel went out of their way to make it as nice as possible for them. Yes, good things do happen in Dubai and they will certainly have good things say about Dubai.

Do you think they would get divorced by MSN?



Knight

Dubai Knight wrote:

Bora Bora wrote:
The hotel went out of their way to make it as nice as possible for them. Yes, good things do happen in Dubai and they will certainly have good things say about Dubai.

Do you think they would get divorced by MSN?



Knight

Text message (SMS) is hotter these days

Dubai Knight wrote:

Bora Bora wrote:
The hotel went out of their way to make it as nice as possible for them. Yes, good things do happen in Dubai and they will certainly have good things say about Dubai.

Do you think they would get divorced by MSN?



Knight

Nah. Probably YouTube.

Bora Bora wrote:

Dubai Knight wrote:

Bora Bora wrote:
The hotel went out of their way to make it as nice as possible for them. Yes, good things do happen in Dubai and they will certainly have good things say about Dubai.

Do you think they would get divorced by MSN?



Knight

Nah. Probably YouTube.

Or would that be YouDownTheTube?



Knight

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