A stylish family event held at Atzaro
Live Music – Claire Wakeman
DJ – Tom Grimes
Beauty – Jo JamFace
Photography – Tamas Kooning
Video – Tanit Wedding Films
Flowers – Ramo De Flores
Sound & Lighting – Ibiza Pro DJ
Cake – Katie’s Kitchen
The Ibiza wedding and event industry continues to grow year upon year. The island offers so many unique and spectacular venues and experiences, so it makes sense that clients from far and wide want to celebrate special occasions in this Balearic paradise.
But what does that look like behind the scenes? How does an independent event company keep up with the changes and developments that they are constantly faced with?
We spoke to the man in the know, the guy who is at the forefront of every single Cardamom interaction
CEO Craig Colligan
With regards to private events, we organised multi day celebrations for Irish and Indian clients in some of Ibiza’s best event venues, hotels and restaurants such as 6 Senses, Lio, Destino, Chiringuito Blue, Cotton Beach & Roto, as well as excursions to Formentera with a fantastic range of speed boats and sailing ships.
Then, the many wedding clients came from far and wide creating colourful weddings from Saudi Arabia, Ireland, South Africa, UK, Russia, Switzerland & Dubai with such wide ranging cultures keeping us on our wedding planning toes.
Over the 20 years that Cardamom has been running, we have adapted to the ever changing playing field of Ibiza. From the early days, our foundation was always heavily immersed in food and beverages and event catering which was where my initial passion lay as a chef.
Then, as Ibiza opened up to the world, these clients needed so much more help with their event management, so Cardamom Events was born and as the level and detail of events grew, so did Cardamom, in order to reach the increasing requirements of the international clients.
Now events are multiple days, multiple venues and expectations are higher than ever and we love the challenge of bigger and better celebrations.
Besides the exciting weddings we have, we will continue to promote our equipment hire company and provide more gorgeous event furniture to our private and corporate clients.
A glamorous 3 day event held in 3 equally glamorous venues.
Luxury, style, intimacy, beauty and lots of love…
Event Organisers – Cardamom Events Ibiza & Cardamom Equipment hire Ibiza
CATERING – The Chef Ibiza
TENT & FLOORING – Tentagent & Ibiza Plug & Play
FLOWERS – Ramo de Flores/Flowers Ibiza
BEAUTY – Jo Mackay JamFace
CHURCH – Sam Hocking
DJ – Chino Paino
CAKE – Sharon Cupcake Collection
CUBAN TRIO – Nestor Morales & Kandela Mi Son
PHOTOS – Jeremy Christopher
VIDEO – Tanit Wedding Films
SOUND & LIGHT – Ibiza Pro DJ
On Day Two, lunch at Chiringuito BLUE followed by dinner at DESTINO with DJ Soloman & Tox Club with a VIP area.
Then on the final day, a spectacular boat trip with 4 motor boats to CHEZ GERDI in Formentera then a dinner at Six Senses, with a grand finale party in the Six Senses Secret Bar!
We certainly gave them the Cardamom Events Ibiza special treatment!
Jacky Croad launched her record label Ibiza Chilled in the middle of the 2020 pandemic, from Santa Gertrudis, heart of the island. Taking to the recording studio, Jacky crafted a stunning debut, producing an authentic Balearic long player soundtrack. Volume 2 followed in 2021 and 1.5 million platform streams later, her music is regarded as the very essence of the infamous beautiful Ibiza experience, sunset vibes on a soul journey.
Jacky and her family are established and contribute to the real Ibizan community, having followed their dreams by moving to the island back in 2010. It was then she launched her first business, Ibiza Pilates with her private studio and Pilates expertise. She is now a renowned little black book contact for regular A-list clientele living and visiting Ibiza all year round.
We had a chat with Jacky about her businesses and her connection with Cardamom Events
What is your relationship with Cardamom Events?
What has 2022 been like for you so far?
What changes to the island did you see after COVID?
What does the future hold for you and your businesses?
This week marks a new beginning for Ibiza. After 2 years of uncertainty and a serious lack of the usual tourism, the island is finally back in action.
For both 2020 and 2021, the island and its visitors were subjected to ever-changing restrictions and an almost complete ban on the nightlife and clubbing that make Ibiza the most uniquely magical place for a holiday. But guess what – we are back!
It is only April and the island is already alive. The International Music Summit, which normally occurred at the end of May, has been brought forward by one month. Hundreds of influential music industry heads are congregating at Destino Hotel as we speak – discussing the future of electronic music and preparing for the legendary outdoor concert at Dalt Vila.
The super clubs also open their doors this weekend, for the first time since 2019. The backbone of the island, and the reason that Ibiza is the most unique place on earth. Music and clubbing is what brings the masses here.
So the summer is already upon us – and it’s only April! Team Cardamom are fully prepared for what could possibly be the busiest summer on record. Creating dream high-level luxury events and doing what we do best. We are incredibly proud of where our reputation has brought us post-pandemic.
But now is not the time for boasting. We just can’t wait to host our clients and provide the ultimate service! Ibiza – we are back…
Cardamom prides itself on the ability to provide an incredibly seamless and stress-free service when it comes to corporate events.
For this particular 6 day extravaganza, the client was a young financial Tech company from Madrid wanting to reconnect their 140 employees after Covid as many employees had been working from home or had joined the company and never met their teammates. Cardamom help to organise a trip to Ibiza to reconnect the team and incentivise them for the future.
We were so in love we did not want to leave.
The dining hall feels like a huge lounge and really helps to connect people.
The library has the most exciting books and honestly we could have spent a week in there.
The spa and massages! Just wow! We were in a massage coma for the rest of the day!
Our lovely welcome treats, we were so surprised and so super grateful!
The food was the best food we have had at any hotel in Ibiza, compliments to the team.
There is nothing as precious as family time and to do it in pure luxury courtesy of the Six Senses team was really a dream come true…
At the beginning of 2022, we have had some time to take stock of what has happened over the last two years and what we have done to deal with it.
As many of you probably know, the parties we generally throw for our kids are quite elaborate and rightly so! Who doesn’t like a party with all the trimmings?
However, this year, Mimi requested a more simple party at home, with a Christmas Rainbow Unicorn theme…
The birthday girl and her friends played traditional English party games like Hide and Seek, Musical Chairs and did a treasure hunt. Then afterwards made some Christmas decorations together.
The food and consisted of delicious mini pizzas, chicken goujons, donuts and candy canes, plus a red velvet and macaroon cake all prepared with love by our dear friend Freja, a self-confessed feeder!
A perfect back-to-basics afternoon, topped off by a Christmas movie on the sofa.
