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title: Laura Somma Knows What Happens When a Wedding Crosses Borders
description: When a wedding spans continents, something usually fractures. Laura Somma built a private collective of 20+ elite planners to hold the thread.
author: Dr Marina Nani (Editor-in-Chief)
date: 2026-02-27T13:09:55.000Z
updated: 2026-05-27T10:43:43.879Z
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categories: Lifestyle
content_type: Spotlight
region: Global
publication: Rich Woman Magazine
about:
  - type: Person
    name: Laura Somma
    description: Founder of The Wedding Privé. Based in Italy, she has spent her career in international luxury weddings and private celebrations, building a reputation on detailed, discreet work for high-profile families.
    jobTitle: Founder
    worksFor: The Wedding Privé
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Laura Somma has spent decades watching wealthy families plan celebrations across three, four, sometimes five countries. She noticed a pattern that kept repeating itself: the moment a wedding moves beyond one location, something fractures. Different planners interpret the bride’s vision differently. Cultural nuances get flattened. The emotional coherence that made the first event beautiful dissolves by the time guests arrive at the second.

This observation became the seed for something she had been thinking about for years.

## Nobody was holding the thread

Anyone who has attended a truly global celebration knows the feeling. The ceremony in London was extraordinary (every detail considered, every gesture intentional) and then the reception in Dubai felt like a different wedding entirely. Not because anyone did a bad job, but because nobody was holding the thread between the two.

For families whose lives, relationships and social circles span continents, this is not a minor inconvenience. These are celebrations that carry deep personal and cultural significance. When a bride’s aesthetic shifts between a Cotswolds garden and a Marrakech riad, what gets lost is not just how things look. It is the feeling that someone understood what this wedding was supposed to mean.

![The Wedding Privé associates and members representing Europe, the United States, the United Kingdom, the Middle East, Asia and other global regions](https://cdn.nanimediahouse.com/wedding-group.webp)
*The Wedding Privé’s proud associates and members representing Europe, the United States, the United Kingdom, the Middle East, Asia, and many other global regions.*

## Twenty planners, one private network

[The Wedding Privé](https://theweddingprive.com/) launches on 26 March 2026 at Castello di Tor Crescenza in Rome. It is not a directory or a platform. It is a private, invitation-only network of more than 20 wedding planners handpicked across Europe, the United States, the United Kingdom, the Middle East and Asia.

Each one was chosen because they know their region inside out (the venues nobody else can get into, the traditions that matter, the things that can quietly go wrong if you do not understand how things work locally). They all keep their own style and their own way of working. What changes is that they now have each other. When a wedding moves from Rome to Rajasthan, the planner in India already trusts the one in Italy, and the bride does not have to explain herself twice.

![Laura Somma, founder of The Wedding Privé](https://cdn.nanimediahouse.com/laura-somma.webp)

## Who is Laura Somma

Laura Somma is the founder of [The Wedding Privé](https://theweddingprive.com/) and has spent her career in the world of [international luxury weddings](https://richwoman.co/article/luxury-wedding-italy-unforgettable) and private celebrations. She is based in Italy and built her reputation on the kind of quiet, detailed work that families at this level rely on (the sort of thing where getting it right means nobody notices how much effort it took).

‘Luxury celebrations are not about how many places you go, but how meaning travels with you,’ she says. It is a simple idea, but anyone who has watched a wedding lose its soul between the second and third country knows exactly what she means.

What is interesting about her approach is that she did not try to build a bigger planning company. She brought together people who were already brilliant in their own regions and gave them a reason to [work differently](https://richwoman.co/article/breaking-career-barriers-why-professional-women-are-rejecting-old-playbooks). The result is not a brand. It is a trust network.

## When the wedding will not stay in one place

The families The Wedding Privé serves are not looking for more contacts or bigger portfolios. They are looking for someone who gets it (the way a celebration needs to feel like one story even when it is happening across three countries in a single week). They want planners who understand the customs, the sensitivities and the unspoken rules that come with organising something deeply personal in places they may not call home.

The invitation-only model matters here. Every planner in the network has already proven they can work at this level, with the kind of discretion that high-profile families expect. There is no open application. You are either trusted enough to be in the room, or you are not.

## The launch in Rome

The official launch at Castello di Tor Crescenza (a historic Roman estate known for private gatherings) formalises something that has been quietly needed for a while. The way global families celebrate has already changed. Their lives cross borders, their relationships cross cultures, and their weddings have started to follow. Somma just built the thing that was missing.

## In case you were wondering…

**Q: How do you plan a multicultural wedding?**
Start with the moments that matter most to each family and build around those, rather than trying to merge everything into one ceremony. The weddings that feel best are the ones where both sides see themselves in the celebration without anyone having to compromise on the things that really count. A planner who has genuine experience with the specific traditions involved (not just a general promise) makes all the difference.

**Q: Who is the most sought-after wedding planner?**
For a wedding in one location, it comes down to reputation and taste. But for celebrations that span multiple countries, the most valuable person is rarely one planner. It is someone who can bring together a trusted group of regional experts who already know each other’s standards. More families are realising that a network built on trust beats a single name on a contract.

**Q: What is a wedding planner actually called?**
The titles vary (wedding consultant, designer, coordinator, director) but the distinction worth paying attention to is between someone who handles logistics and someone who holds the entire feeling of a celebration together. The best ones at the top end think more like creative directors, making sure every part of the day tells the same story.

**About Laura Somma**
Founder, The Wedding Privé

Founder of The Wedding Privé. Based in Italy, she has spent her career in international luxury weddings and private celebrations, building a reputation on detailed, discreet work for high-profile families.