Weddingchannel.com is a comprehensive and customizable wedding planning, gift registry and communication resource on the Web. It features various areas, such as fashion, shopping, registry, planning tools and travel. Its fashion and beauty section offers wedding attire catalogs and beauty tips. Its planning section offers tools, advice and expert viewpoints to help couples navigate the process of planning a wedding. The Web site s local resource column has a national database of more than 500,000 wedding-related business vendors that provide detailed descriptions of products and services. Additionally, the Web site publishes a magazine with local editions in more than 10 major markets of the United States. Headquartered in Los Angeles, Weddingchannel.com was founded in 1997.