Even established studios can close
Korea Artiz Studio, Singapore — August 2026
Korea Artiz was a real studio inside Carlton Hotel, in Singapore since 2017, part of a brand founded in 2008. On 14 August 2026 it stopped operations overnight. Within five days, CASE logged 66 complaints and more than S$271,000 in prepaid shoots that will never happen — some couples had paid around S$3,200 in full, months ahead.
That is the prepaid-studio risk: if the doors close, the money and the date vanish together.
Source: Daniel Lai, The Straits Times, 19 August 2026.







