Before I ever planned a wedding, I was the host.

I grew up in a house where the door stayed open and nobody left hungry. My mom set every table like someone important was coming, and someone always was. She'd have a plate made for you before you knew you were hungry. That was the training — watching her notice what a room needed before the room knew.

Then more than ten years of my own in customer service, on the floor, where you learn quickly that people forget almost everything except how they were treated. I started GIAN in 2017 out of my parents' garage with those two things and one rule: the guest comes first, and everything else is a logistics problem to be solved quietly.

Nine years on, that hasn't changed. It simply runs further — Seattle, Los Angeles, Napa, and weekends in Dallas, Hawaii, Jamaica, and Tuscany. Years from now you shouldn't remember what your weekend looked like. You should remember how it felt to be in it.

Meet Reneille 
the roots of GIAN

FILIPINO hospitality, meets a decade on the floor.

The standard here isn't an industry one. It's Filipino — learned at my mother's table long before anyone was paying me for it — and then sharpened by more than ten years working in customer service myself. One taught me that hospitality is attention rather than performance. The other taught me that it holds up under pressure or it isn't real. Everything we do still runs on both.

our philosophy

01

hospitality

Guests before aesthetics, always. Beautiful is where we start — every decision after that is weighed against how the room feels to stand in.

02

PASSION

We design it and we set it ourselves. Floor plans, tabletop, installations, print — carried from the deck to the table by one team, so the idea and the execution never drift apart.

03

HONESTY

Considered, private, a few steps ahead. Excellence is quiet rather than hurried, and most of our best work is the part you never saw happen.


  • "Saying they exceeded my expectations is an understatement."

    Where do I begin? I wanted to host an amazing 40th birthday party and just needed some assistance. Thanks to a few friends, I was introduced to Gian Events. Saying they exceeded my expectations is an understatement. My friends and family are still raving about how incredible it was. They nailed every moment and detail. I eagerly anticipated our meetings and often find myself wanting to plan another party just to spend time with them! If you're even thinking about hiring Gian Events, do yourself a huge favor and secure their services. You will not be disappointed!

    — Kat (Seattle, WA)

  • "Their calm presence and dedication during such an important time allowed us to fully enjoy our wedding day."

    “When looking for a wedding planner as a very Type A bride, I came across Gian Events and connected with Reneille. From the beginning to end, she took the time to walk me through the wedding planning and design process, and was present on the big day to ensure everything went well. Their calm presence and dedication during such an important time allowed us to fully enjoy our wedding day. In the end, everything came together beautifully, and we are so grateful to Gian Events for being a part of our special day.”

    — Helen (Seattle, WA)

  • “They were invaluable in planning our event.”

    “If you are looking to create a custom and unforgettable event, look no further than Gian Events. They were invaluable in planning our event and I am very thankful to the Seattle Kraken for their referral. Reneille and her team are first class and your event is guaranteed to be as well.”

    — Katy, Las Vegas Knights NHL (Las Vegas, NV)

HERE'S WHAT I THINK

THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING in A ROOM IS EASE

What nine years of weekends taught me about where the work actually lives.

Anyone can build a beautiful room. What's difficult is building one that behaves — where three hundred people move through an evening without a single moment of friction, and never know why. That's not a design question or a logistics question. It's the same question, answered twice. The floor plan is a design decision and a traffic decision. The timeline is a schedule and an emotional arc. When we get them right together, the room feels effortless. When we separate them, it looks expensive and feels awkward.

Which is why I don't think of us as designers who also coordinate, or coordinators with good taste. Every choice we make gets asked twice: does this make the room more beautiful, and does it make the night easier to be in? Anything that only answers one of those doesn't survive the conversation. The result is a weekend that seems to have simply happened — and that impression is the most laborious thing we build.

And that’s why I love what I do.

Best,

Reneille