The Beginnings of Rose Ahn Events

Hi there! My name is Rose. I’m the founder and owner of Rose Ahn Events, a New York City-based wedding planning company providing full-service planning and wedding management services to couples getting married in New York, Hudson Valley, and beyond. Although I’m not one to share much publicly, one of my goals this year is to be more courageous when it comes to my business, and want to start sharing more about who we are, what we do, and why we love weddings and events!

I started my professional career in the early 2000’s and I wouldn’t be honest if I said the movie, Wedding Planner, had no influence in me becoming a wedding planner. I had moved to New York City after graduating to become an advertising executive, and the idea of being a wedding planner as a job seemed somewhat of movie fantasy. Fast forward to 2011, started on a new team at another ad agency. A couple of months into the job, they asked if I’d be interested in producing the team’s inaugural global summit in Madrid, Spain. Without hesitation, I said, “yes!” but it was truly a “fake it ‘til you make it” moment as I navigated language barriers, reading through countless reviews of different restaurants and vendors - in a country I’ve never stepped foot in, and coordinating travel and accommodations of 50 of our leads from around the world. I continued to plan 7 more global summits for the team that were held all over Europe and the States - Istanbul, Budapest, Paris, Miami, Chicago, and grew to 200+ attendees!

When I planned my first summit, it never occurred to me that this “project” could ever become a business. In 2016, I took my first step at creating Rose Ahn Events, coordinating weddings and Korean first birthdays for my friends. Today, Rose Ahn Events is full-fledge wedding planning and wedding management company currently serving the New York City, Westchester county, and expanding to serve the broader Hudson Valley area. As a Korean-American married to a Jamaican, I love working with multicultural, interracial couples looking to blend their cultures together because it’s in those details that we can create a wedding that is distinctively yours. And I hope I get the opportunity to work with you to create your own timeless, stunning wedding that tells your unique story.