
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
JLS Hospitality has had the privilege of partnering with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra on its gala for two consecutive years, with our third celebration together coming in 2027.

JLS Hospitality · Dallas + Texas
Your guests are your reputation. We treat them like it.
A corporate event planner in Dallas for business gatherings, executive dinners and nonprofit galas. Based in Dallas, planning across Texas and destinations.
Plan your corporate eventBusiness + Nonprofit
An executive dinner asks for a different kind of care than a ballroom gala. The guest list, the pace and the purpose change. What does not change is the need for a host who can be present rather than watching the clock or checking on the next handoff.
JLS plans the decisions behind the evening: budgets, creative partners, design, timelines, logistics and production. More than 18 years of hospitality experience and 1,500 events inform the preparation, so your organization can focus on the people it invited.
Smaller guest lists, with space for the conversations that brought everyone to the table.
Business celebrations and professional programs that reflect the organization hosting them.
Design, guest care and event production built around the occasion and the people supporting it.
Timelines, vendors and logistics brought together across sessions and days.
Selected Business Gatherings

JLS Hospitality has had the privilege of partnering with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra on its gala for two consecutive years, with our third celebration together coming in 2027.

For D Magazine, JLS brings together thoughtful planning, hospitality, and an understanding of how a professional gathering should actually feel: polished but never stiff, intentional without feeling overproduced, and designed to give people a reason to stay in the room.
“For 2 years running, with a 3rd year booked, it is safe to say that the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra team has loved working with Jess Swaim and JLS Hospitality. Jess worked hard to bring the vision of our event team to life, and we are so lucky to work with her.”
Erin Hearn · Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
The Process
We start with you. Your priorities, your people, your vision, and how you want the experience to feel.
We translate that vision into the event itself, from the right creative partners and venue to the design, details, and guest experience.
This is where every moving piece comes together. Budgets, contracts, vendors, timelines, logistics, floor plans, production, and everything in between.
We plan for what should happen and prepare for what might. Questions get answered, contingencies get built, and details are handled before they become problems.
When the doors open, we're still working. Managing vendors, watching the room, adjusting in real time, and making sure the experience unfolds exactly as it should.
You take care of the people in the room. We will take care of what brought them there.
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