Creatives who understand operations

Designing what
guests remember.
Building what
teams can deliver.

Spark combines hospitality experience design, operational expertise and technology to turn ambitious brand ideas into guest experiences that work in the real world.

Miami
Based
Globally
Operating
Industry
Hospitality-native
Guests at a hospitality experience designed by Spark
Featured moment
Programmed, produced, delivered.
Onboard · Sunset Sail
Guest journey → Op. playbook
Trusted across cruise, resort & entertainment
Virgin Voyages logoMSC Cruises logoPrincess Cruises logoTauck logoThe Ritz-Carlton logoGrand Hotel Mackinac Island logo
Scale & credibility

Two decades of hospitality experience, translated into work you can point to.

From flagship cruise brands to resort destinations, Spark has helped design and operationalize guest experiences at meaningful scale.

20+
Global hospitality brands
100+
Resorts, ships & environments
200+
Years of combined experience
Positioning

The guest sees the moment.
We design everything behind it.

A distinctive experience is more than an idea. It has to fit the brand, engage the right guests, work within the space and give hospitality teams a clear way to deliver it again and again.

That is where Spark works best: connecting creative ambition with the operational detail required to make it real.

Guest-facingOperationalOutcomes
Spark studio session
Brand promise
01
Experience design
Space · Programming · Guest touchpoints
02
Operational delivery
Operations · Communication · Technology
03
Guest and business outcomes
Engagement · Revenue · Loyalty
04
One experience system → many surfaces
Fig. 01
Two connected capabilities

One guest journey.
Two powerful ways to improve it.

Independent by design. More powerful together. Spark's experience practice and GO by Spark are built to reinforce each other across every guest touchpoint.
Guest-facing hospitality experience designed by Spark
Spark Experience Design

Design the experience.

From guest-journey strategy and branded programming to venue guidance, production and operationalization, Spark creates experiences that connect with guests and advance the business behind them.

  • Experience strategy
  • Guest journey design
  • Programming & activations
  • Product & venue development
  • Operational playbooks
  • Turnkey delivery
Explore Experience Design
GO by Spark product interface
GOSpark

Power the experience.

GO by Spark connects guest communication, experience discovery and operational programming so hospitality teams can guide guests more clearly and deliver consistently across properties and channels.

  • Guest communication
  • Experience discovery
  • Programming
  • Operations
  • Multi-property consistency
  • Engagement & revenue support
Pre-booking
Pre-arrival
On-property
Explore GO by Spark
Featured work

Built for the real world.
Proven in it.

Three projects that connect distinctive creative thinking to operational execution — and, where relevant, to the technology that makes it repeatable.
Virgin Voyages
Virgin Voyages
01
Case Study

Turning a disruptive brand vision into more than 50 original guest experiences.

Spark helped develop, produce and operationalize a festival-like lineup of brand-driven experiences spanning strategy, guest-experience mapping, casting, training, production and entertainment management.

Outcome
50+ distinctive guest experiences
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StrategyProgrammingProductionOps
MSC Cruises · Ocean Cay
MSC Cruises · Ocean Cay
02
Case Study

Using experience design and technology to cut programming time in half.

Spark designed guest experiences for MSC Ocean Cay while GO by Spark helped staff program activities more efficiently and communicate more guest touchpoints.

Outcome
Programming time reduced by 50%
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Experience DesignGO by SparkMulti-property
JW Marriott · Plant Riverside District
JW Marriott · Plant Riverside District
03
Case Study

Taking an ambitious entertainment district from concept to guest-ready execution.

Spark supported experience design, executive alignment, budgeting, marketing, staffing, training and on-site testing, then used GO by Spark to streamline programming and guest communication.

Outcome
Experience design + execution + technology
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End-to-endOps enablementCommunication
Leadership

Hospitality experience,
not outside observation.

Spark's leadership has spent decades designing, operating and improving guest experiences from inside the hospitality industry. That perspective shapes every strategy, program and product Spark creates.

Experience designOperationsEntertainmentTechnologyProduct
Charly McDonald, Co-Founder of Spark Cooperative
Charly McDonald
Co-Founder

Decades leading experience, entertainment and operations for global cruise brands, including senior work at Royal Caribbean.

Ronnie Farzad, Co-Founder of Spark Cooperative
Ronnie Farzad
Co-Founder

Background bridging hospitality operations, product development and the technology that supports guest-facing teams.

Let's build

Bring us the ambition.
We'll help make it real.

Whether you are launching a property, rethinking the guest journey, building signature programming or connecting experiences through technology, Spark can help move the idea toward guest-ready execution.

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Miami, FL
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