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★ FLAGSHIP CAPABILITY
White-glove crews for weddings, welcome parties, and luxury private events. Built for planners. Tested on the floor.
50
states covered
3–6 wks
standard lead time
captain per event
Brief us on a weddings project →● Need it fast? Rush queue
● THE TAKE
// FOUND-YOU MOMENT
✕ Booking different staffing vendors per market
✕ Briefing crews you've never met in a venue parking lot
✕ Chasing TIPS cards 48 hours before pour
✕ Hoping the bartender's uniform isn't wrinkled
✕ Wondering if the photo booth team is going to show up dressed
✕ Splitting content capture between four freelancers
✕ Eating a no-call no-show on the welcome party crew
✕ Asking yourself why this is so hard for a $200K event
You shouldn't have to staff this yourself — hand it to the crew that already does.
Ignite Hospitality is the execution layer for wedding planners, luxury venues, and private event producers. We deploy hand-picked captains and trained ambassadors who show up dressed, briefed, and ready to run the planner's vision. Welcome parties, ceremonies, receptions, after-parties, and destination weekends — staffed end to end, all 50 states.
>> DIFFERENCE ENGINE
// MOST AGENCIES
// IGNITE
Generic event staffers, briefed on the way in
✓ Hand-picked captains + ambassadors, briefed in advance
Whatever showed up in the call sheet
✓ Black tie / white coat / branded, briefed on service tone
Maybe TIPS, definitely no COI
✓ TIPS / TABC / RBS, COIs filed, venue-cleared
Vendor disappears mid-event
✓ Captain owns the floor and reports to your planner
Photos come in 6 weeks later, half missing
✓ Same-night content cut, delivered before brunch
New crew every night, brief from scratch
✓ Same crew Friday → Sunday for continuity
>> WEDDINGS // 12 CAPABILITIES
* 01 →
Captains, ambassadors, hospitality leads, bartenders, runners. Trained, briefed, and floor-tested.
* 02 →
Greeters, welcome desk, transport coordination, and gracious-host floor presence.
* 03 →
Day-before parties, rehearsal dinners, sundowners. The crew that sets the tone.
* 04 →
TIPS/TABC-certified bartenders, mixology stations, themed cocktail moments, signature pour service.
* 05 →
Service-trained crew with the look, language, and luxury-venue protocols handled.
* 06 →
Embedded execution layer for your planner or production team. The crew you wish you had on speed dial.
* 07 →
Custom booths, interactive stations, branded backdrops. Built, staffed, and styled to match the event.
* 08 →
Same-night content edit. Stories, reels, and earned-media-ready edits delivered before brunch.
* 09 →
When a sponsor or partner brand has a moment at the event — built and staffed inside luxury venue standards.
* 10 →
Multi-day staffing, travel coordination, on-the-ground crew sourcing in the destination market.
* 11 →
Milestone parties, gallery openings, philanthropy galas, founder dinners, anniversary weekends.
* 12 →
Bartenders, club hosts, and field crew for the after-party your planner doesn't want to run.
// who runs this // 10 verticals
01 Wedding Planners 02 Luxury Venues + Resorts 03 Production Companies 04 Destination Resorts 05 Brand Sponsors 06 Hospitality Brands 07 Private Event Hosts 08 Philanthropy & Foundations 09 Celebrity + High-Profile Events 10 Galleries & Cultural Institutions
>> HOW THIS RUNS
01 1/5
Quick 30-min call. We scope, ballpark, and align on the goal.
02 2/5
Concept, footprint, route, or kit — engineered for the goal, not for the deck.
03 3/5
In-house fabrication, vetted ambassadors, full kit and logistics.
04 4/5
Spark live-tracks every shift, every check-in, every count, every mile.
05 5/5
Same-week recap with photos, metrics, and what we'd change next round.
>> RECEIPTS
We show the work. Photos, numbers, GPS data, recaps. Real client programs across beverage, spirits, sports, telco, CPG, and retail.
See our work →Start a brief
5K+
ACTIVATIONS / YR
257K+
AMBASSADOR BENCH
STATES
FEATURED CASES
// FOUNDING PARTNERS WANTED
Founding planner partner Wedding staffing Luxury event staffing Hospitality ambassadors VIP guest management Welcome party staffing TIPS-certified bartenders Photo booth + experiential Content capture crews Destination wedding support Luxury venue partner Brand-sponsored wedding activation After-party staffing Aman partner agency Four Seasons partner staffing Ritz-Carlton hospitality staffing
Ignite Hospitality is a new dedicated luxury division of Ignite Productions, the veteran-owned experiential marketing agency behind activations for Liquid Death, White Claw, Marc Anthony Brands, and Glendalough. We bring the same operational discipline that powers 5,000+ field activations a year — to weddings, welcome parties, and high-end private events.
What 'founding planner partner' means: we're onboarding a small group of luxury wedding planners and private-event producers as our first hospitality partners. You get priority booking, white-label crew, captain continuity across your full slate, and a direct line to a senior PM who knows your shows.
We work as the execution layer, not the planner. Wedding planners stay in charge of design, vision, and client relationship. We bring vetted ambassadors, TIPS-certified bartenders, hospitality leads, photo booths, content capture crews, and floor captains who run the night without stealing your spotlight.
Service tiers fit luxury venue standards — Four Seasons, Ritz-Carlton, Aman, Auberge, Belmond, and independent luxury resorts. COIs on file. Liquor liability included. Service-tier dress matched to the planner's spec. Multi-language crew available for destination programs. NDAs in scope for celebrity and high-profile events.
// coverage / 50.states / 80+.markets
We don't just say national — we show up in every DMA. One roster. One platform. One PO. Detroit on Tuesday, Tampa on Wednesday, doesn't matter.
80+
MARKETS
48HR
RUSH
// just a few of the major markets we run
● New York, NY ● Los Angeles, CA ● Chicago, IL ● Houston, TX ● Dallas–Fort Worth, TX ● Austin, TX ● San Antonio, TX ● Phoenix, AZ ● Philadelphia, PA ● Boston, MA ● Washington, DC ● Atlanta, GA ● Miami, FL ● Orlando, FL ● Tampa, FL ● Jacksonville, FL ● Charlotte, NC ● Raleigh–Durham, NC ● Nashville, TN ● Memphis, TN ● New Orleans, LA ● Birmingham, AL ● Louisville, KY ● Indianapolis, IN ● Columbus, OH ● Cleveland, OH ● Cincinnati, OH ● Detroit, MI ● Pittsburgh, PA ● Buffalo, NY ● Minneapolis–St. Paul, MN ● Milwaukee, WI ● Madison, WI ● St. Louis, MO ● Kansas City, MO ● Omaha, NE ● Des Moines, IA ● Oklahoma City, OK ● Tulsa, OK ● Little Rock, AR ● Denver, CO ● Colorado Springs, CO ● Salt Lake City, UT ● Boise, ID ● Albuquerque, NM ● Las Vegas, NV ● Reno, NV ● Tucson, AZ ● San Diego, CA ● Orange County, CA ● Riverside–San Bernardino, CA ● Sacramento, CA ● San Francisco, CA ● San Jose, CA ● Fresno, CA ● Portland, OR ● Seattle, WA ● Spokane, WA ● Anchorage, AK ● Honolulu, HI ● Hartford, CT ● Providence, RI ● Burlington, VT ● Portland, ME ● Manchester, NH ● Albany, NY ● Rochester, NY ● Syracuse, NY ● Richmond, VA ● Norfolk–Virginia Beach, VA ● Greensboro, NC ● Greenville, SC ● Columbia, SC ● Charleston, SC ● Savannah, GA ● Jackson, MS ● Baton Rouge, LA ● El Paso, TX ● McAllen, TX ● Corpus Christi, TX
// available in major markets
Including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas-Fort Worth, Atlanta, Miami, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Denver, and Seattle — plus 190+ surge metros.
New York/ NYLos Angeles/ CAChicago/ ILDallas-Fort Worth/ TXAtlanta/ GAMiami/ FLLas Vegas/ NVPhoenix/ AZDenver/ COSeattle/ WA
// faq
Do you replace wedding planners? +
No. We partner with planners. Ignite is the execution and staffing layer: we deploy the crew, run the floor, and make the planner's vision happen. Planners stay in charge of design and client relationship; we handle the crew and the night-of operation.
What kinds of events do you staff? +
Luxury weddings (ceremony, reception, welcome party, day-after brunch), destination weddings, high-end private events, milestone parties, brand-sponsored wedding activations, after-parties, and corporate hospitality events.
How fast can you staff a destination wedding? +
Standard turnaround is 3–6 weeks for a destination wedding with full crew, training, and travel coordination. We've turned around in 7 days for emergency replacement scenarios. Rush windows carry premiums.
Do you carry the right insurance for luxury venues? +
Yes. General liability, liquor liability (TIPS/TABC/RBS-certified bartenders), and venue-specific additional insureds. We work cleanly with Four Seasons, Ritz-Carlton, Aman, Auberge, Belmond, and independent luxury venues. COIs on file before deployment.
Can you produce a brand-sponsored wedding activation? +
Yes. We've built brand activations inside private events — sponsored welcome bars, custom-branded photo experiences, sampling moments, content capture programs. We handle brand compliance and luxury venue standards simultaneously.
Will your crew look the part? +
Yes. We dress to the planner's spec — black tie, white coat, all-black, branded, smart casual. We brief each ambassador on service tone, posture, language, and the small details that separate a wedding from a generic event.
Can you handle multi-day weekends? +
Yes. Welcome party Friday, ceremony + reception Saturday, brunch Sunday — we plan and staff the full weekend with consistent crew where the program needs continuity.
What markets do you cover? +
All 50 states. Strongest depth in NYC, LA, Miami, Aspen, Napa, Charleston, Nashville, Austin, San Diego, the Hamptons, Palm Beach, and most luxury destination resort markets. International on request via partner networks.
>> OFTEN PAIRED WITH
04 Event Staffing EXPLORE →01 Experiential Marketing EXPLORE →07 Promotional Products & Premiums EXPLORE →
>> READY WHEN YOU ARE
Send the brief. We'll come back with crew, compliance, and a line-item quote inside 48 hours.
Request a quote →● Request staff now
rush turnaround
states staffed
ambassador bench
VETERAN
owned
// QUICK BRIEF WHAT WE NEED
01 Goal of the program
02 Markets in scope
03 Window + lead time
04 Budget range
05 Distributor / retailer notes (if any)
QUOTE BACK IN 48 HOURS