Kaleidoscope Vue Consulting

What Kaleidoscope Vue Consulting does

Kaleidoscope Vue Consulting is a privately held U.S. hospitality consulting firm founded in 2021 in San Diego by operators Wayne Harth (38 years of hospitality experience) and Drew Stacy (12 years), both formerly of Hotel del Coronado. The firm provides two core service offerings: Membership Program Design & Development for hotels, resorts, and golf and tennis clubs, and Programming & Experience Design intended to convert guests into repeat customers and club members. The company works on project-based deliverables, with documented examples including the Lake House and The Lodge seasonal programming at Fairmont Chicago, holiday programming at Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel, and large-scale holiday installations such as Del Lights at Hotel del Coronado (100,000+ lights displayed). Named clients include Hotel del Coronado, Four Seasons Austin, Fairmont Chicago (Millennium Park), Loews Santa Monica, Camelback Resort, Yellowstone Club, Strategic Hotels & Resorts, and KSL Resorts, spanning luxury hotels, resorts, private clubs, and hotel ownership/asset management firms across U.S. Midwest, Southwest, West Coast, and Northeast markets.

The business model is professional-services consulting delivered via direct sales outreach. Engagements are quoted and scoped rather than priced from a published rate card; the firm relies on founder-led client engagement, industry reputation, and personal relationships. Distribution is purely direct consulting with no digital product, marketplace, or reseller channels. The company has no external funding, operates as an LLC with 1-10 employees, and the two co-founders remain the principal delivery team. There are no proprietary technology platforms, APIs, AI/ML capabilities, or patents; the offering is human creative and operational expertise applied to membership club design, programming calendars, and signature events. Public positioning emphasizes outcomes such as doubling membership totals at Hotel del Coronado and scaling annual events from 10 to 54 memorable experiences.

Name

Kaleidoscope Vue Consulting

Legal name

Kaleidoscope Vue Consulting LLC

Website

https://kaleidoscopevue.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Kaleidoscope Vue Consulting is a San Diego-based hospitality consultancy founded in 2021 that designs membership programs and signature event programming for luxury hotels, resorts, and private clubs across the United States.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Hospitality Consulting

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Other Management Consulting Services (541618), Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (54)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Meeting & Conference Planning & Coordination (HSACADAA)

Keywords

• Hospitality consulting
• Membership program design
• Resort experience programming
• Hotel membership consulting
• Private club programming

Headquarters

HQ city

San Diego

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Hospitality Consulting Services: Professional consulting services for hotels, resorts, and private clubs focused on membership program creation and enhancement, guest experience design, and special events programming.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Kaleidoscope Vue Consulting is a hospitality consulting boutique that helps hotels, resorts, and private clubs build and operate paid membership programs and curated on-property experiences. The firm provides end-to-end membership program design and development, combined with programming and experience design for events, seasonal activations, and signature guest experiences.

Product overview

Kaleidoscope Vue Consulting is a hospitality consulting firm offering two core service offerings: Membership Program Design & Development (for hotels, resorts, and golf/tennis clubs) and Programming & Experience Design. The company works on project-based deliverables including seasonal programming experiences like the Lake House and The Lodge at Fairmont Chicago, conference events like Strategic Resorts Conference, and holiday programming. The founders have extensive backgrounds at properties including Hotel del Coronado, Fairmont Chicago, Yellowstone Club, and have worked with clients such as Four Seasons Austin, Loews Santa Monica, Camelback Resort, and Strategic Hotels & Resorts.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Membership totals doubled at Hotel del Coronado
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Forbes Travel Guide: Luxury hospitality ratings and advisory firm that consults with hotels, resorts, and clubs on service standards and experience design. Comparable as an experience-design thought leader that influences the same luxury and club operators that buy Kaleidoscope Vue's services.

Broad incumbents

• HVS Global Hospitality Services: Largest dedicated hospitality consulting and valuation firm globally, advising hotels, resorts, and clubs on strategy, feasibility, and operations. Most directly comparable as the dominant advisory firm serving the same luxury hotel and club customer base that Kaleidoscope Vue targets.
• Crescent Hotels & Resorts: Hotel and resort management company operating luxury and lifestyle properties with proprietary programming and membership capabilities. Comparable as a larger industry player that internalizes the kind of membership and experience programming Kaleidoscope Vue is hired to design.
• Prism Hotels & Resorts: Hotel management and consulting firm working with full-service and luxury properties on operations, programming, and repositioning. Comparable as a third-party management company that intersects with Kaleidoscope Vue's repositioning and membership-program advisory work.
• HEI Hotels & Resorts: Large hotel owner-operator and management company with internal programming, F&B, and membership capabilities across luxury and upper-upscale properties. Comparable as a buyer-side counterpart whose in-house teams sometimes compete with or partner with boutique hospitality advisors like Kaleidoscope Vue.
• Pineapple Hospitality (formerly known as Bench Events): Hospitality management and experience design firm operating resorts, hotels, and private clubs with proprietary programming. Comparable as an operator-side peer building member and guest experiences at the same property types Kaleidoscope Vue serves.

Direct peers

• HotelAVE: Boutique hospitality consulting and asset management firm serving owners, operators, and brands of hotels and resorts with operational, financial, and programming advisory. Closely comparable in size, positioning, and service mix to Kaleidoscope Vue's membership and guest-experience offering.
• Highland Group: Hospitality-specific management consulting firm working with hotels, resorts, and clubs on strategy, revenue, and programming. Comparable as a boutique advisor focused on the same operational and experiential challenges that Kaleidoscope Vue solves for its luxury clients.
• Hamilton Hotel Advisors: Independent hospitality advisory firm providing operational and programming consulting to hotels, resorts, and private clubs. Comparable as a boutique firm selling senior-expert advisory into the same luxury and private club verticals as Kaleidoscope Vue.

Others

• BDO USA Hospitality Practice: Professional services firm with a dedicated hospitality practice advising hotels, resorts, and clubs on operations, finance, and strategy. Comparable as an adjacent professional services competitor that larger hospitality groups may use instead of boutique advisors like Kaleidoscope Vue.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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