Growth, guest experience & destination development.
Adam Saks helps owners and leadership teams turn ambitious concepts into guest-ready, revenue-focused operations, across strategy, development, openings, operations, branding and team performance.
Build the concept, make it work, shape places and people
A practical consulting menu for hospitality, entertainment, marketing, real estate development and leadership speaking.
Hospitality
Restaurant, bar, hotel and nightclub consulting, from concept and service standards through operating performance and long-term business stabilization.
- Concept, menu & guest journey
- F&B strategy & labor planning
- Launch readiness & turnarounds
Entertainment
Attraction and out-of-home entertainment strategy for destinations that combine play, food, events and hospitality.
- Cinema, surf parks, bowling & karting
- Multi-attraction experience design
- Site selection, competitive analysis & opening plans
Marketing
Branding and identity development, and digital strategy that complements traditional assets to convey clear positioning, build a measurable audience and drive revenue goals.
- Brand strategy & positioning
- Digital, social & out-of-home
- Practical AI integration
Motivational Speaking
Keynotes and facilitated conversations grounded in leadership, career pathways and life transitions.
- The Leadership Lifestyle
- Early childhood education & careers
- Empty Nester Training Guide
Inside UltraStar Multi-tainment Center at Ak-Chin Circle, from its Emmy®-winning commercial. Watch the spot
Operator experience from concept to opening night and beyond
Executive leadership, operations proficiency & financial analysis
Leadership across hospitality, gaming, attractions and multi-tenant destinations.
Concepts, capital & operating models
Concept development, partner negotiations, capital projects and operating models for new and expanding venues.
Marketing, digital & AI
Brand positioning, digital channels, lead generation, analytics and practical AI integration.
Teams, partners & live events
Team development, civic and board communication, public-private partnerships and live event execution.
Hospitality and Entertainment Executive
Adam Saks’ career has taken him from New York to Hawaii, but he now calls Arizona home. A veteran of the early days of Planet Hollywood, Saks has a wife of 32 years and three children he calls his greatest accomplishment. It was an early passion for restaurants and kitchens that led Saks to lead executive operations across hospitality, gaming, attractions and multi-tenant destinations, including teams of more than 500 employees across multiple markets.
Adam Saks also served as Chief Operating Officer for the Cannon Beach development anchored by Revel Surf Park. He was part of the planning and development team from inception and took the project through the opening of its anchor tenant, Revel Surf, as well as its surrounding real estate. Cannon Beach is a mixed-use development of food & beverage, retail, professional services and entertainment. Hear Saks on the Wavepool Mag podcast, or see more press and interviews.
As President of UltraStar Multi-tainment Management, he led a full-service team that functioned as owner's representative and as the operations partner for entertainment venues, with cinemas, esports, bowling, concert venues, redemption arcades and restaurants across the United States. UltraStar's marketing team earned an Emmy® Award and a Bronze Telly Award.
Prior to moving to Arizona, Adam Saks spent six years as Food and Beverage Director at Valley View Casino & Hotel in Valley Center, California. Over his tenure, his team developed and installed several restaurant concepts and scaled annual revenue for the restaurant program from $5M to $25M. Saks and the team won several awards for different restaurants on property. Before leaving California, he served as Vice Chair of the California Restaurant Association, San Diego Chapter.
- Hospitality & gaming
- Multi-attraction venues
- Mixed-use development
- Brand & marketing
- Early childhood board service
- Johnson & Wales culinary & hospitality graduate
Destinations and operators Adam Saks has led
COO, Cannon Beach & Revel Surf
A 38-acre mixed-use destination in Mesa, Arizona. Anchored by Revel Surf Park, Cannon Beach was host to several national brands that complemented a curated selection of local brands to drive guest engagement.
President
A full-service owner's representative and operator for entertainment venues up to 170,000 square feet: cinema, esports, bowling, concert venues, console gaming, redemption arcades and catering. UltraStar's restaurant program ranged from casual dining to lounge and VIP services.
Director of Food & Beverage
A premier hotel and gaming venue in Valley Center, California, where Adam Saks led a team of 400 and grew the food & beverage program to eight venues serving one million guests a year, with award-winning restaurants.
Executive Director
A 501(c)(3) alliance working on behalf of Maricopa, Arizona. Recruited by the City Manager after serving on its board, Adam Saks helped secure a $100M LOI, with another $500M in CapEx under negotiation.
Throughout Adam Saks’ career, he and his teams have worked with
Also: Star Cinemas · Dolby · D-BOX · Christie · Zippin Technology · TK Architects · SMS Architects · Adaptive Architecture · Hilton Hotels · Choice Hotels · Live Nation · Nederlander · Disney · LEGO · Arizona Rattlers · WM Phoenix Open · CinemaCon · Misfits Gaming · SNDBX Gaming
Scoped to the challenge
Engagements can be a focused advisory sprint or ongoing executive support.
From first conversation to results
Start with the challenge
Share your goals, timing and current constraints.
Shape the first step
Scope a focused sprint, a review, or ongoing executive support.
Build and launch
Strategy, development, partner alignment and opening readiness.
Perform and grow
Operations, brand and team performance measured against clear goals.
It starts with a vision
The most important part of any project is listening to and understanding the vision behind it. Kinetic H&E’s approach to any interaction is a respectful consideration for the client's own feelings and motivations behind the project.