2022 sales: $178 million
Previous ranking: 36
Employees: 25 full-time, 2 part-time

307 Fifth Ave., 16th floor
New York, NY 10016
Phone: (212) 542-4500
Website

Executives

MANAGING PARTNER/CEO: Jack Ezon
MANAGING PARTNER, EMBARK COLLECTIVE: Julie Danziger
MANAGING PARTNER, EMBARK EVENTS: Eli Ashear
PARTNER, EMBARK ACADEMY: Anne Scully
VP, MARKETING: Carole Anne Hughs
MANAGING PARTNER, EMBARK SAFARIS: Justin Huff
MANAGING PARTNER, EMBARK TOURS: Charles Chehebar

Company facts

* Privately owned luxury marketing company focuses on the ultrahigh-net-worth travel space, emphasizing high-end social events and leisure, niche safari tours and concierge and hosting.

* Jack Ezon, Julie Danziger, Eli Ashear and Justin Huff are majority shareholders.

* $120 million in sales completed by hosted agents.

* Works with 225 independent contractors.

* Sales: 60% leisure. 5% corporate, 35% other.

* A member of Virtuoso.

2022 Developments

* Created luxury safari tour business, Embark Safaris.

* Released SuveTA online booking tool, giving advisors access to commissionable and wholesale air and hotel through an easy-to-use interface.

* Established a presence in Mexico and Asia.

* Launched Embark Brazil with 50 advisors in the first six months.

* Grew Embark Collective hosting business more than 120%.

Looking ahead

* Developing integrated CRM/AI platform.

* Launching digital event concierge and booking platform.

* Collaborating with luxury fashion brands throughout the U.S. and Europe.

* Launching Icon Event network platform for the social event space.

* Q1's pace is about 45% above 2022 with a new microevent and grand-gathering initiative, Embark Together, launched for small group experiences.

* Europe was about 54% above 2022's pace in Q1 bookings. Southeast Asia is the biggest growth market, followed by sub-Saharan Africa and the South Pacific. Q1 events paced about 24% above 2022.