Boca Raton, Fla. – November 29, 2016 – Cendyn, the leader in cloud-based software and services for driving sales and marketing performance in the travel and hospitality industry, announced today that it has acquired Guestfolio Communications (“Guestfolio”), a leading CRM marketing platform for boutique hotels.
With Cendyn’s acquisition of Guestfolio, the company will offer an unprecedented ability for hoteliers to tailor their guest experience and digital marketing solutions to meet competitive marketplace demands and drive profitable revenue growth. Guestfolio’s focus on guest engagement and marketing automation for independent boutique hotels combined with Cendyn’s data-driven enterprise hotel CRM solution will create the most comprehensive and scalable CRM product suite in the industry.
“We are thrilled to welcome Duane and the talented Guestfolio team to the Cendyn family,” said Cendyn CEO, Charles Deyo, “Both Cendyn and Guestfolio are experts in leveraging data to engage guests throughout their travel journey, and this acquisition will allow hoteliers of all sizes the ability to scale a CRM solution that drives loyalty, guest engagement, and profitable revenue growth”.
Duane Hepditch, CEO of Guestfolio, will join the Cendyn executive team as the Senior Vice President of Product Marketing, and the remainder of the Guestfolio team will serve as the West Coast hub for Cendyn, with offices in Whistler, British Columbia.
“Cendyn provides the global experience and service infrastructure we need to satisfy the incredible demand in the hospitality industry and our growing customer base,” said CEO of Guestfolio Duane Hepditch. “Bringing our teams together will allow us to accelerate our product development and truly define the future of travel technology.”