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Private Equity-Backed Cendyn Names New CEO to Lead Hotel Tech Company

Cendyn, a software company that offers customer relationship management, digital marketing, and operations tools to hotels, has hired a new chief executive.  The company said Monday that Jack Blaha has taken the role for the Florida-based company. He replaces Tim Sullivan, who had started as CEO in June 2020, a year after the company gained…

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Cendyn Buys DigitalHotelier to Expand Hotel Ecommerce and Distribution Tools

Cendyn, which offers customer relationship management and digital marketing tools to hotels, said on Wednesday it had acquired DigitalHotelier, which provides hoteliers with tools for distribution, web design, digital marketing, and rate-setting. The companies didn't disclose the terms of the deal. The London-based Digitalhotelier was a bootstrapped company of a few dozen workers. It saw…

Hotels

Customer Relationship Management Tech for Hotels Is Becoming More Necessary

Understanding the customer is becoming increasingly important to hoteliers, and so-called CRM systems can help capture guest data and automate interactions to improve guest conversion and retention. For now, however, CRM remains a tool mainly used by larger hotels.

Customer Relationship Management Tech for Hotels Is Becoming More Necessary

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Cendyn’s Merger With Data Rival Is Latest Private Equity Rollup in Hotel Tech

Accel-KKR, a private equity firm based in Silicon Valley, supported Cendyn's merger with arch-rival NextGuest. Investors are betting that hotels will spend more heavily on data-based tools to gain an edge once the sector's recession ends.

Cendyn’s Merger With Data Rival Is Latest Private Equity Rollup in Hotel Tech

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Pandemic Prompts Indie Hotels to Buy Ads in Price-Comparison Searches

New tools from Google Hotel Ads, Cendyn, DerbySoft, Triptease, SiteMinder, and others are making it easier for smaller hotel companies to woo travelers from metasearch brands.

Pandemic Prompts Indie Hotels to Buy Ads in Price-Comparison Searches

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Hoteliers Take a Harder Look at How They Set Room Rates

Amateurs cut rates to fill hotel rooms. Pros take more sophisticated approaches, such as coordinating to stimulate demand from the most profitable customers.

Hoteliers Take a Harder Look at How They Set Room Rates

Hotels

Private Equity Firm Accel-KKR’s Latest Fix: Hotel Enterprise Software

The short-term goal of the deals is to win more work from hotel management companies. The long-term goal is to sell the combined portfolio. We look at the merits of Accel-KKR-owned Cendyn's acquisition of Rainmaker. We also look at potential acquisition targets.

Private Equity Firm Accel-KKR’s Latest Fix: Hotel Enterprise Software

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Private Equity Takes Control of Cendyn in a Bet on Hotel Tech

Many hoteliers will be watching what Cendyn's new president, Tim Sullivan, does to grow his company's software suite, which offers tools for automated marketing, business intelligence, and group sales management. Can it fend off competitors?

Private Equity Takes Control of Cendyn in a Bet on Hotel Tech
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Hotels

SkiftX Webinar: Delivering Personalization at Scale in Hospitality

This recent SkiftX webinar explores how hotels are able to personalize the end-to-end guest experience with new technology that better understands and delivers on individual customer preferences. Register to access a recording of the webinar.

SkiftX Webinar: Delivering Personalization at Scale in Hospitality
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Hotels

Enhancing Loyalty: Best Practices for CRM Systems in Asia-Pacific

Encompassing diverse markets in mature economies like Australia, Japan, and Singapore, and those with vast growth potential like China, expectations of service and customer experience can vary widely throughout the Asia-Pacific Region. This report looks at strategies to build hospitality customer loyalty through effective use of customer relationship management (CRM.)

Enhancing Loyalty: Best Practices for CRM Systems in Asia-Pacific