TrustYou Acquires Hotel-Messaging Platform CheckMate
Photo Credit: Checkmate integrated into a hotel app. PlaceIt by Breezi
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We don't know the terms of the transaction. Still, messaging, mobile and review analytics all make for a nice concoction and the two companies will likely be better for the mixture.
Review analytics and reputation-management company TrustYou has acquired guest- and hotel-messaging platform Checkmate as a means for hotels to head off subpar guest experiences before they happen.
Ellis Connolly, chief revenue officer for TrustYou, which has offices in Munich; Carlsbad California, and Singapore, said the company acquired the technology and intellectual property of Checkmate, which is based in San Francisco and is a unit of Room77, last week.
Connolly declined to discuss the financial aspects of the deal. He said Checkmate CEO Drew Patterson will not t
