How to Integrate Cendra with Hostex
Cendra acts as an invisible General Manager for your short-term rental business. Integrating it with your Hostex account offers several key advantages:
- AI-Driven Messaging: Cendra’s AI Agent learns from your interactions to deliver fast, accurate responses. You can choose full automation or review AI-generated drafts before they are sent.
- Operational Efficiency: Automatically trigger property tasks, such as cleaning requests or maintenance, using smart workflows and predictive scheduling.
- Revenue Growth: The system automatically identifies and offers upsell opportunities to guests, including early check-ins, late check-outs, and gap-night stays.
- Unified Communication: Streamline all guest messages into one intelligent system, ensuring no request is missed.
Connecting Hostex to Cendra is a straightforward process that involves generating an API token in Hostex and pasting it into your Cendra workspace.
Phase 1: Prepare your Cendra Workspace
- Visit app.cendra.ai to create an account and begin the self-onboarding process.
- Enter your company details to initialize your workspace.
- When prompted to choose your PMS, select Hostex.
Phase 2: Generate an API Token in Hostex
- Log in to your Hostex account.
- Navigate to Workplace > Open API.
- Click the Add New button.
- In the name field, enter “Cendra” and click Create.
- Copy the generated API token.
Phase 3: Finalize the Connection
- Return to your Cendra workspace.
- Paste the API token you copied from Hostex into the required field.
- Select your first property to begin testing the integration.
- Once you are satisfied with the setup, toggle the connection to Live.
After the integration is active, Cendra will begin loading your property data and guest information. Your guest communications and property tasks will start to sync, allowing the AI to manage your daily operations behind the scenes.
If you encounter any issues during the setup, please reach out to the Cendra support team or consult the Cendra help center for technical assistance.