49 | Cadence

T0626CADENCE_C_350 [Credit: Cadence]
2024 sales: $326.5 million
Previous ranking: 46
Employees: 88 full-time

7701 Herschel Ave.
La Jolla, CA 92037
Phone: (858) 551-4000
Website

Executives

FOUNDER/CEO: Wendy Burk
CHIEF OF STAFF: Eitan Geft
CHAIRMAN: Harold Frysh

COMPANY FACTS

* Privately held.

* Wendy Burk is majority shareholder.

* A mix of hosting and direct travel management.

* Works with 220 independent contractors.

* 70% of sales completed by hosted advisors.

* Sales: 70% leisure, 18% business, 12% meetings and incentives.

* A member of Virtuoso and a Forbes Travel Guide-endorsed agency.

DEVELOPMENTS

* Doubled its dedicated host agency support team from 13 to 26 with new leadership.

* Implemented TripSuite for its independent affiliate advisors and their teams to offer a comprehensive back-office/CRM platform that modernizes operations and business intelligence.

* Expanded its preferred partner roster, totaling 135 by the end of the year.

* Boasted a 99% client retention rate year over year in business travel management and its meetings and incentives divisions.

* Planned its 10th annual industry event, the Magellan Award-winning, invitation-only Cadence Connects, which was held May 7 to 9, 2025, at the Hotel del Coronado near San Diego.

LOOKING AHEAD

* Accelerating development in its business travel management and meetings and incentive divisions.

* Expanding its host agency membership.

* Developing new partnerships with key suppliers to expand its preferred partner program. 

* Increasing the quantity and quality of advisor events and activations.

* Enhancing its business coaching resources for advisors.

* Cautiously optimistic for continued growth over 2024. 


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