Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Hotel giant Hilton recently dropped the H from its rewards program , replacing the linguistically puzzling Hilton HHonors with an easier to pronounce version, Hilton Honors. The new rewards program will be the first in the industry to allow members to combine points and money for a hotel visit. I like these changes.

Rewards Programs 60

Rewards Programs Hotels Travel Chief Customer Officer 60

Currency Alliance

JUNE 16, 2020

Many of the entrants to this years’ Loyalty Magazine Awards were as adept with data and technology as marketers in many other disciplines. Of course, the Awards entrants are only a tiny sample from industries that have hundreds or even thousands or loyalty programs. Hybrid points programs. A disloyal generation?

Loyalty 52

Loyalty Innovation Travel Loyalty Programs 52

Currency Alliance

JUNE 11, 2017

Loyalty program announcements so far this year indicate a major sea change. To get customers re-engaged, brands are making it easier to participate in their loyalty programs and are offering enhanced ways to redeem – so customers can make use of even small amounts of points/miles.

Loyalty 52

Loyalty Loyalty Programs Multi-Channel Rewards Programs 52

Currency Alliance

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Having benchmarked and talked to hundreds of loyalty programs in the past few months, what we think program leaders ought to be doing during the next 3-6 months is preparing a plan to realign their loyalty program design with the broader business strategy and core value propositions. Customer data: maximize ROI.

Loyalty 45

Loyalty Strategy Loyalty Programs Hotels 45

Currency Alliance

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Escalating competition across sectors – not a purported “death of loyalty” – is making loyalty harder earned. As a result, major loyalty trends for 2019 will see a wave of innovation as established brands trial new ways to retain share of mind. Loyalty program management’ was reported as CMO’s lowest priority, with 4.8%

Loyalty 45

Loyalty Trends Loyalty Programs Rewards Programs 45

Currency Alliance

JUNE 19, 2019

Independent of individual program achievements, the most important development across the industry has not been in individual technological triumphs, but a hastening structural shift in how brands understand and approach the purpose of their loyalty programs. ING Direct is one of those brands. Kudos to them.

Loyalty 49

Loyalty Loyalty Programs Gamification Airlines 49

Currency Alliance

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

One of the earliest loyalty programs came out of the grocery sector. Broadly speaking, most of the chains’ loyalty efforts have been in proprietary, albeit digitalized versions of the original S&H program: collecting in order to redeem for rewards, some digital couponing, and pushing out offers via a mobile app.

Loyalty Programs 52

Loyalty Programs Loyalty How To Hotels 52

Currency Alliance

MARCH 21, 2019

The sea-change in marketing technology is evident in the Gartner CMO survey, which tracked spending across all marketing disciplines: …most of which are rooted in martech solutions, younger than loyalty program management technologies, but all united by the common need to share customer data and use it to drive results.

Loyalty 58

Loyalty Banking Loyalty Programs CRM 58

Retently

MARCH 18, 2019

Consumers love Starbucks – even more since the company implemented its rewards program. Apparently, customer loyalty was so high that Starbucks’ program ended up holding more money than some banks. Tesla customer reps also communicate with other internal departments to improve the customer experience.

Net Promoter Score 131

Net Promoter Score Omni-Channel Company NPS 131