John Paul

APRIL 10, 2019

In this recent article from Hospitality Technology , we learn about all the different ways that artificial intelligence is improving and streamlining the guest experience at hotels. L’article Empowering the modern hotel experience with John Paul est apparu en premier sur John Paul. Read the full article on Hospitality Tech here.

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Helen Dewdney

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Exceeding customer expectations. Unless the customer service they always receive has been excellent you have to work to ensure that you retain your customers’ business. An example of exceeding expectations for already loyal customers. In fact, when we stayed the hotel was full. The Presidential Suite.

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Customer Expectations Hotels How To Case Study 63

InMoment XI

JANUARY 16, 2024

The integration of AI technologies empowers businesses to navigate the evolving landscape of customer service with agility and responsiveness, ensuring sustained success in meeting and exceeding customer expectations. These virtual concierges enhance the overall guest experience.

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Eptica

JANUARY 29, 2016

Date: Friday, January 29, 2016 Customer service lessons from the hotel sector. Author: James Gladwish Since the days of coaching inns, providers of accommodation have had to focus on delivering the right customer experience to their guests. Published on: January 29, 2016. I think it comes down to four areas: 1.

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GetFeedback

JULY 19, 2019

When it comes to customer experience (CX) , I can think of many, many things we all know to be true. . We can all agree customers expect more of us than ever. Research reflects it, too: 76% of consumers expect companies to understand their needs and expectations. That’s the customer expectation.

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GetFeedback

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Hotels: 76%. If your industry didn’t make it into the ACSI list, comparing yourself to the overall US customer satisfaction score of 76.5% While it helps to know where you stand relative to your peers, the key to success is to focus on always improving your own score and customer experience. . Fixed-Line Telephone Service: 70%.

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C3Centricity

OCTOBER 1, 2019

I was recently in the US and as seems to be the norm these days, the hotel in which I stayed asked me to rate their performance afterwards. I completed their form, giving only four and five-star ratings, as I had been very satisfied with my stay, the hotel rooms, the staff and their services. ” Shocking mail isn’t it?

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C3Centricity

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

I expected to get a better rate with my membership, and especially cheaper than those offered by the booking sites. After all, why pay a booking site when I know the hotel I want to stay in, right? I booked directly by calling the hotel, as I always prefer to do. That should have been the end of this story, but it’s not.

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Beyond Philosophy

MAY 25, 2023

A Simplified Journey Map To demonstrate how we would apply behavioral science concepts to a customer Journey Map, we made up a simplified journey map for booking a hotel for a vacation. Booking a Hotel for Vacation Book your hotel online. Arrive and check in at the hotel. Use the hotel services.

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Customer Journeys Hotels Travel System 78

Horizon CX

APRIL 1, 2020

As the story goes, three business executives had traveled from out of town to attend a conference, and at the end of the first day, they gathered in their hotel lobby and asked the concierge to recommend a good place to eat. To maintain its anonymity, I will call it “Pete’s Diner.”. April 1, 2020.

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ijgolding

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

A hotel true to its word. We stayed in an independent hotel called Hotel Tres Reyes (the three kings). We had absolutely no idea what to expect from this hotel – but what we received was absolutely perfect. If you ever happen to be in Pamplona, I cannot recommend this hotel enough.

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Bill Quiseng

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Consistently deliver “a little better than the average experience that customers expect” product or service so tediously repetitive that you feel it is boring, but to the customer, at that moment, you are Magnificent! For hotels, offer bottled water at arrival or departure.

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Hotels Retail Loyalty Connections 130

Beyond Philosophy

DECEMBER 8, 2022

9Diminishing sensitivity is why what exceeded customers’ expectations and delighted them in your experience on its introduction becomes what customers expect and appreciate—but don’t celebrate—upon return. For example, the first time you stay at an excellent hotel chain, you think, “Oh, this is pretty good.

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Uniphore

OCTOBER 7, 2021

American Express Counts the Benefits Maintaining your status as one of the world’s largest credit card providers comes with huge customer expectations. Ritz-Carlton Charges Up Exceptional Support Hotel chain Ritz-Carlton gives employees a budget of up to $2,000 to fix any guest problems.

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Vonage

JUNE 5, 2018

If these expectations are not met, especially in highly competitive markets, customers can easily switch to a competitor that is better equipped. The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company. How The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company approaches customer service. What can your business learn from The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company?

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Bill Quiseng

JUNE 21, 2023

Consistently deliver a low-cost, no-cost “a little better than the average experience that customers expect” product or service so tediously repetitive that you feel it is boring, but to the customer, at that moment, you are Magnificent! For hotels, offer bottled water at arrival and departure.

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ijgolding

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Some of the emails are from my wonderful friends and family wishing me ‘many happy returns’ However many of the emails are from companies eager to show me how important I am as a customer. It is all part of developing ongoing relationships with customers. JD Williams are not the only company to get a customers name wrong.

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Hotels Customer Retention Retail Communication 212

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Tips to Creating an Amazing Customer Service Experience in Hotels and Beyond. They discuss Rupesh’s “secret sauce” to creating an amazing guest experience across his hotels, and how those ideas can translate to the larger customer service world. The Hospitality Mentality. Shep Hyken interviews Rupesh Patel.

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Hotels Guest Experience Hospitality Consulting 103

Wired and Dangerous

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

We were working in Philadelphia and stayed at a chain hotel that did not have the practice of sliding the receipt under your hotel room door the morning you checked out. When we met in the lobby at 5 am to catch the first shuttle to the airport for an early morning flight, neither of us had a hotel receipt. .

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ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

4 Ways Digital Evolution Has Changed Customers’ Ideas About Patience by Scott Clark. CMSWire) We know that customers expect answers to service inquiries within an hour, and they also expect their online experiences to be convenient and fast, with their questions answered and their goals accomplished.

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Bill Quiseng

JUNE 14, 2023

And satisfied customers will leave when they find an experience that is better or a price that is less expensive. Don’t just serve to meet customer expectations. Serve to exceed their expectations. So don’t serve to satisfy customers. For hotels, offer bottled water at arrival or departure.

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ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

I would only hire the best people and train them to take care of our customers. . We would make them feel like they were a guest at a fine hotel or restaurant. If you think about these answers, they are exactly what customers expect anyway. What would make your customers say, “Wow!” What would be over the top?

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Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 18, 2017

However, emotions, not logic, drive our behavior, particularly as customers. Nevertheless, moments in an experience betray the fact that many organizations ignore the role emotions play in Customer Experience outcomes. The hotel mini-bar is a great example. The mini-bar seems customer-focused at first glance.

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CSM Magazine

JULY 30, 2021

Hotel guests are so passionate about excellent housekeeping that they’re more likely to leave a negative review if your services don’t meet their standards, according to Booking Factory. Keeping your employees happy should be a top priority if you want to attract and retain customers.

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Hospitality Industry Tips Customer Service 52

Vonage

JULY 7, 2017

However, this old saw isn’t as true as it used to be, in many industries, and in many customers’ expectations. Great companies from FedEx to Amazon to Mod Pizza have convinced customers that speed is often synonymous with quality, rather than the enemy of it. It calls this concept “Taj-ness.”

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ijgolding

JUNE 15, 2015

The video served as an extremely powerful lesson of the damage that FAILURE to deliver the experiences that customers EXPECT from a brand can do. For over 100 years, the hotel has been pampering the rich and famous. Those numbers would have been HUGE if the video was still accessible today.

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Currency Alliance

JANUARY 18, 2021

It’s time for hotel operators to re-evaluate how well their ace in the hole – their loyalty program – is enabling every function of their business to deliver more value. Ask any traveler checking into a hotel after an exhausting business meeting, a white-knuckle flight, or a surprise marriage proposal. A bed is not just a bed.

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Hospitality Loyalty Industry Hotels 52

Help Scout

APRIL 27, 2021

Every time I travel to Boston, I stay in the same hotel. It’s not fancy and the location isn’t great, but they know how to wow a customer. Hotels are a dime a dozen. I could probably find a cheaper hotel within a five-minute walk from the one I always stay in, so it’s not about price or convenience. It blew me away.

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Hotels Customers Return on Investment Loyalty 117

Beyond Philosophy

AUGUST 12, 2021

That means the add-on experience of the service could change the customers’ impression of your organization and the related Halo Effect. For example, I tried a hotel’s shuttle service after an overseas flight. Everything you provide customers has to be consistent in everything that you’re doing.

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Beyond Philosophy

JULY 13, 2021

For example, I stayed at a hotel that offered a shuttle service from the airport. When I complained, the hotel had the attitude that the shuttle was more like them doing me a favor. If you’re violating what the customer expects, it would be best to have established processes for managing those situations if they go sideways.

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Michelli Experience

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

I am delighted to have known Ed for years and am honored (beyond words) that he listed me as a member of his trusted personal board of directors in a recent article for Hotels Magazine. This week Ed Mady is being recognized as Hotelier of the World by Hotels Magazine at an awards ceremony at The Lotte New York Palace.

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Wired and Dangerous

AUGUST 10, 2020

After a truck driver was not 100% satisfied about fifty times, the company instituted a limitation that essentially said if you register dissatisfaction three times; perhaps another hotel might be better suited to your needs. So, here is our question.

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Customer Service Hotels Course Customers 184

Wired and Dangerous

JUNE 23, 2020

What are you doing in every customer interaction to welcome customers back, to ensure your customers know how important they are, and how much you appreciate their business? We were working with a client in San Jose, CA and staying at one of our favorite Marriott hotels.

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Hotels Retail Customer Experience Loyalty 113

ShepHyken

MARCH 2, 2020

Check out this pyramid which shows that the higher the product is on the four levels of the pyramid, the more valuable it is to the customer. The new guest-centric look of loyalty for hotels by Mitra Sorrells. Most companies are concerned about the rising cost of acquisition – not just hotels. Lots to learn here.

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Customer Service Hospitality Hotels Loyalty 105

CSM Magazine

JANUARY 19, 2022

Shifting Customer Expectations – Top Customer Care Trends for 2022’ features insights from senior leaders from Nationwide, PVH Corp & Hootsuite! Speakers include: Dan Piotrowski, SVP Operations, Omni Hotels & Resorts. Göran van Hese, Customer Care SC Leader Global, Hootsuite.

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Vonage

JUNE 7, 2018

Whether or not customer service has been improving in your particular industry, it has improved over time at enough companies with broad consumer reach that customers have begun to expect better and better customer service across the board—in every industry, every niche, every price point.

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Bill Quiseng

APRIL 25, 2021

With restrictions being lifted and vaccinations for everyone available soon, now is the best time to assert yourself to reinvent your customer experience. As a direct result of the pandemic, customer expectations have changed dramatically. So, the experience before the pandemic is no longer good enough.

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