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What Came First COVID-19 or Poor Customer Service?

CSM Magazine

Just like the chicken or egg conundrum the same could apply to COVID-19 and poor customer service. As many organisations hide behind the pandemic for failing service standards, Abbie Heslop, Commercial AI Analyst, EBI.AI What came first, Coronavirus or poor customer service? About the Author.

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Three Customer Service Lessons from a World Traveler?

ShepHyken

There are at least three lessons we can learn from this story: Laziness: That should never be an excuse for providing poor customer service. If the agent really was lazy, shame on her for taking a job where she supports customers. However, she also made a mistake. What was it? Let’s find out!

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3 Ways Conversational AI can help your Customers in an Urgent Travel Situation

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As the weather heats up this time of year, vacation is the top thing on my mind and I start to book my summer travels. With improved self-service, I find it easy to navigate through websites and channel options to get exactly what I want. In my experience, the major problems with booking travel happen at the worst possible time.

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Flying in the face of poor customer service

Helen Dewdney

Having been faced with the embarrassment of being extracted from the queue boarding the aircraft, the abrupt and rude attitude of the departure gate staff, they decided that they would prefer not to travel and asked for their luggage to be removed from the aircraft. The dispatcher said that he would try and get their cases off the plane.

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How to create loyal customers and brand evangelists in the travel and hospitality industry

Up Your Service

Our previous blog post demonstrated the power of customer voice in an unsolicited book review from a technology industry guru. This post makes the same point, but for the travel and hospitality – one of the most traditional “service” industries on the planet. The rise of white-glove customer service.

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3 Ways Conversational AI can help your Customers in an Urgent Travel Situation

Interactions

As the weather heats up this time of year, vacation is the top thing on my mind and I start to book my summer travels. With improved self-service, I find it easy to navigate through websites and channel options to get exactly what I want. In my experience, the major problems with booking travel happen at the worst possible time.

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Transportation Security Administration criticized for poor customer service

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Is there something awry with TSA customer service when recognizable individuals such as Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld or former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger are patted down at the entrance to airport security? Not too long ago, passengers had to turn on their laptops nor were cigarette lighters permitted.