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FEBRUARY 22, 2019

And, a well-designed loyalty program can act as a profitable investment and reduce the likelihood of customers going to your competitors. Take the example of Victoria’s Secret loyalty program PINK Nation. This is the highest level of brand loyalty, which brings an unusual value to brand equity.

Customer Retention 82

Customer Retention Engagement Strategy Rewards Programs 82

Currency Alliance

JUNE 16, 2020

For most of the last decade, loyalty marketing seemed to be on autopilot for many brands – but the tide is turning. Many of the entrants to this years’ Loyalty Magazine Awards were as adept with data and technology as marketers in many other disciplines. Brilliantly, Voxi has spun this very feature into a loyalty driver.

Loyalty 52

Loyalty Innovation Travel Loyalty Programs 52

Currency Alliance

JUNE 11, 2019

“Extra” was a 4% interest rate which earned the average working family £100-200 a year – the kind of value you can earn from a supermarket loyalty card. Banks have been in and out of rewards programs for decades – but their focus ebbs and flows depending on the economic cycle as well as the regulatory framework.

Banking 40

Banking Loyalty Consumers Loyalty Programs 40

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

ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

The Wise Marketer) Companies are realizing the importance of focusing on their repeat customers and designing special loyalty rewards program exclusively for this category of customers. Marketoonist) Singapore Airlines has long been a pioneer in customer experience, not just in airlines, but the hospitality industry in general.

Customer Service 80

Customer Service Airlines Employee Engagement Rewards Programs 80

Kitewheel

MARCH 4, 2019

Enormous budget airline brands and luxury hotel chains alike are seeing increased competition. Top-rated airlines like JetBlue have managed to combine reasonable prices with quality service and experience. Traditional messaging from airlines has been broad-strokes driven, trying to catch the most people to ensure the most tickets sold.

Travel 40

Travel Hospitality Customer Journeys Examples 40

Up Your Service

MAY 3, 2017

Read on… Customer loyalty is a powerful marketing force that travel and hospitality businesses are always chasing. For airlines, hotels, resorts and other companies in the travel and hospitality industry, this presents new challenges in terms of managing their reputation. Turning loyalty members into evangelists.

Hospitality 74

Hospitality Travel Industry Brands 74

Bold360

APRIL 27, 2017

Travel and tourism can be difficult areas for retaining customer loyalty, with websites set up exclusively to pit brands against one another on the best deals for hotels and rock-bottom prices on flights. Inspiring Real Loyalty, No Cards in Sight. Time and time again they top the list of airlines to which customers feel loyal.

Tourism 56

Tourism Travel Customer Service e-support 56

CX Journey

JULY 13, 2017

Herb Kelleher, Southwest Airlines. Employee Engagement is not. a strategy a mandate employee motivation employee recognition something that is "done" (I read an article once that included a note about "if employee engagement is done properly.") I’ve never had control and I never wanted it. They know what needs to be done and they do it.

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Employee Engagement Engagement Rewards Programs Airlines 128

Qualtrics

APRIL 22, 2020

Customer care – Conjoint/MaxDiff can help improve your support and care operations, with insight into what components of your customer care program are most important to your users, as well as what elements they’d be willing to pay more for. Learn how conjoint analysis and MaxDiff work. Hospitality.

Hospitality 29

Hospitality Retail Rewards Programs Analysis 29

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 marketing breaking ground in new sectors. Smarter budgeting.

Loyalty 45

Loyalty Trends Loyalty Programs Rewards Programs 45

Service Untitled

APRIL 14, 2010

Their rewards program provides 2 points for every dollar spent at Nordstrom’s and provides for 1 point when I use the card elsewhere. I can also convert points to miles on many different airlines, and use the points and redeem them at various hotels and Hertz car rentals.

Rewards Programs 41

Rewards Programs Hotels Travel Airlines 41

Currency Alliance

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

In December 2018, we published what we consider will be the Top 10 Trends in loyalty marketing during 2019. Businesses, their markets, and customer behavior have evolved dramatically in the past 10 years, yet most loyalty programs have only made incremental changes (in some cases to the detriment of customers).

Loyalty 45

Loyalty Strategy Loyalty Programs Hotels 45

Grade.us

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Do not under any circumstances penalize the employee in any way for using the reward. Like airlines with the frequent flier miles you have to jump through 86,000,922 hoops to actually use. This is especially effective if you’re doing some sort of cumulative rewards program vs. a monthly contest or award of some kind.

Tips 25

Tips Rewards Programs Fashion Airlines 25

Currency Alliance

JUNE 19, 2019

This was my second year on the judging panel at the Loyalty Magazine Awards. Gamification and personalization have come on leaps and bounds in loyalty to supplement points and rewards. 1. Looking beyond transactional rewards. One brand even overcame the persistent limitations of blockchain to run a successful trial.

Loyalty 49

Loyalty Loyalty Programs Gamification Airlines 49

Currency Alliance

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

The overarching loyalty trend of 2020 will continue to be brands getting to grips with digital transformation. If that sounds like loyalty is late to the party, that’s not necessarily a bad thing. 2020, however, seems likely to be the year in which stars align for a more profitable, productive and open future for loyalty.

Loyalty 40

Loyalty Trends Loyalty Programs Hotels 40

Currency Alliance

OCTOBER 29, 2019

The following quote baffles my mind: According to IRI Worldwide, 74% of consumers globally choose a store based on its effective loyalty programme.[i]. If 74% of consumers choose a store based on their loyalty program, then why do few loyalty programs have more than 25% of their customers participating?

Loyalty 40

Loyalty Loyalty Programs How To Hotels 40

Currency Alliance

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

A spike in recent news around loyalty coalitions – both good and bad – signals the dawn of a new, vastly more profitable iteration of the coalition model. Even though Plenti failed[i], Amex’s effort showed belief in the coalition model by one of the biggest names in reward programs. In summary: V1.0 In summary: V1.0

Loyalty 36

Loyalty Consumers Brands Airlines 36

Currency Alliance

JULY 24, 2018

His chosen airline made him so mad that he wrote a song about them, which has since been viewed over 18m times on YouTube ( [link] ). The anecdotes revealed some interesting themes, and they should make for useful learnings for airline and hotel brands. The airline put us up in a hotel, as you’d expect, but managed it horrifically.

Travel 40

Travel Course Customer Experience Airlines 40

Currency Alliance

MARCH 21, 2019

Loyalty systems were some of the first marketing technology, dating back 35 years. Making the same progress in loyalty has been much more difficult. The typical incumbent loyalty technology platform comprises five core modules: CRM/Analytics Platform. Loyalty Rules Engine. Now, these legacy systems are showing the strain.

Loyalty 58

Loyalty Banking Loyalty Programs CRM 58

Kitewheel

MARCH 25, 2019

Filling these gaps will have quick value and drive customer loyalty. For an airline, it may be as simple as streamlining the boarding process, a major source of stress for travellers. For example, many retailers send a welcome email after you sign up for their rewards program.

ROI 76

ROI Hotels Customer Journeys Retail 76

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