ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

That’s why I’m excited to share this article by Charles Ryan Minton, one of the top managers in the Marriott/Bonvoy organization. The five ideas in this article are exactly what he uses when leading his team to deliver a great guest experience. Customer retention can also help build your brand and reputation.

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Customer Service Hospitality Hotels Customer Retention 67

Storyminers

APRIL 24, 2018

That’s why Vacasa , a vacation rental property management company, caught my attention. It wouldn’t be possible if the company didn’t have a clear understanding of their niche— full service property management. Guest expectations are high. Vacasa delivers a great guest experience. BUSINESS DESIGN.

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Case Study Study Culture Guest Experience 100

LoyaltyPlus

JUNE 12, 2022

There are opportunities to be had by implementing a loyalty programme to establish a direct relationship with guests. Using information about people’s interactions and preferences, accommodation purchases and amenity rewards can significantly enhance the overall guest experience and result in return visits.

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Hotels Self Service Tourism Guest Experience 52

inmoment

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Guest experiences don’t exist in siloes. From marketing to HR and operations, your entire organization plays a role in delivering memorable customer experiences (CX) and interactions that lead to increased customer loyalty. . Finance: Think finance is removed from guest experiences? Think again.

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Feedback Guest Experience How To Brands 40

Storyminers

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

The Cathy family have been building their brand based on service (they say hospitality) since 1946. This method of using the guest experience as the focal point for strategy has positive side-effects: It naturally instills service values into the culture. Chick-fil-A [private], now America’s favorite chain restaurant , is proof.

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Sales Hospitality Guest Experience Culture 113

Stella Connect

JANUARY 18, 2022

In the early stages of my career I analyzed my interactions with brands, products or services, looking for common themes — a crazy-making activity that eventually led to my first book, The Ten Principles Behind Great Customer Experiences. “Why do I love this cafe so much?”. What annoys me about this website?”.

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Customer Experience Contact Center Guest Experience Training 102

ReviewTrackers

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

83 percent say TripAdvisor reviews make them feel more confident in their travel decisions, and 96 percent of hotels and hospitality brands worldwide say reviews are influential in generating bookings. Businesses that respond to more than half of their reviews are 24 percent more likely to receive a booking inquiry via TripAdvisor.

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Examples Hotels How To Travel 91

ENGAGE.cx

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Before booking the room, you want to check a few details about the property, so you make a call to the company’s customer service department. She answers your questions about the property, puts the booking through for you with the discount applied. Sound too good to be true? Not in the least. Engagement Score Defines VIPs.

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Engagement Guest Experience Hotels Hospitality 40

ReviewTrackers

MAY 15, 2017

Whether you’re managing a boutique resort with a dozen rooms or an international destination brand with tens or hundreds of hotel properties around the world, your ability to monitor, influence, and improve the way your hotel is perceived online by existing and potential guests can spell the difference between winning and losing.

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Hotels Management Net Promoter Score Social Media 20

ReviewTrackers

AUGUST 30, 2017

Customer journey mapping (drawing the various stages at which your customers engage with your brand) is crucial to providing an experience in which customers feel like banks care about them. Daniel is also the author of the upcoming book, The Anticipatory Organization: Turn Disruption and Change into Opportunity and Advantage. .

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Connections Customer Journeys Healthcare Banking 50

Magellan Solutions

MAY 10, 2024

However, this success comes with challenges for hosts, who often find themselves overwhelmed with tasks such as responding to inquiries, managing bookings, and ensuring seamless guest communication. This helps create a cohesive and professional image for your business, attracting more potential guests.

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Hospitality Competitive Advantage Self Service Guest Experience 52

Currency Alliance

OCTOBER 11, 2018

The Resolution Foundation, a UK-based research organization, recently published data showing that 11% of the market for “hotels and similar accommodation” was owned by the top 5 brands in the sector in 2016; a drop of three percentage points from 2004[i]. On the contrary, the hotel remains a highly valued experience offering.

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Hotels Hospitality Loyalty Travel 40

Qualtrics

JULY 2, 2019

That insight, combined with customer feedback, is why we launched Online Reputation Management which enables brands to amplify, analyze and interact with customers and the reviews they leave on major review sites like App Store and Yelp. Online Reputation Management. XM Institute Benchmarks. Learn more about our NPS benchmarks.

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Innovation Social Media NPS Contact Center 39

Martin Hill-Wilson

JULY 23, 2016

Meanwhile, a whole string of new brands are emerging in bot design, deep learning and personal assistance. Happily there are UK brands in this list! In fact, last week I was treated to a behind the doors session with a well know UK high street brand. Legacy brands want to code as well as the fintechs. No more it seems.

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Self Service Omni-Channel Hotels Course 40

Smith+co CX

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

However, a recent feature by the Sunday Times found that despite all the investment in improving services, hotels all too often fail on the customer experience. So why is it that as brands get more sophisticated in their technology and more innovative in their attempts to dazzle us, they fail to deliver a great experience?

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Hotels Customer Experience CEM Course 34

ENGAGE.cx

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

Before booking the room, you want to check a few details about the property, so you make a call to the company’s customer service department. She answers your questions about the property, puts the booking through for you with the discount applied. Guest Lifecycle. Guest Sentiment. Sound too good to be true?

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Guest Experience Hospitality Hotels CRM 40

Michel Falcon Experience

APRIL 13, 2023

So there’s proof there, whether it’s through companies that you’ve associated yourself with Zappos, Starbucks or whichever brand. And I think that kind of permeates their whole brand today. It was four years before he wrote the book. Why do some companies still struggle to commit to it?

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Culture Company ROI Leadership 60

ReviewTrackers

MARCH 3, 2019

Meanwhile, 96 percent of hotel and hospitality brands worldwide say that TripAdvisor reviews are influential in generating bookings. These stats suggest that potential customers are likely to make a decision about whether or not to book or spend money with you based on reviews they see on TripAdvisor. Respond to reviews.

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How To Hotels Travel Guest Experience 70

Kustomer

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

When a brand is wholly aligned with the customer mission, it makes for a seamless experience across all departments. The customer game’s simple – as Justin puts it, “There’s no winner or loser in customer experience. And most of what we measure in our contact centers or on customer experience teams is looking backward.

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Effort Score Contact Center Self Service Metrics 98

Avaya

JUNE 27, 2017

Technology is no longer part of the guest experience; it is the guest experience. Today, 40% of guests now regularly use hotel mobile apps. Over 80% prefer automatic notifications for such things as booking confirmations and room readiness. And 67% would sign up for location-based coupons and alerts.

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Hospitality Guest Experience Hotels Entertainment 53

Customer Enthusiast

AUGUST 2, 2017

The three areas of the study that stood out to me are: 57% of guests said that unfriendly employees were most likely to cause them to have a negative experience at a hotel. 82% of guests question the value for price paid , thinking they overpaid for their stay at least sometimes. Watch the 90-second book trailer.

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Hotels Exceptional Customer Service Guest Experience Study 40

Michel Falcon Experience

APRIL 11, 2019

Earlier this year, Jayson Gaignard, WeWork and I hosted a fireside chat where Jayson interviewed me about my People-First Culture book. Understanding why I focused a lot of attention on purpose-driven companies within the pages of my book. ? Jason: Multiple brands, and Brian is just crushing it.

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