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Unlocking the Power of Unreasonable Hospitality: Insights from Will Guidara

Blake Morgan

                                 How can the concept of “Unreasonable Hospitality” reshape the landscape of customer experience within the contact center? The interplay of hospitality and excellence, thriving amidst their inherent tension, defines his remarkable success.

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Inside Choice Hotel’s Customer-Focused Data Strategy

Blake Morgan

That data is then broken down by property to find trends in how customers view certain properties or hotel brands and is also broken down by type of customer. Seeing a need for more short-term housing in America, Choice Hotels invested heavily in extended-stay properties by acquiring brands and building new hotels.

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When Your Customer Experience Hits a “Bump in the Road”

ShepHyken

While he’s in the hospitality industry, this could apply to any type of business. There have most likely been times that many of us have fallen short in taking care of our customers. In years past both of my locations were consistently in the top 30% of brands. One of our faithful subscribers sent in a question.

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Hospitality loyalty: 3 predictions that will change the industry

Currency Alliance

Here are three predictions of how loyalty programs must evolve in hospitality. Now is the time, while the pandemic causes a lull in occupancy, for hotel operators to re-evaluate how their loyalty strategies can become the glue that binds together every function in a customer-focused business. A bed is not just a bed.

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The Art of Selling CX

Horizon CX

The Crucial Link Between CX and Strategic Goals: Effectively advocating for customer-centric strategies involves aligning proposals with the overarching strategic goals and objectives of the organization. Strategic Milestone: Apple’s success in customer experience contributes to its strategic milestone of brand loyalty.

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Guest Blog: What Hospitality Industry Has Taught Us About Customer Service Best Practices

ShepHyken

This week on our Friends on Friday guest blog post my colleague, Benny Tjia shares lessons learned from the hospitality industry about creating a customer focused culture. Proper customer service is something this line of business have trained for — possibly for hundreds of years at the big hotel chains. Shep Hyken.

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How to Say YES – Every Time

ShepHyken

Both of these authors have a hospitality background. Both know the value of their customers hearing yes for an answer. I went back to the same store, only to be disappointed that the brand discontinued that model. In my book, Amaze Every Customer Every Time , I write about the concept, “ One to say YES and two to say NO.”

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