ShepHyken

JUNE 6, 2022

Each week I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Why Chick-fil-a Is One of the Most Loved Brands by John Dijulius. My Comment: John DiJulius is one of the smartest customer service/CX experts on the planet. What Makes Good Customer Service? I love his articles.

Customer Service 67

Customer Service Loyalty Programs Hotels Loyalty 67

Kitewheel

MARCH 4, 2019

Travel and hospitality companies have a difficult job. Enormous budget airline brands and luxury hotel chains alike are seeing increased competition. But even these leading travel brands can do better. Furthermore, travel businesses need to better understand and react in real-time to the needs of their customers.

Travel 40

Travel Hospitality Customer Journeys Examples 40

Currency Alliance

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Countless articles have been written about enhancing the hotel customer experience (CX) with technology. And while some of the market diversification comes from the likes of Airbnb, some of it comes from hotel brands themselves, filling more varied market gaps with more interesting services and experiences. But there is a bigger story.

Hotels 40

Hotels Hospitality Loyalty Travel 40

ShepHyken

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Each week I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. 4 Ways to Level Up Your Customer Service in 2021 by Reuben Yonatan. Fast Company) Providing exceptional customer service is a tried and tested way for brands to stand out and succeed. by Max Starkov.

Customer Service 72

Customer Service Hospitality Rewards Programs Self Service 72

Customer Bliss

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Mark Weinstein is the Senior Vice President of Customer Engagement, Loyalty and Partnerships for Hilton Worldwide. Like many customer experience executives, he searched for a career path that matched his skills and passion for helping customers comprehensively across the business. Power-winning guest loyalty program.

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ShepHyken

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. The Top 5 Guest Loyalty Trends and Predictions to Watch for 2023 by Ellis Connolly. My Comment: Regardless of the type of business you are in, I believe it’s important to have a “hospitality mentality.”

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Customer Service Hospitality e-support eBook 70

Michelli Experience

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

For example, when a customer enters a retail store and a clerk asks, “How are you today?” Most customers know the question is little more than a universal greeting. Most clerks don’t really want a customer to honestly answer the question. Fortunately, most customers will deflect with a response of, “I’m fine.”

Customer Experience 113

Customer Experience Loyalty Programs Loyalty Consulting 113

Customer Bliss

JUNE 6, 2018

How do you take insights from customers and drive better decision making and better product delivery? This is one of the many questions that Eric Smuda , VP of Customer Experience & Loyalty of Hertz car rental service had to ask when he joined the company to transform customer and employee experience.

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Employee Experience Culture Loyalty Travel 221

InMoment XI

JANUARY 17, 2024

In the dynamic world of hospitality, the ability to manage and enhance the guest experience often spells the difference between those who win and those who get left behind. A positive guest experience involves going beyond basic customer service. Positive guest experiences lead to higher customer satisfaction levels.

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Guest Experience Trends Hospitality Customer Journeys 260

Customer Bliss

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

Today, I’m replaying one of our most popular episodes from 2018 about the employee experience and building customer loyalty at Hertz with Eric Smuda , VP of Customer Experience and Loyalty. How do you serve customers in a way that’s conducive to the present and future, while also integrating the human-element?

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Employee Experience Loyalty Programs Chief Customer Officer Loyalty 143

delighted

JUNE 30, 2022

Every brand loves a happy customer, and knowing that you have recent buyers who love your product enough to give you positive feedback is a great feeling. But your happiest customers can do more than provide validation and direction – they can also become significant revenue drivers for your business through a referral program.

Sales 83

Sales Net Promoter Score Loyalty Programs Ecommerce 83

Alida

JANUARY 5, 2018

Marketers are always looking for new ways to create experiences that resonate with customers, and 2018 will be no different. And although fads come and go—think unicorn hair and frappuccinos—there are some trends that will stick in the coming year and affect how businesses interact with customers. CMOs become customer-obsessed.

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Marketing Multi-Channel Advertising Tourism 0

InMoment XI

MAY 14, 2022

In what ways do your favorite brands help create your personal brand? Over the past few decades, InMoment has collected and analyzed feedback from billions of customer experiences. So, Why Do Customers Choose Their Favorite Brands? A Few Examples from Best-In-Class Brands. Tiffany & Co.

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Brands Loyalty Retail Competitive Advantage 493

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

MAY 4, 2015

I recently had the opportunity to attend San Diego’s Next Generation Customer Experience conference and present a session on the role of mobile in closing the gap in customer experience. The conference attracted some of the biggest names in customer centricity from all over the retail, hospitality, and financial service industries.

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Customer Experience Customer Journeys Conference Retail 110

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

JANUARY 12, 2015

How can we increase loyalty? Consider yourself as a loyal customer. We are most likely loyal to some brand or another. Now consider the last time you talked up a brand without any reward except sharing the good news. All loyalty and authentic word-of-mouth marketing results are based on emotion. Some swear by Nike.

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Loyalty Hotels Hospitality Loyalty Programs 110

John Paul

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

This month’s star is Louise, a Concierge VIP working on the customer service team for a large hospitality company. I work on a customer service team for a major actor in the hospitality sector, and the goal is to help the guests of this brand. We handle all the customer service requests.

Hospitality 40

Hospitality Loyalty Programs Hotels Loyalty 40

John Paul

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

This month’s star is Louise, a Concierge VIP working on the customer service team for a large hospitality company. I work on a customer service team for a major actor in the hospitality sector, and the goal is to help the guests of this brand. We handle all the customer service requests.

Hospitality 40

Hospitality Loyalty Programs Hotels Loyalty 40

Currency Alliance

MARCH 24, 2020

Currency Alliance is offering fee-free exchanges of loyalty currencies, between travel and non-travel brands, for the next six months. Travel brands are suffering from Covid-19 more than most, with the grounding of aircraft, and very low occupancy for those hotels which have not yet closed. Implementation details.

Travel 40

Travel Loyalty Programs Airlines Hotels 40

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. What really stood out is which brands were pulling off these feats.

Loyalty 52

Loyalty Innovation Travel Loyalty Programs 52

John Paul

JULY 17, 2018

Premier worldwide leader in loyalty solutions and brand hospitality to serve Asia Pacific clients across banking, luxury, technology, automotive, FMCG and hospitality sectors. As we develop our APAC client base and grow , recruiting people with a passion for service and a customer focused mindset is key.

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Omni-Channel Leadership Self Service Automotive 40

Comm100

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Sometimes we learn important customer service skills through training, or through years of hard-earned experience. But we still want you to be able to take advantage of the books that can transform your current customer support operations. Customer Experience 3.0: Chief Customer Officer 2.0: ” – Charles W.

Customer Service 100

Customer Service Case Study Gamification Culture 100

Qualtrics

APRIL 22, 2020

Find out how Conjoint/MaxDiff can help you use real-time feedback to develop the products and services your customers need both now, and as you emerge from the other side of the coronavirus crisis. Hospitality. In short, our priorities have shifted — and no one knows for how long.

Hospitality 29

Hospitality Retail Rewards Programs Analysis 29

InMoment XI

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

There is something to be said about how vital it is to leverage market research to understand your non-buyers so you can convert them into customers. But focusing on how to improve customer retention is just as important, if not more. That is why your customer retention efforts are so important. What Is Customer Retention?

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Customer Retention How To Customer Journeys Telecommunications 260

Currency Alliance

MARCH 20, 2020

There are really only four ways to create value for all stakeholders in a loyalty program: maintain low operating costs, and funnel the savings into rewards. add complementary partners in every spending category so the program and the currency are more useful and interesting. Not every loyalty program seems to appreciate this.

Loyalty Programs 52

Loyalty Programs Loyalty Hotels Travel 52

SurveySensum

AUGUST 24, 2023

According to the Harvard Business Review article, Kick-Ass Customer Service , 81% of customers stated that they intend to take care of matters by themselves before reaching out to a customer service representative. And this will enable you to retain your customers and make them feel loyal to your brand.

Self Service 52

Self Service Brands Effort Score Airlines 52

Currency Alliance

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Loyalty trends, as we’ve said in our previous years’ trends articles, are interesting to think about – but they are not necessarily reflective of what your own brand should be focusing on in the next year. This year, a continuing key theme in loyalty will be the ability to drive even greater customer value at lower direct cost.

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Loyalty Trends Data Marketing 59

Kayako

MAY 30, 2017

You’ve read all the classic books on customer service— Delivering Happiness by Tony Hsieh, How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie, and more. Get inspired to create a customer-centric business and improve your customer interactions by watching these popular motivational customer service videos on YouTube.

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Loyalty Programs e-support Self Service Video 184

C Space

MAY 20, 2020

The Brand Move Roundup – May 20, 2020. We’re tracking the notable brand moves & highlighting the companies who are tackling this challenge successfully. Keep checking back here for the latest updates on how brands are dealing with coronavirus. Facebook is also working to integrate loyalty programs.

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Brands Airlines Travel Transportation 52

West Monroe

JANUARY 1, 2024

Email LinkedIn Twitter icon Facebook printer copy Print this page Listen to "Digital's Role in Engaging Customers—Before They Need You" on Spreaker. About the episode How do you connect with and serve patients when they’re not sick or in the hospital? Certainly, the concept of staying connected in healthcare is multifaceted.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Engagement Hospitality Financial 52

ProProfs Chat

DECEMBER 21, 2020

If it’s to avoid seeing customers leave your business, then you aren’t alone in this. A lot of business owners want to reduce customer churn and retain as many as possible. Needless to say, customer retention is the core value for the growth of any business. Reasons why customer churn rate increases. Tweet this.

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Strategy Loyalty Programs Customers Loyalty 98

Retently

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Are you wondering which channels are effectively leading customers to your business? By pinpointing where your customers come from, you can streamline your efforts, enhance engagement, and grow your business. surveys can reveal which platforms or channels successfully engage your customers. How did you hear about us?”

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Survey Social Media Advertising Analysis 78

Currency Alliance

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

We believe these trends will occupy most brands’ efforts 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). Customer data: maximize ROI.

Loyalty 45

Loyalty Strategy Loyalty Programs Hotels 45

Currency Alliance

DECEMBER 13, 2018

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. Reward programs still have an important part to play in this effort; but they are only part of the picture. Big brands mimicking strategies pioneered by upstart challengers. in 2017[ii].

Loyalty 45

Loyalty Trends Loyalty Programs Rewards Programs 45

Currency Alliance

DECEMBER 17, 2019

There was a mix of good and bad, for loyalty in 2019. Much of the bad has derived from a lack of belief or understanding from CEOs, who constrain budgets, and prop up short-term earnings with value that ought to flow to customers. The widespread devaluation of loyalty currencies during the past few years brings this into sharp focus.

Loyalty 64

Loyalty Strategy Loyalty Programs Travel 64

Currency Alliance

AUGUST 22, 2022

The Points Bank in a loyalty program is the module of software that keeps track of all transactions related to issuing, redeeming, or exchanging points among loyalty program members, partners and other stakeholders. This article answers those questions.

Banking 52

Banking Loyalty Loyalty Programs Airlines 52

Currency Alliance

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

It allows us to keep customers engaged when business plans fly out the window, due to marketplace calamities, such as the Covid-19 pandemic. But those brands pursuing each of the trends predicted for 2020 probably suffered less as the course of this year evolved. Accelerating customer-centricity.

Loyalty 52

Loyalty Trends Loyalty Programs Travel 52

Currency Alliance

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

First, it gives marketers a basic grounding in economics which can directly impact on your loyalty strategy, complete with real-world examples of brands putting the theory into practice. Marketplaces deliver unique value for customers that your own brand cannot deliver on its own. This is a good thing.

Loyalty 45

Loyalty Loyalty Programs Hotels Travel 45