Interactions

MAY 20, 2021

With travel restrictions decreasing and consumers feeling more comfortable leaving their homes, this summer will see a rebound in traffic after a year-long hibernation. According to new research by Zapwater Communications , 65% of Americans are looking forward to traveling again, both internationally and domestically.

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Hospitality Travel Brands Self Service 62

Oracle

MARCH 18, 2021

Among the hardest hit of all pandemic-affected economies, the travel industry continues to endure unimaginable financial losses. billion individuals to travel abroad. Travel loyalty reimagined. Travel loyalty programs matter to consumers, and so do their responses to the pandemic. Acting on customer loyalty data.

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Loyalty Programs Travel Loyalty Brands 62

InMoment XI

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Elevating Customer Experience Through Strategic Productivity Insights In a recent workshop conducted at the XI Forum 2023 in London by industry experts Simon Fraser, VP, Insights and Consultancy at InMoment, and Simon Hedaux, Founder of Rethink Productivity , the focus was on enhancing productivity to drive experience improvement within businesses.

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NetBase

APRIL 14, 2020

People are talking about travel – and it’s not all about boycotts or travel bans, which of course makes for salacious news in and of itself. People Love to Travel. It seems the travel industry is in the news constantly these days, as consumers dispute everything from airline fees to cruise ship nightmares.

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Travel Airlines Social Media Consumers 81

NetBase

AUGUST 5, 2020

The global travel industry is testing the waters very carefully as it plans ahead for crisis recovery. And monitoring consumer behaviors and emerging trends will show them when and where to start promoting destination travel again. And these insights offer intel brands should keep to-of-mind: Airport traffic has dropped as much as 92%.

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Travel Industry Social Media Hotels 98

QuestionPro Audience

JANUARY 3, 2017

One of the busiest travel times of the year has just passed. Millions of families across the country traveled during the holidays to be reunited with their loved ones. With more than 100 million Americans having traveled this holiday season, many of you are still recovering. Select your respondents.

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Up Your Service

MAY 3, 2017

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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Hospitality Travel Industry Brands 74

Eptica

APRIL 18, 2018

Date: Wednesday, April 18, 2018 How good is the digital customer experience from travel brands? All of this has fundamentally reshaped the industry and put pressure on delivering a more efficient and superior, personalized experience to customers. Published on: April 18, 2018.

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Travel Brands Airlines Customer Experience 49

NetBase

JUNE 11, 2020

Travel will look very different in the coming months and Easyjet is taking a proactive approach to getting out ahead of these changes. They seek to accommodate even the youngest of travelers by offering comic book inspired face coverings to make wearing masks a little less intimidating. The New Face of Travel. Let’s take a look!

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Travel Airlines Consumers Hotels 60

BirdEye

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

But what happens when those words travel at the speed of the internet? Online reviews have the power to transform customer perceptions on a massive scale. When shoppers express their love for your brand online, they’re not just speaking to friends; they’re announcing to the world that you are the best in the business.

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Retail Brands Consumers Case Study 111

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

The North Face asked customers to walk their talk recently in Korea. In this viral video, customers who identified as those who seek adventure were given a choice. And it’s a great way to help customers identify with your products and experience. These customers had, after all, self identified as adventure seekers.

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Brands Hotels Consulting Loyalty Programs 259

ijgolding

MARCH 24, 2015

As I quite literally travel the world talking, listening and working with individuals and organisations who have an interest in Customer Experience, I am regularly asked who the world’s ‘best’ Customer Experience brands are. ‘Who is good at CX?’ ’ is a pretty typical question.

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SurveySensum

APRIL 1, 2024

Trust in a brand is not merely beneficial; it is crucial for a startup’s survival and growth. Research indicates a customer trust directly correlates with brand loyalty. And loyal customers make purchases 90% more often and are inclined to spend more during each transaction, contributing to better cash flow for the brand.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

MARCH 26, 2015

I’ve been traveling a lot in the month of March. I’ve been thinking about what it means to be a business traveler (who happens to be a woman) on the road. But I enjoyed some little touches and thought I’d praise those companies who thought about the experiences enough to make my travels a little more enjoyable.

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Conversocial

AUGUST 17, 2021

Whether it was people going on holiday, travelling for business or just commuting to the office, the number of journeys being made across the global transport industry has dramatically dropped since March 2020. It’s going to be months, probably years, before it returns to pre-pandemic levels. If it ever does.

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Travel Transportation Airlines Consumers 52

Lithium

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Everyone has had those horrid travel days. Nothing seems to top off a bad travel experience than a flight getting canceled or having a hotel lose your room reservation. Unfortunately for millions of people in recent memory, having a flight canceled is practically baked into the travel plans. Everything seems to go wrong.

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Hospitality Brands Travel Airlines 52

Thematic

AUGUST 16, 2022

At a recent Friday team session, Thematic delved into our customers' world by doing a brand survey. For each brand, we gave a score (1-5) and a reason for the score. Here’s what I found: If we go by overall score and sentiment, Thematic’s favorite brand is Marvel.

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Brands Entertainment Social Media Comparison 71

NetBase

MAY 23, 2019

When we talk about customer care, we now know we’re talking about the entire customer experience – not just isolated moments in-store, or when things go wrong. How does social listening impact customer care in one of the most experiential categories – i.e., Travel & Hospitality? Here are some ways! Immediacy Is Key.

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Travel Customer Care Hotels Touchpoint 56

ShepHyken

MARCH 4, 2024

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. What Exactly Is Customer Experience? by Annette Franz (CustomerThink) Customer experience is the sum of all the interactions (including with product and price!) Here are my top five picks from last week.

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Customer Service B2C B2B Travel 58

SurveySensum

DECEMBER 1, 2023

However, that same digital world makes it possible for customers to tarnish a business’s reputation simply by sharing their experiences with others. Since leaving testimonials and sharing thoughts online is easier than ever, customer feedback can make or break a business. But, what if the customer feedback is negative?

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Competitive Advantage Feedback Brands Social Media 52

ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

This week we feature an article by Kristin Erikson writes shares great customer service training tips and ideas that will help your company build brand advocacy. Remember customer service training is not something you di, it’s something you do. – Shep Hyken. What is brand advocacy?

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Customer Service Training Training Brands Customer Service 151

SMG CX

JUNE 24, 2020

Despite the pandemic drastically altering most summer vacations this year, 58% of consumers still plan to travel over the Independence Day weekend. To get a better idea of what those travel plans look like and what customers expect of brands, we collected feedback from more than 7,600 consumers.

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Travel Consumers Customer Expectations Brands 52

Seaton CX

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

My creative branding formula for projects is: Hobby/Interest + CX Goal = Memorable Initiative. Past work examples include: Tennis + Reduce Customer Churn = It’s Game, Set, Match for Churn. Space Exploration + Voice of the Customer = The VoC Booster Rocket. Travel + Improve Customer Service = Service Transformation Airlines.

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Brands Airlines Entertainment Travel 75

Bold360

APRIL 27, 2017

As the winter slips away and the days start getting longer and warmer, your customers start thinking about summer. 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.

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Tourism Travel Customer Service e-support 56

Maru Group

MAY 28, 2019

The online travel landscape is changing. Travel brands, particularly online hotel agents such as Booking.com and Hotels.com, are coming under increasing scrutiny for so-called ‘high-pressure’ selling tactics. Ensuring customer reviews are effective in influencing booking decisions is key to driving digital conversion rates.

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Travel Hotels Comparison Customer Journeys 40

Maru Group

MAY 28, 2019

The online travel landscape is changing. Travel brands, particularly online hotel agents such as Booking.com and Hotels.com, are coming under increasing scrutiny for so-called ‘high-pressure’ selling tactics. Ensuring customer reviews are effective in influencing booking decisions is key to driving digital conversion rates.

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Travel Hotels Comparison Customer Journeys 40

Oracle

MARCH 30, 2020

Many brands are incorporating storytelling into their customer experience as a way to reach consumers in creative and compelling ways, and boost customer engagement. We asked consumers to provide their favorite brand storytelling examples, and here are 6 of them. Exceptional Brand Storytelling #1: Simple is better.

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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.

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Travel Hospitality Customer Journeys Examples 40

Optimove

AUGUST 15, 2023

If you’re a mobile-first brand, QR code marketing will go a long way to increasing engagement, cultivating loyalty, and driving growth … let’s explore. And they’re highly cost-effective: QR codes are relatively inexpensive to create and implement, making them an attractive option for mobile-first brands working with ever-tightening resources.

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ijgolding

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

I have always described Ryanair as ‘the brand we love to hate’ Famed for its ‘no frills’ approach, for years, millions of consumers decided that despite the appealing cost, the un-acceptability of the Ryanair experience was a big turn off. That usually spikes sales.” Does it really make a difference?

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Brands Airlines Financial Travel 249

AWS Machine Learning

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Amazon Personalize is excited to announce the new Next Best Action ( aws-next-best-action ) recipe to help you determine the best actions to suggest to your individual users that will enable you to increase brand loyalty and conversion.

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Loyalty Brands Loyalty Programs Multi-Channel 83

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

APRIL 27, 2021

How important is customer experience in your organization? Most executives now consider customer experience a priority, but so many of them are still not ready to get serious about it. It can feel daunting to try to actually improve the customer experience when there are real challenges to overcome. What do customers want?

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Customer Journeys Customer Experience Culture Sports 291

Maru Group

MAY 28, 2019

The online travel landscape is changing. Travel brands, particularly online hotel agents such as Booking.com and Hotels.com, are coming under increasing scrutiny for so-called ‘high-pressure’ selling tactics. Ensuring customer reviews are effective in influencing booking decisions is key to driving digital conversion rates.

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Travel Hotels Comparison Customer Journeys 40

Kristina Evey

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Consistency is key in many things… but I’m hard pressed to find an area as impactful as the Customer Experience. Consider the successful consistency in the branding experience of McDonald’s. I do the same thing each and every day in my business and with my customers. This is where branding is also impacted.

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Brands Customer Experience Entertainment Hotels 149

Hallmark Business Connections

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Isolation is pervasive in today’s climate, and brands have a moral imperative to talk about it, address it, and act with empathy as consumers try to find their way through this new world. This is no small achievement for brands that are used to placing the bottom line over all else because it means shifting the way we view success.

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Brands Social Media Travel Engagement 97

Rant And Rave

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

The customer experience of booking a trip has changed big-time over the last decade. Long gone are the days of traipsing into a travel agent to book a flight.

Travel 49

Travel Feedback Brands Customer Experience 49

Beyond Philosophy

MAY 30, 2020

However, if you can open your mind to trying new things other than what you normally would do, you might discover the magic trick that makes it all work well for managing your customer behavior. matter a lot to the Customer Experience and can have a significant effect on customer. Here is what we discussed.

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