Up Your Service

MAY 3, 2017

This post makes the same point, but for the travel and hospitality – one of the most traditional “service” industries on the planet. Read on… Customer loyalty is a powerful marketing force that travel and hospitality businesses are always chasing. Good or bad, social media massively amplifies the word-of-mouth effect.

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Alida

APRIL 5, 2017

What does it look like, and how should providers implement it in their practices and hospitals? Enter: The kings of customer-centric service, interaction and engagement—retail brands. Encourage engagement and positive behaviors with tech-enabled rewards programs. What exactly does “patient-centric” care mean?

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Currency Alliance

APRIL 15, 2024

Many people assume that operating a loyalty program necessarily implies issuing your own loyalty points or miles. The optimal points to offer mostly depends on the frequency of engagement your brand has with target customers. For some brands, issuing your own loyalty currency is certainly desirable. This actually is not true.

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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. 2018 saw a 14.2%

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Currency Alliance

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

We believe these trends will occupy most brands’ efforts during 2019. The loyalty program is not a barnacle that has been attached to the business. Therefore, we offer this fairly extensive summary of what most brands should be doing with their loyalty programs to maximize business impact this year.

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Currency Alliance

JULY 24, 2018

Anyway – given that Currency Alliance positions itself as a flag-bearer for great CX, I asked around the office for everyone’s worst ever experiences in the travel & hospitality sector. The anecdotes revealed some interesting themes, and they should make for useful learnings for airline and hotel brands. Travel-Sick. “I

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Travel Course Customer Experience Airlines 40

Currency Alliance

MARCH 21, 2019

TechCrunch reports that brands such as Airbnb, Disney, and Twitter have seen a 75% reduction in development lead times by migrating to microservices[i]. Furthermore, if your own brand doesn’t take advantage of microservices, others will – increasing their competitiveness. Today, no brand need submit themselves this risk.

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