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Hospitality loyalty: 3 predictions that will change the industry

Currency Alliance

It’s time for hotel operators to re-evaluate how well their ace in the hole – their loyalty program – is enabling every function of their business to deliver more value. Here are three predictions of how loyalty programs must evolve in hospitality. Yet like many hotels, most hotel loyalty programs are homogenous.

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How to create loyal customers and brand evangelists in the travel and hospitality industry

Up Your Service

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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Gratitude is a Customer Experience Differentiator

Michelli Experience

Imagine a customer saying, “I’m not doing well because I just took my dog to the veterinarian and my sister was just diagnosed with lupus.”. Fortunately, most customers will deflect with a response of, “I’m fine.” It is a reciprocal act by its very nature that can serve as the basis of a relationship beyond the transactional sale.

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How to Enhance the Guest Experience: Trends and Best Practices

InMoment XI

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. Here are some key trends that are currently shaping the guest experience in hospitality.

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Innovators break the mould, at the 2020 Loyalty Magazine Awards

Currency Alliance

While travel and retail brands have made a lot of progress in the last 24 months, the bulk of innovation has come from other consumer sectors – including media businesses, entertainment, and telecoms providers, which in recent years appeared to regard loyalty as a lost cause. Hybrid points programs.

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Delighting the Universal Customer – Why Customer Experience Applies to Everyone

Strativity

This applies to anti-wrinkle cream, mortgage deals from your bank, and hospital follow-ups alike. Create a convincing loyalty program. Bridget explains that they make their program worthwhile for the customers by transferring information from one touch point to the next. Sephora’s solution?

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I Buy, Therefore I Am: The Psychology Behind Why We Choose Our Favorite Brands

InMoment XI

Instead, it has deliberately positioned itself as a center for wellness, from its on-site illness-prevention services to its comprehensive loyalty program (aptly named wellness+ ) to its online and in-store imagery and messaging focused on healthy families and happy lives.

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