ShepHyken

JULY 11, 2023

I stayed at a very nice hotel, and each night I tried to fall and stay asleep. I emphasize the word tried because, unfortunately, there was non-stop, 24-hour-a-day road construction outside the hotel, as the city of Las Vegas is preparing for the Formula One race later this year. In this example, the hotel could offer free earplugs.

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Hotels Customer Service Training Course Communication 118

ShepHyken

JULY 14, 2021

How do you say Yes to every customer request ? Is this customer service utopia? Trippi is a world-class, award-winning hotel manager and Mitchell is a super-successful restauranteur. Trippi is a world-class, award-winning hotel manager and Mitchell is a super-successful restauranteur. Is it possible?

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How To Hotels Hospitality Transportation 168

Vonage

OCTOBER 2, 2017

When a business clearly defines its customer service culture in its mission statement, values and goals, great things can happen. A great example of how a finely crafted mission statement can create a customer service culture comes out of Singapore. Your Service” books and founder of UP! Your Service.

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Culture Hotels Customer Service Hospitality 174

ShepHyken

MARCH 10, 2021

We were discussing how important it is to “bake” customer service into the culture. It’s leadership’s job to define the customer service vision, ensure it’s communicated, and be the role models demonstrating how customers and employees are to be treated. And don’t think customers won’t notice.

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Culture Hotels Customer Service Training Training 151

ShepHyken

JANUARY 31, 2023

It could be a nicer hotel, a better seat in a theater, a better cut of meat at the grocery store, and more. He found that it often doesn’t cost much more to upgrade. So, I started thinking about this advice and how we can apply it to the customer experience. I returned calls and emails quickly. And I met deadlines.

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Customer Service Customer Experience Hotels Customer Service Training 138

ShepHyken

JULY 15, 2020

I recently wrote about taking the extra step to deliver amazing service. There were three steps: pay attention, care about your customers and put forth extra effort. I was staying at a hotel that had an executive lounge. When I was leaving the hotel the next day, the front desk clerk said, “We have a package for you.”

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Hotels Customer Service Training Customers Training 152

Vonage

JULY 13, 2017

When a business clearly defines its customer service culture in its mission statement, values and goals, great things can happen. A great example of how a finely crafted mission statement can create a customer service culture comes out of Singapore. Key learning point to customer service culture. Absolutely.

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Culture Customer Service Hotels Hospitality 174

ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Elevating Customer Experience: Embracing Hospitality as the Foundation by Charles Ryan Minton (Newsweek) When it comes to providing exceptional customer experiences, few industries excel quite like the hotel business.

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Customer Service Hospitality Hotels Customer Retention 67

ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Think about this … what if you were to charge a customer just to talk to you about what you would sell them? What would you have to do for your customers to be willing to pay for the privilege of buying your products or services? How good your customer service is. My customers would never have to wait on hold. .

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Hotels Customer Service Training Retail Financial 167

Stella Connect

JANUARY 9, 2018

After falling in love with the bedsheets in their Las Vegas hotel room and reeling at the $800 price tag, founders Rich and Vicky researched the main cost drivers (middleman markups, mostly) and set out to find a way to make high-quality bedding affordable. Hands-on Customer Service Training: Building Excitement, Knowledge, and Trust.

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Customer Service Training Training Customer Service Management 41

ShepHyken

JANUARY 25, 2021

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Real Leaders) The title of this story is a line we use at my house when a product or service is unusually challenging. Customer service expert Chip Bell sets the stage with a story. Package” by Chip Bell.

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Customer Service Guest Experience Loyalty Programs Hospitality 154

ShepHyken

MARCH 10, 2024

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Drawing inspiration from my experiences and insights into the evolving dynamics of customer interactions, let’s explore five pivotal strategies that can elevate your small business from being good to unforgettable.

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Self Service Customer Service Airlines Touchpoint 76

ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

What do you call your customers? Do you call them “customers”? Isn’t that what you want with all of your customers—a long-term relationship in which the customer continues to pay for what you sell? I get that you may be a guest of a hotel or a restaurant. Most people would call them customers.

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Hotels Connections Customer Service Training Retail 153

ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Each week I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. 4 Ways Digital Evolution Has Changed Customers’ Ideas About Patience by Scott Clark. How has the ongoing digital evolution impacted how customers view patience today? Here are my top five picks from last week.

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Net Promoter Score Customer Service Hospitality Hotels 67

ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

We received some great feedback, and it got me thinking of other ways to surprise our customers. I’m often surprised at how companies find ways to improve a customer experience with something that has nothing to do with what they sell. Certain hotels used to offer a shoe-shine service while you were asleep.

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Hotels Touchpoint Customer Service Training Tips 125

ShepHyken

APRIL 4, 2023

For most of my life – until the recent past – the customer wasn’t expected to tip. People used to tip servers at restaurants, taxi drivers, hotel staff and other traditional service-oriented businesses. Now customers are being asked to tip at auto shops, retail outlets and more.

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Tips Self Service Hotels Customer Service Training 123

ShepHyken

JANUARY 13, 2021

A guest at the hotel had accidentally left his laptop in the room when he checked out. He flew to Hawaii and called the hotel, panicking because he had lost his computer that he needed for his meeting. Shep Hyken is a customer service expert, keynote speaker, and New York Times bestselling business author.

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Hotels Customer Service Training Training Course 145

ShepHyken

JULY 8, 2020

Getting customers to review their experience with you is powerful. Before they make a purchase, go to a restaurant, stay at a hotel and more, many customers do online research, which leads them to reviews that help form their opinion of products or services they want to buy—or even the company they want to buy it from.

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Hotels Customer Service Training Customer Experience Training 119

ShepHyken

JUNE 6, 2022

Each week I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. They could grow 10x faster, however, their obsession with their operational excellence, customer experience, and internal culture will not allow them to compromise any of those for more units and higher sales.

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Customer Service Loyalty Programs Hotels Loyalty 67

ShepHyken

JANUARY 21, 2024

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. My Comment: We open this week’s Top Five roundup with four experts from Gartner who share their thoughts about the top three customer service and support trends for 2024. And the customer is NOT always right !

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Eptica

JULY 29, 2020

Date: Wednesday, July 29, 2020 Author: Guest author: Jeanne Bliss Does your customer experience pass the #MakeMomProud test? These highlight the need to understand the personal impact of your decisions on customers – essentially, would your mother be proud of what you are doing when it comes to customer experience?

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Customer Experience Case Study Airlines Guest Experience 98

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 8, 2021

The other day my friend asked me, “Is mediocrity the new customer experience?” He mentioned how he’s had to wait longer when he called customer support and that there weren’t enough cashiers at the grocery store. . The result is that companies are forced to “skimp” on the quality and service customers have come to expect.

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Poor Customer Service Hotels Customer Service Training Customer Service 145

ShepHyken

JULY 12, 2017

He made their hotel reservations, and for each hotel they planned to stop at on the way to Utah he asked, “Is your hotel dog-friendly?” But to his surprise, while checking into one of the hotels he was told there would be a $120 charge for the dogs to stay in his room. He asked if the hotel was dog-friendly.

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Hotels Customer Focused Policies Customer Service Training 98

ShepHyken

MARCH 28, 2022

Each week I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Harvard Business Review) Most people believe — and research backs them up — that great customer experience drives revenue growth. Customer Obsession: Being Real, Sensitive, and Personal is a Requirement Now by Sharel Omer.

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Loyalty Programs Customer Service Hotels Entertainment 64

ShepHyken

JANUARY 8, 2023

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Customer Experience Predictions for 2023 by Dan Gingiss (Dan Gingiss) It’s a new year, so why not start it off right with some powerful customer experience predictions from the world’s foremost experts?

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Vonage

MARCH 6, 2017

Along those lines, I want you to come up with a customer service promise. For some companies, their tagline is their customer service promise. For example, Zappos.com’s tagline is Powered by Service. Three words that exhibit a commitment to the customer. They are obviously passionate about their clients.

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Customer Service Hotels Customer Service Training Customers 149

Vonage

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Disappointing results on a customer service survey can be more than demoralizing. Build out your broad-based customer service standards and guidelines. . Create a short, bedrock statement of principles: your customer service constitution. Double down on customer service training.

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Survey Customer Service Guidelines Comparison 215

ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. For example, Gen Z prefers to solve their own problems (self-service customer support), and 52% of Gen Z won’t buy from a brand with bad self-service. Our customer service and CX research confirm this.

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Self Service Customer Service Social Media Ecommerce 65

ShepHyken

JANUARY 26, 2022

It seems that almost every time I get my car worked on, call my internet provider, stay at a hotel, fly on an airline, order almost anything online, etc., When’s the last time you or your company emailed or called a customer to thank them for their feedback and tell them the changes that were being made as a result of their suggestions? .

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Survey Rewards Programs Airlines Hotels 123

ShepHyken

OCTOBER 23, 2019

A couple of weeks later, I attended a conference at a hotel in Orlando. The hotel staff was cleaning the restroom at 10 in the morning, right in the middle of our break. Just like the cable company, the hotel staff didn’t do this on purpose. The hotel should have been smarter about when to clean the restrooms.

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Vonage

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Some companies are taking the lead with great digital service like Computers.com and Amazon.com. Others are falling far behind and are letting their customer service quality falter as a result. A friend of mine had a complaint about the service, or lack thereof, at a local hotel. Your customers won’t either!

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Customer Service Hotels Fashion Culture 120

ShepHyken

MARCH 2, 2020

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. CX Is Broken: Five Takeaway’s From NTT Ltd’s 2020 Customer Experience Benchmarking Report by Stan Phelps. That’s one of the main takeaways from NTT Ltd’s Annual 2020 Customer Experience Benchmarking Report.

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Customer Service Hospitality Hotels Loyalty 105

ShepHyken

APRIL 8, 2019

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. To Provide the Best Customer Experience, Be Proactive by Frank Konkel. NextGov) “Be where your customers are” and other helpful tips from customer experience professionals.

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Customer Service Hotels Hospitality Government 100

ShepHyken

JULY 10, 2019

I first came across this idea in the book Moments of Truth by Jan Carlzon , which I consider one of the most important books written on customer service. Because the captain had forgotten to bring his immigration documentation and had to retrieve it from his hotel. That’s every contact and interaction with the company.

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Hotels Customer Service Training Customers Examples 127

ShepHyken

JULY 31, 2017

Each week I read a number of customer service and experience articles from various online resources. 10+ Times Hotels Surprised Everyone With Their Creativity by Sarune Mac. Today, however, we’d like to focus on a few hotels that decided to up their game and take hospitality to the next level. by John Walls.

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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.

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Customer Service Hospitality Rewards Programs Self Service 71

ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

When it comes to taking care of customers, sometimes people go a little further than expected. In a sense, that is what customer service is about. Rao explained what happened and an hour later the driver made his way back to the hotel where he had picked up Mr. Rao earlier that day. That’s what customer-focused people do.

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Hotels Customer Focused Customer Service Training Customer Service 105