Oracle

APRIL 8, 2021

Welcome to Experience TV, a LIVE show on social channels about the economic revolution we’re living through, the Experience Economy, where brands compete on the quality of their customer experiences. Nominations are due April 16 – don’t miss your chance to be recognized for your great customer experience efforts during 2020.

Loyalty Programs 52

Loyalty Programs Loyalty Customer relationships Customer Experience 52

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.

Tourism 56

Tourism Travel Customer Service e-support 56

Currency Alliance

MAY 9, 2017

For many years companies have given rewards to customers in exchange for increased share of wallet and information that enables marketing activities. But getting real value from loyalty programs has become harder and harder. The old business model might have worked when only a few very large brands had loyalty programs.

Loyalty Programs 40

Loyalty Programs Loyalty Social Media Consumers 40

Currency Alliance

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

For many years companies have given rewards to customers in exchange for increased share of wallet and information that enables marketing activities. But getting real value from loyalty programs has become harder and harder. The old business model might have worked when only a few very large brands had loyalty programs.

Loyalty Programs 40

Loyalty Programs Loyalty Social Media Consumers 40

Kitewheel

MARCH 4, 2019

Travel and hospitality companies have a difficult job. But even these leading travel brands can do better. Forbes reported that Airlines have never risen above the bottom 20% of industries in terms of customer satisfaction ratings, even as J.D. To accomplish this, they need to better manage their customer journeys.

Travel 40

Travel Hospitality Customer Journeys Examples 40

Interactions

AUGUST 7, 2019

As traveling becomes more mainstream, these amenities may seem like a distant dream. But as we look at the customer experience as a whole in the travel industry, big improvements can be made to make customers feel more valued, respected, and happy. What do you think of when you think of first class? A glass of champagne?

Travel 54

Travel Hospitality Wait Times Airlines 54

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.

Hospitality 74

Hospitality Travel Industry Brands 74

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

DECEMBER 15, 2014

For leaders to make smart decisions about who the best, most loyal and most profitable customers are, they need to understand the makeup of the customer population. This often means creating special loyalty programs , elite experiences, and special perks to maintain the top 1% of customers. Herein lies the rub.

Loyalty Programs 268

Loyalty Programs Airlines Social Media Loyalty 268

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.

Airlines 150

Airlines Loyalty Brands Industry 150

SurveySensum

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

There are two companies A and B having similar numbers of customers and both want to increase their business. Company A, decided to run a substantial marketing campaign, investing hundreds of dollars in hopes of acquiring new customers. Unfortunately, the campaign only yielded two customers, generating a total of $50 in business.

Customer Retention 52

Customer Retention Strategy Gamification Loyalty Programs 52

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. I love his articles.

Customer Service 67

Customer Service Loyalty Programs Hotels Loyalty 67

Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 1, 2015

Are, beyond customers who would be loyal anyway, are they driving more purchase activity and narrowed consideration sets? Are, beyond customers who would be loyal anyway, are they driving more purchase activity and narrowed consideration sets? And, what is the impact of loyalty programs on enterprise profitability?

Loyalty Programs 60

Loyalty Programs Loyalty Airlines Hotels 60

AWS Machine Learning

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

It enables you to improve customer engagement by powering personalized product and content recommendations in websites, applications, and targeted marketing campaigns. AWS Partners like Credera are excited by the personalization possibilities that the Amazon Personalize Next Best Action will unlock for their customers.

Loyalty 85

Loyalty Brands Loyalty Programs Multi-Channel 85

Blake Morgan

JUNE 7, 2023

Unsurprisingly, customer satisfaction plummeted by 8% at the end of 2022, when cancellations ran rampant. What sets the airlines apart is their commitment to customers and ability to deliver consistent, frictionless experiences. Traveling can be stressful, but it doesn’t have to be if airlines prioritize customer experience.

Airlines 59

Airlines Customer Experience Data Effort Score 59

Currency Alliance

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Loyalty partnerships with complementary brands are the best way to create additional value, for customers and for your business. Depending on the maturity of your loyalty program, you may already have some program partners, or be a partner in somebody else’s program. The value can be immediate.

Loyalty 59

Loyalty Loyalty Programs Airlines Travel 59

Think Customers

MARCH 18, 2015

The retail landscape is crowded with loyalty programs giving consumers a plethora of points, discounts, and rewards-based memberships to choose from. Customer Loyalty homepage' There’s more… To read the rest of this blog posting click here or visit www.1to1Media.com/weblog. 1to1Media.com/weblog.

Loyalty Programs 40

Loyalty Programs Loyalty Travel Brands 40

SurveySensum

JULY 27, 2023

Do you know how Amazon suggests the products that you totally love based on what you’ve bought and browsed? — By actively gathering and analyzing customer feedback to get insight into its customer’s preferences. That’s also the power of understanding customer feedback and data. And Netflix?

Retail 52

Retail Examples Feedback Customer Experience 52

Vocalabs

AUGUST 23, 2018

Customer Experience. It's been several years since I last went to an AMC theater, and the first thing I noticed when we went in the door was two different lines to buy tickets: one for ordinary people, and a second for premium members of AMC's loyalty program. Someone at AMC really has a thing for air travel," I concluded.

Loyalty Programs 192

Loyalty Programs Travel Loyalty Customer Experience 192

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

One Millimeter Mindset

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Customer disloyalty happens. When we fail to meet customer requirements after we initially attract and win their business. When customers become disenchanted, their loyalty is jeopardized. The next step is customer defection. Each with their own, branded customer loyalty program.

Loyalty Programs 67

Loyalty Programs Leadership Loyalty Travel 67

SmartKarrot

APRIL 20, 2022

From apparel brands to food delivery platforms, almost all B2C businesses offer loyalty programs; and a majority of them are a huge hit. But, implementing these programs in Business-to-Business (B2B) environments can be a little different. The major difference is because of the businesses’ approach to the customers. .

Loyalty Programs 11

Loyalty Programs B2B Loyalty Examples 11

Currency Alliance

JUNE 1, 2020

The long break in spending habits due to Covid-19 will cause customers to re-evaluate their relationship with brands. This isn’t just a casual observation, but a sign of a widespread consumer trend which every loyalty marketer should be thinking about. They don’t use the data that customers provide. Others have lost their jobs.

Loyalty 72

Loyalty Consumers Marketing Loyalty Programs 72

Currency Alliance

JUNE 16, 2020

Many of the entrants to this years’ Loyalty Magazine Awards were as adept with data and technology as marketers in many other disciplines. Of course, the Awards entrants are only a tiny sample from industries that have hundreds or even thousands or loyalty programs. The program is actually called, ‘ Voxi Drop ’.

Loyalty 52

Loyalty Innovation Travel Loyalty Programs 52

Currency Alliance

OCTOBER 12, 2020

That type of simple recognition goes a great way in building loyalty with customers. This presentation is about driving customer engagement, and how the loyalty industry is transforming in order to engage with the mid-tail and long-tail customer. Loyalty programs must evolve to keep customers engaged.

Loyalty 98

Loyalty Marketing Loyalty Programs Banking 98

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.

Brands 259

Brands Hotels Consulting Loyalty Programs 259

SmartKarrot

JUNE 2, 2022

The global loyalty program market stood at approximately $181 Billion in the year 2019. There is an increase in the number of organizations allocating their marketing spending on loyalty programs. There is an increase in the number of organizations increasing their marketing spending on loyalty programs.

Loyalty Programs 10

Loyalty Programs B2B Loyalty Video 10

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.

Employee Experience 221

Employee Experience Culture Loyalty Travel 221

CSM Magazine

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Metaverse technology has conquered domains like gaming and entertainment, travel and tourism, events and conferencing, real estate, healthcare, content creation, and more. Examples of metaverse virtual spaces where brands can engage customers include Voxels, Decentraland, Sorare, Roblox, and Fortnite.

Technology 59

Technology Tourism Travel Entertainment 59

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. Here are my top five picks from last week.

Customer Service 71

Customer Service Hospitality Rewards Programs Self Service 71

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.

Travel 40

Travel Loyalty Programs Airlines Hotels 40

ShepHyken

JUNE 6, 2018

Someone recently referenced the book and this famous line, and it made me think about how customers are treated. Are all customers equal? Loyalty programs promote perks, rewards, elite status and more, which might suggest that not all customers are equal. But, what about when it comes to customer service?

Airlines 96

Airlines Hotels Loyalty Programs Loyalty 96

Currency Alliance

JANUARY 18, 2021

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.

Hospitality 52

Hospitality Loyalty Industry Hotels 52

CSM Magazine

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Hamish Sherlock of Applause , explains how to build a next-generation loyalty scheme. For centuries, merchants have been offering special tokens that repeat customers could redeem for goods. Today, stamps, vouchers and coupons have mostly been replaced by apps and digital methods of tracking customer engagement.

Loyalty 59

Loyalty How To Banking Airlines 59

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.

Chief Customer Officer 0

Chief Customer Officer Hospitality Industry Travel 0

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

JULY 13, 2015

Customer journeys are often represented in the same way. We put the many prospects in the top, they travel willingly and orderly through the funnel, and POP! They exit into a converting customer. But customer experience travels on, past the prospecting and sales phase and well into the relationship with the customer.

Customer Journeys 110

Customer Journeys Social Media Travel Loyalty Programs 110

Beyond Philosophy

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Hotel chains, worried about competition from Airbnb , are rolling out these and other special experiences for their best rewards customers. Marriott’s master class program currently offers a chance to skipper an America’s Cup yacht in San Diego, and past offerings have included a clinic with an NBA star and golf lessons with a hall of famer.

Hotels 127

Hotels Travel Rewards Programs Loyalty 127

Kitewheel

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

The customer experience for airlines is made even worse by the shrinking window for customers to reach their gate, frustration at people cutting in line, or a sense that there are not enough attendants at the front desk, gate, or any other location. This tip is one that some travel brands have already implemented.

Airlines 52

Airlines Industry Loyalty Programs Travel 52