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. Turning loyalty members into evangelists.

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Kitewheel

MARCH 4, 2019

Travel and hospitality companies have a difficult job. Contextual relevance drives customer engagement. This despite the fact that 76% of customers tell us that they would be likely or extremely likely to sign up for a brand’s loyalty program if the brand tailored information and experiences based on past behavior.

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Currency Alliance

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Mobile check-in can also be deployed to upsell room selection, to offer customized key collection, or can be integrated with a loyalty program to confirm benefits such as lounge-access or free Wi-Fi. Restive guests: understanding hospitality loyalty. Different loyalty drivers apply to different guest demographics.

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ShepHyken

MARCH 28, 2022

What Today’s Guests Really Want When It Comes To Hotel Loyalty Programs Might Surprise You by Ellis Connolly. Hospitality Net) Why do so many hotel loyalty programs fail? My Comment: Here’s an interesting take on loyalty programs. Looking at the first stat is intriguing.

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Currency Alliance

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Loyalty trends, as we’ve said in our previous years’ trends articles, are interesting to think about – but they are not necessarily reflective of what your own brand should be focusing on in the next year. that have not reinvented their business model, are still limping along, but with modest engagement.

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ShepHyken

DECEMBER 28, 2020

In contrast to a loyalty program, gifting is a cost effective way to achieve tangible and significant results. My Comment: Here is a fascinating article about loyalty and the customer experience. It turns out that loyalty programs that give you points for your business may be taking a second seat to the customer experience.

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Customer Bliss

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Mark Weinstein is the Senior Vice President of Customer Engagement, Loyalty and Partnerships for Hilton Worldwide. He creates innovative programs, products and partnerships that drive engagement, grow share of wallet and accelerate performance. Power-winning guest loyalty program. Episode Overview.

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ShepHyken

JANUARY 4, 2024

Customers can instantly see the benefits of their online savings account and engage in transactions without friction. Such user-friendly features not only improve the overall UX but cement a bond of loyalty between the user and the platform. Engagement rings are deeply emotional purchases. The result?

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Kayako

MAY 30, 2017

Instead of implementing a “loyalty” program that has nothing to do with loyalty (and everything to do with discounts), Van Belleghem says think instead about how you would treat your best friend if he or she became a client. In his talk, Customer loyalty programmes…why bother! Meaningful micro-engagements.

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Currency Alliance

AUGUST 22, 2022

The Points Bank in a loyalty program is the module of software that keeps track of all transactions related to issuing, redeeming, or exchanging points among loyalty program members, partners and other stakeholders. It’s also worth mentioning that points banks can be used in non-points based loyalty programs.

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Michelli Experience

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Cheryl also cites research on how customers want loyalty programs to reflect a brand’s gratitude: A study by Kitewheel shows three-quarters of consumers believe loyalty programs are ways for brands to show their loyalty to consumers.

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Retently

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

By pinpointing where your customers come from, you can streamline your efforts, enhance engagement, and grow your business. surveys provide actionable insights into the effectiveness of marketing strategies and boost engagement by truly valuing the voice of the customer. Key Takeaways “How Did You Hear About Us?”

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Currency Alliance

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

It allows us to keep customers engaged when business plans fly out the window, due to marketplace calamities, such as the Covid-19 pandemic. Each trend supports aspects of the broader business imperative: to be present when and where customers choose to engage. Rebalancing loyalty program economics.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

MAY 4, 2015

The conference attracted some of the biggest names in customer centricity from all over the retail, hospitality, and financial service industries. You have loyalty programs, a no-questions-asked refund policy, customer satisfaction surveys, and perhaps even greeters. They’re satisfied beyond doubt, but are they engaged ?

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Magellan Solutions

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Many potential customers are going to notice and engage through social media. Engaging with your followers. Below are some of the customer service we offer: Loyalty programs. Entering details for hospital use. Social Media Management. It is important to be able to connect with people while staying relevant.

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Currency Alliance

JUNE 16, 2020

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. There’s a lot of useful takeaways in this, for loyalty marketers.

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Currency Alliance

MARCH 24, 2020

But there are things we can do to ease the financial stress of those most affected, give customers hope, and proactively manage loyalty program liability. Currency Alliance operates a B2B SaaS loyalty currency management platform. Currency Alliance already has integrations with dozens of travel loyalty programs.

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Currency Alliance

DECEMBER 17, 2019

This is the blog version of our Loyalty Strategy Guide 2020. For a more engaging read, click here to Currency Alliance Loyalty Strategy Guide 2020. There was a mix of good and bad, for loyalty in 2019. More customers will want to earn more loyalty currencies – which is potentially fantastic for all brands.

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John Paul

JULY 17, 2018

Premier worldwide leader in loyalty solutions and brand hospitality to serve Asia Pacific clients across banking, luxury, technology, automotive, FMCG and hospitality sectors. John Paul is the #1 worldwide service providing brands with customized loyalty solutions through cutting-edge digital technology.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

JANUARY 12, 2015

In fact, they are 70% more likely to do so if they are part of a loyalty program or “VIP” customers. The ways to increase loyalty AND gain more word-of-mouth traction is to treat your customers fabulously. Plus, I told EVERYONE about it. Say thank you. Don’t assume they know you are grateful.

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Currency Alliance

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Old-school loyalty technology firms shrinking, or dying out. The evolution of loyalty marketplaces. The outcome for the brands which succeed will be in getting 25-50% more customers engaged with their loyalty strategies. Loyalty program management’ was reported as CMO’s lowest priority, with 4.8%

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Currency Alliance

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Having benchmarked and talked to hundreds of loyalty programs in the past few months, what we think program leaders ought to be doing during the next 3-6 months is preparing a plan to realign their loyalty program design with the broader business strategy and core value propositions. Customer data: maximize ROI.

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SurveySensum

AUGUST 24, 2023

Instant Gratification Through Automated Messaging – Airbnb In the realm of hospitality, Airbnb stands out for its innovative approach to reducing customer effort. This self-service tool eliminates the need for manual searches and enhances user engagement by delivering instant, accurate assistance.

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Currency Alliance

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Second, if you’re already familiar with the economics, it provides a narrative framework for upskilling your own teams, to help everyone you work with understand what will drive success and failure in loyalty marketing. Unfortunately, many loyalty programs still resemble different guys in disparate fields with different cows.

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Currency Alliance

MARCH 21, 2019

The sea-change in marketing technology is evident in the Gartner CMO survey, which tracked spending across all marketing disciplines: …most of which are rooted in martech solutions, younger than loyalty program management technologies, but all united by the common need to share customer data and use it to drive results.

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Currency Alliance

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Since customers are losing patience with brands that don’t recognize them as people, or enable consistent, multi-channel engagement, this priority remains over-arching in 2020. PSD2, meanwhile, will force open what were once closed loyalty networks, and enable pioneering businesses to prey on any competitor too slow to adapt.

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Comm100

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Designer and consultant, Matt Watkinson, will teach you how to make changes and improvements to your customers’ experience through his casual and engaging writing style. But the true purpose of every support team venture is to create customer loyalty. Loyalty 3.0: Customer Service Culture. by Ryan Levesque.

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ProProfs Chat

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Where have your sales and marketing strategies failed to keep customers engaged with the brand? In case you have been facing this, it is time to revise your marketing strategies that attract the right engagement for your brand. If anything, loyalty programs are soaring. Introduce a customer loyalty program.

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Strativity

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

It’s true that the Business Buyer may emphasize emotional engagement less than the Consumer. This applies to anti-wrinkle cream, mortgage deals from your bank, and hospital follow-ups alike. Create a convincing loyalty program. Sephora’s solution? Ask the same questions in emails that you would in-store.

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Currency Alliance

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

The “Marriott More” program allows its members to earn and redeem points on everyday retail purchases[iii]. Coalition programs are gaining steam because, managed, correctly, they solve the biggest problem in loyalty marketing: engaging your long- and mid-tail customers, rather than just 20-25% of the most frequent.

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Qualtrics

JUNE 26, 2020

Koç Holding incorporates more than 40 subsidiaries operating in sectors such as oil refinery, automotive production, durable goods, financial services , hospitals , retail , hotels , higher education , and more. The loyalty program provides functional and emotional benefits partnering with more than 200 leader brands.

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