Currency Alliance

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Hotel group cards. Most consumers belong to many customer loyalty programs, but are not active in a lot of them. So they lose interest in participating, and most of those loyalty cards end up in a drawer rather than the wallet. Fragmentation of customer loyalty programs doesn’t benefit merchants much, either.

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Totango

JUNE 4, 2021

Use These Great Customer Engagement Ideas to Increase Retention. Engagement is key to retention and referrals. Here are seven great customer engagement ideas you can easily put into practice. We’ll also show you how technology can help you automate your engagement strategy. Reward Customer Loyalty.

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Currency Alliance

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Countless articles have been written about enhancing the hotel customer experience (CX) with technology. The hotel market is becoming more competitive, with a larger share of wallet being spent on a greater variety of services. Happily, this increased competition does not pose an existential threat to the hotel as a business model.

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Hotels Hospitality Loyalty Travel 40

Beyond Philosophy

JUNE 1, 2015

And, what is the impact of loyalty programs on enterprise profitability? Overall, companies with loyalty programs have grown at about the same rate as companies without them; but there is variance in performance value among industries. Key among these are: Integrate Loyalty Into the Full Experience. Use the Data.

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Loyalty Programs Loyalty Airlines Hotels 60

BirdEye

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Your website needs to offer more to engage and attract potential customers. Conversational AI chatbots can mimic human interaction and convince customers to engage with your business. Find the right influencer for your travel business by evaluating their target audience, engagement rates, travel niche, and budgets.

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Travel Marketing Social Media Hotels 110

Currency Alliance

OCTOBER 12, 2020

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. The way brands engage with customers will change dramatically in the next 2-3 years.

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Loyalty Marketing Loyalty Programs Banking 98

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. For a hotel, that could mean an upgrade.

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Loyalty Programs Customer Service Hotels Entertainment 65

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. The hotel is a dispensary of experiences.

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Hospitality Loyalty Industry Hotels 52

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

A gentleman who travels extensively and is a top-tier member of a hotel loyalty program was telling me he just wished they’d ask him a few questions. He is often greeted in his hotel room with a bottle of wine and chocolates. A great experience, but for whom? He’s diabetic and doesn’t drink or eat sugar.

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Brands Hotels Consulting Loyalty Programs 259

ShepHyken

AUGUST 30, 2019

Build Engagement and Establish Relationships with Valuable Content. By producing valuable content and distributing it through channels like your blog, email, social media accounts, and even SMS, you’ll start to build engagement with your customers. Create Loyalty Programs with Enticing Rewards. Conclusion.

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Loyalty Programs Loyalty Lifetime Customer Poor Customer Service 106

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 Service Loyalty Programs B2B Competitive Advantage 141

Currency Alliance

JUNE 1, 2020

Loyalty marketing is a mix of science and art, but in its most basic form, loyalty programs are a value exchange. I hate bashing the industry, but a great many loyalty programs still don’t even have this basic equation right. They don’t use the data that customers provide. It is making people more deliberate.

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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.

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Loyalty Loyalty Programs Airlines Travel 59

ProProfs Chat

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

But trust me, factors like: Product quality, Awesome support, Marketing reach, Efforts to engage customers, . Efforts to retain customers, help you formulate effective loyalty programs that your customers enjoy being a part of. Benefits of Improving Customer Loyalty. Hard to Attain Customer Loyalty.

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Loyalty Loyalty Programs Social Media Retail 109

Alida

MARCH 27, 2018

At Customers for Life, a recent Vision Critical event in Hong Kong, we immediately felt the grandeur, magnificent presence and ambience of the flagship Mandarin Oriental (MO) hotel in Central Hong Kong as soon as we stepped in. Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group: Not all customers are created equal.

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Brands Hotels Rewards Programs Insurance 124

Retently

JUNE 28, 2022

Engage them and provide an instrument to do it. Considering that 73% of consumers are more likely to recommend a brand with a good loyalty program, putting together one is worth the try. Meaningful loyalty programs not only drive customer retention by showing care towards existing customers.

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NPS Net Promoter Score Feedback Case Study 148

Alida

JULY 17, 2017

Loyalty programs, for example, are a great way to ensure a constant flow of insight from your customers. Silicon Valley keynoter, Connie Dieken, brought up the example of Marriott Hotels, who bought Starwood Hotels specifically because of the loyalty of their customers. Brittany Wong (@brittanywong) July 13, 2017.

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Customer Experience Hotels Survey Loyalty Programs 172

Currency Alliance

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

It is the most powerful, yet under appreciated module (or tool) in a loyalty marketing stack of software. The loyalty rules engine is the module that enables the types of promotions that are familiar from every major loyalty program. This would not require much of a rules engine – since your program has no variation.

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Loyalty Loyalty Programs Social Media ROI 52

Beyond Philosophy

MAY 10, 2017

If you’re like me, you have loyalty cards for three different supermarkets, a half dozen airlines, several hotels, a dozen or so assorted retailers and the local frozen yogurt shop. And it makes you wonder, why do we call them “loyalty” programs if they don’t make customers loyal? What is Loyalty Anyway?

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Loyalty Loyalty Programs Airlines Rewards Programs 138

Currency Alliance

MARCH 24, 2020

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. 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.

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Travel Loyalty Programs Airlines Hotels 40

Beyond Philosophy

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Hotel giant Hilton recently dropped the H from its rewards program , replacing the linguistically puzzling Hilton HHonors with an easier to pronounce version, Hilton Honors. The new rewards program will be the first in the industry to allow members to combine points and money for a hotel visit. I like these changes.

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Rewards Programs Hotels Travel Chief Customer Officer 60

InMoment XI

JANUARY 17, 2024

Guest experience refers to the overall impression and satisfaction that a guest has during their interactions with a hospitality brand or establishment, such as hotels, restaurants, resorts, and attractions. What is Guest Experience? Today’s consumers expect seamless and convenient interactions across multiple channels.

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Maru Group

APRIL 22, 2021

It allowed us to efficiently moderate a discussion over three days and engage on the topics of financial sentiment, travel, and wellness. These consumers often seek fresh experiences and travel provides them an opportunity to explore new areas, engage in unique activities, and immerse themselves in unfamiliar cultures.

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Travel Hotels Financial Groups 52

AskNicely

AUGUST 22, 2018

How many customer loyalty programs do you belong to? customer loyalty programs and yet is only active in 3.9. And research from Capgemini points out that almost 90% of social media comments on loyalty programs are negative. You need a better way to create a loyalty program that your customers care about.

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Loyalty Programs Loyalty Feedback Net Promoter Score 150

ENGAGE.cx

JULY 18, 2018

Modern enterprise marketing platforms from Adobe, Oracle, Salesforce and others are great at engaging with web and app customers. Your retail store, restaurant, hotel, bank, etc…. Are they in my loyalty program? How can we engage with them on a personal basis? CMOs want to know: Who is in my store?

Loyalty Programs 40

Loyalty Programs Hotels Banking ROI 40

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. As an example, I stayed at a hotel monthly in Birmingham, Alabama, for a while.

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Loyalty Hotels Hospitality Loyalty Programs 110

Customer Bliss

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Mark Weinstein is the Senior Vice President of Customer Engagement, Loyalty and Partnerships for Hilton Worldwide. He is responsible for inspiring customers across the world to explore, experience and fall in love with Hilton’s hotels and brands. Power-winning guest loyalty program. Go to the hotels.

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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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Kitewheel

MARCH 4, 2019

Enormous budget airline brands and luxury hotel chains alike are seeing increased competition. We’ve put together three powerful use cases, one for airlines, one for hotels, and one that any travel company can put into use, each utilizing a different capability within the customer journey space. This makes sense in some capacity.

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Travel Hospitality Customer Journeys Examples 40

Currency Alliance

JUNE 11, 2017

Loyalty program announcements so far this year indicate a major sea change. To get customers re-engaged, brands are making it easier to participate in their loyalty programs and are offering enhanced ways to redeem – so customers can make use of even small amounts of points/miles.

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Loyalty Loyalty Programs Multi-Channel Rewards Programs 52

Currency Alliance

DECEMBER 18, 2017

This year we’ve seen examples of brands offering increased liquidity in their loyalty programs – typically in the form of allowing their members to redeem beyond their own store. Brands will also find that enabling greater customer freedom will also help proactively manage program liabilities in a profitable way.

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SurveySparrow

JUNE 28, 2023

Thus, it fosters customer engagement, driving an uptick in conversion rates. Personalization acts as a catalyst to improve engagement, driving an uptick in customer satisfaction levels, fostering trust, and building a loyal customer base. Through its loyalty program, Starbucks rewards customers based on their purchasing habits.

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Industry Tips Customer Experience Healthcare 52

Bold360

APRIL 27, 2017

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. With the average American signed up to 29 loyalty programs and only active in 12, this human element is more essential than ever.

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Tourism Travel Customer Service e-support 56

Up Your Service

MAY 3, 2017

For airlines, hotels, resorts and other companies in the travel and hospitality industry, this presents new challenges in terms of managing their reputation. Personalization and memorization deal with the fact that airlines or hotel brands should already know something about who I am and what I like.”.

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Hospitality Travel Industry Brands 74

Currency Alliance

MARCH 20, 2020

There are really only four ways to create value for all stakeholders in a loyalty program: maintain low operating costs, and funnel the savings into rewards. add complementary partners in every spending category so the program and the currency are more useful and interesting. Not every loyalty program seems to appreciate this.

Loyalty Programs 52

Loyalty Programs Loyalty Hotels Travel 52

Oracle

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Innovation Business Cases: Driven by Business, Enabled by Technology: Yamaha Motors and Melia Hotels. Experience exciting showcases from Yamaha Motors and Mélia Hotels, which have achieved decisive competitive advantages with innovative ideas. Loyalty programs as we know them will become obsolete. Kitty Koelemeijer.

Customer Experience 40

Customer Experience Hotels B2B Innovation 40

Qualtrics

MAY 9, 2019

Are you a part of the loyalty program? Do you normally stay at this hotel? — It’s surprise and delight, it’s engagement, it’s recognition. At any given destination, you can choose one of numerous hotels. Why would you go out of your way to find the Kimpton Hotel? What’s your regular order?

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Brands Hotels Loyalty Programs Loyalty 36