Currency Alliance

JUNE 11, 2019

“Extra” was a 4% interest rate which earned the average working family £100-200 a year – the kind of value you can earn from a supermarket loyalty card. This led many banks in Europe to close their rewards program over the past three years. Or, in the form of the now-prevalent sign-up bonuses that come from switching banks.

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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.

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ShepHyken

JANUARY 22, 2023

How retailers can capture customer loyalty in 5 charts by Arielle Feger (Insider Intelligence) As brand loyalty declines, deals remain a surefire way to win over consumers. Here are five charts on how to up your loyalty game. My Comment : This is one of the more interesting articles about loyalty programs.

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Chadwick Martin Bailey

OCTOBER 9, 2020

A hotel chain brought us in at Stage 4 , once they’d already ideated scores of new ideas for their loyalty program. We are trained and experienced in Design Thinking, Creative Problem Solving, Innovation, Improvisation and more. Kathy Ofsthun, VP, Qualitative Strategy + Innovation. Ask how we can help you !

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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. Mark leads Hilton’s customer strategy as SVP and global head of loyalty & partnerships. He creates innovative programs, products and partnerships that drive engagement, grow share of wallet and accelerate performance.

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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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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. A memorable and positive guest experience drives customer satisfaction and fosters customer loyalty. What is Guest Experience?

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Currency Alliance

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Some brands will do this in 2023, but actually, the loyalty & marketing industries have learned from recent experience that this costs you money in the long run. So, while the major loyalty trends for 2023 will be oriented around cost control, this will be accompanied by refocusing investment where it’s most profitable.

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Oracle

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Modern Customer Experience 2018 is heading to Europe and will take place in Amsterdam (November 6), Frankfurt (November 13), London (November 14), and Stockholm (November 15) with planned sessions on topics including keeping up with customer demands, expanding your network, the future of customer loyalty, and more. Kitty Koelemeijer.

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Talkdesk

JULY 31, 2017

We see innovation happening in service, and those officers have very senior titles and very broad responsibilities. I travel to Japan, to Europe, and I see this innovation happening across all segments across the globe. Another personal story: I arrived in a hotel in Melbourne, Australia. Absolutely.

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Talkdesk

JULY 31, 2017

We see innovation happening in service, and those officers have very senior titles and very broad responsibilities. I travel to Japan, to Europe, and I see this innovation happening across all segments across the globe. Another personal story: I arrived in a hotel in Melbourne, Australia. Absolutely.

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Currency Alliance

DECEMBER 19, 2022

It has the potential to address a lot of business challenges, and enable many forms of elusive innovation in loyalty marketing. The biggest opportunities for loyalty programs relate to operating more efficiently to reduce cost, and improving personalization. Using AI to improve profitability of pricing and promotions.

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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. A highly innovative digital self-service solution. Andrew Quake, CEO APAC John Paul. Andrew Quake shared: “ I am delighted to lead John Paul Asia Pacific.

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Clarabridge

OCTOBER 12, 2015

Working with Clarabridge, Rotana Hotels, one of the leading hotel groups in the Middle East and Africa, overhauled their guest survey and designed a more personalized survey experience, customized to each guest’s stay. Repeat guests are given the opportunity to join Rotana Rewards, Rotana’s loyalty program. The result?

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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. This year, a continuing key theme in loyalty will be the ability to drive even greater customer value at lower direct cost.

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Currency Alliance

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

This fee is commonly how financial services brands have funded their loyalty rewards for at least the past decade. Within one year, over 100 bank-sponsored loyalty programs in Europe disappeared. Shutting down the loyalty programs was a huge strategic mistake by the banks.

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Currency Alliance

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Recognizing loyalty program members at the Point of Sale (POS) has been challenging for over 30 years. The result is that it can be difficult for a retailer to deliver a smooth customer experience when identifying their own loyalty program members, or customers in partner loyalty programs, at the POS.

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Currency Alliance

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Flexibility around loyalty redemptions is crucial to creating meaningful value for every customer. This is really important, because the lifetime value of a customer that reaches a reward soon after joining a loyalty program, or if one sees they are making good progress towards something aspirational, is typically dozens of times higher.

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Currency Alliance

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Flexibility around loyalty redemptions is crucial to creating meaningful value for every customer. This is really important, because the lifetime value of a customer that reaches a reward soon after joining a loyalty program, or if one sees they are making good progress towards something aspirational, is typically dozens of times higher.

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Currency Alliance

MARCH 30, 2022

The ability to innovate with scant resources – and constantly leaning on others for help. The ability to bring together complementary fields of experience to create profitable solutions based on innovative business models and modern technology. Innovating with scant resources. Smart Shopper started simple….

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Qualtrics

APRIL 22, 2020

Customer care – Conjoint/MaxDiff can help improve your support and care operations, with insight into what components of your customer care program are most important to your users, as well as what elements they’d be willing to pay more for. Learn how conjoint analysis and MaxDiff work. Hospitality.

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Currency Alliance

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

So, with competition across nearly every category, all companies now need a loyalty strategy. Not every company needs a loyalty program with points, gift cards, or other incentives, but very few businesses can survive without a base of loyal customers that makes up 30-50% of recurring total sales.

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ShepHyken

JANUARY 23, 2023

How retailers can capture customer loyalty in 5 charts by Arielle Feger (Insider Intelligence) As brand loyalty declines, deals remain a surefire way to win over consumers. Here are five charts on how to up your loyalty game. My Comment : This is one of the more interesting articles about loyalty programs.

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Currency Alliance

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Escalating competition across sectors – not a purported “death of loyalty” – is making loyalty harder earned. As a result, major loyalty trends for 2019 will see a wave of innovation as established brands trial new ways to retain share of mind. Loyalty marketing breaking ground in new sectors. Smarter budgeting.

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Currency Alliance

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

In December 2018, we published what we consider will be the Top 10 Trends in loyalty marketing during 2019. Businesses, their markets, and customer behavior have evolved dramatically in the past 10 years, yet most loyalty programs have only made incremental changes (in some cases to the detriment of customers).

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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. The widespread devaluation of loyalty currencies during the past few years brings this into sharp focus.

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OpinionLab

MARCH 12, 2015

For the remainder of this newsletter, I’m going to outline some of the more innovative and impactful applications of VOC data: Personas. Perhaps you’ve asked them to provide their income level or the purpose of their visit; maybe you are interested in identifying their persona or status level in your loyalty program.

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Currency Alliance

MAY 9, 2022

Such ‘digital washing’ (like greenwashing in the context of environmental protection) is also taking place in loyalty, where various vendors claim to be true SaaS platforms or API-centric. To help businesses on this path, we have decided to share our experience in building an API-centric loyalty platform over the years.

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Currency Alliance

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

The overarching loyalty trend of 2020 will continue to be brands getting to grips with digital transformation. If that sounds like loyalty is late to the party, that’s not necessarily a bad thing. 2020, however, seems likely to be the year in which stars align for a more profitable, productive and open future for loyalty.

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Currency Alliance

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

This challenge – the give-and-take of marketplaces – now firmly belongs on the agenda of loyalty strategy meetings. First, it gives marketers a basic grounding in economics which can directly impact on your loyalty strategy, complete with real-world examples of brands putting the theory into practice. This is a good thing.

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Currency Alliance

JUNE 19, 2019

This was my second year on the judging panel at the Loyalty Magazine Awards. Gamification and personalization have come on leaps and bounds in loyalty to supplement points and rewards. Points are perceived by customers as a kind of currency; underperforming loyalty brands, equally, prioritize this purely transactional insight.

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Currency Alliance

MAY 9, 2019

Enter: loyalty marketing. This article describes why a Loyalty Strategy will become the only long-term, sustainable point of differentiation in the mobility portal wars, because sufficient capital will find innovative growth companies and legacy players will eventually learn how to become more agile.

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C Space

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Because we have that immediacy and are increasingly a video-first platform we saw really interesting innovations from clubs and broadcasters to try and stay connected to fans,” said Theo Luke, director of content partnerships in EMEA at Twitter. More than a quarter (25.7%) were 30 seconds to a minute long. billion to 31.9

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Currency Alliance

OCTOBER 27, 2017

We have seen tremendous change across many industries during the past 40-50 years, and these changes can help predict the next evolution in the loyalty sector. Unfortunately, the customer loyalty sector has not kept pace. Most loyalty programs still retain largely the same design as 20 years ago.

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Currency Alliance

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

If a new CEO replaced you tomorrow, and had no previous connection to the current loyalty program, what changes do you think she would make? We hear loyalty leaders state all the time that they have embraced ‘best practices’. That’s right, loyalty programs should be a profit center.

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Currency Alliance

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

One of the earliest loyalty programs came out of the grocery sector. Broadly speaking, most of the chains’ loyalty efforts have been in proprietary, albeit digitalized versions of the original S&H program: collecting in order to redeem for rewards, some digital couponing, and pushing out offers via a mobile app.

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ProProfs Chat

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Customer Loyalty & Customer Service Quotes. The way to a customer’s heart is much more than a loyalty program. Loyalty is a brand.” – Shep Hyken. Loyalty has to be earned.” Customer loyalty is priceless.” Merely satisfying customers will not be enough to earn their loyalty. Shep Hyken.

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