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 133

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. How loyalty partners co-create value.

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Loyalty Loyalty Programs Airlines Travel 59

Up Your Service

MAY 3, 2017

But a whole other degree of devoted customer exists: The brand evangelist, described as the kind of traveler who feels so connected to a company that they proactively share their positive experiences with others. However, smart companies see this as an opportunity to create brand evangelists. Turning loyalty members into evangelists.

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Hospitality Travel Brands Airlines 74

Kitewheel

MARCH 4, 2019

Enormous budget airline brands and luxury hotel chains alike are seeing increased competition. Top-rated airlines like JetBlue have managed to combine reasonable prices with quality service and experience. But even these leading travel brands can do better. Personalize Based On Past Behavior to Drive Loyalty.

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Travel Hospitality Customer Journey Airlines 40

Currency Alliance

JUNE 16, 2020

For most of the last decade, loyalty marketing seemed to be on autopilot for many brands – but the tide is turning. Many of the entrants to this years’ Loyalty Magazine Awards were as adept with data and technology as marketers in many other disciplines. What really stood out is which brands were pulling off these feats.

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Magazine Loyalty Innovation 2020 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. Inspiring Real Loyalty, No Cards in Sight. Time and time again they top the list of airlines to which customers feel loyal.

Tourism 56

Tourism Travel Customer Service E-support 56

Currency Alliance

JUNE 11, 2019

Part of the solution is to take on some of the characteristics of a challenger bank – but that space is already crowded with lookalike competitors, and straying too far along this path may create branding problems for a venerable institution. This led many banks in Europe to close their rewards program over the past three years.

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Banking Loyalty Consumers Loyalty Programs 40

Qualtrics

APRIL 22, 2020

Across every industry, how you respond to the crisis and these seismic shifts in behavior will have a lasting impact on how your brand comes out the other side. Food and beverage companies, cruise lines, airlines, and hotels are facing some unique challenges as people are forced to stay home. Hospitality.

Hospitality 29

Hospitality Retail Rewards Programs ROI 29

Currency Alliance

DECEMBER 13, 2018

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. Reward programs still have an important part to play in this effort; but they are only part of the picture. Big brands mimicking strategies pioneered by upstart challengers.

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Loyalty 2019 Loyalty Programs 2018 45

Currency Alliance

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

We believe these trends will occupy most brands’ efforts 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). Customer data: maximize ROI.

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Loyalty 2019 Loyalty Programs Hotels 45

Currency Alliance

JUNE 19, 2019

This was my second year on the judging panel at the Loyalty Magazine Awards. Really, for those relatively few brands achieving impressive levels of customer engagement, it’s breath-taking how fast the industry has progressed in such a short time. A few – such as Tarte, a US cosmetics brand – are way ahead of the game.

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Magazine Loyalty 2019 Loyalty Programs 49

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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Loyalty 2020 Hotels Loyalty Programs 40

Currency Alliance

OCTOBER 29, 2019

The following quote baffles my mind: According to IRI Worldwide, 74% of consumers globally choose a store based on its effective loyalty programme.[i]. If 74% of consumers choose a store based on their loyalty program, then why do few loyalty programs have more than 25% of their customers participating?

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Loyalty Loyalty Programs Hotels Airlines 40

Currency Alliance

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Even though Plenti failed[i], Amex’s effort showed belief in the coalition model by one of the biggest names in reward programs. Powerful consumer brands, meanwhile, are building their own coalitions. The “Marriott More” program allows its members to earn and redeem points on everyday retail purchases[iii]. Trust issues.

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Loyalty Consumers Brands Airlines 36

Currency Alliance

JULY 24, 2018

His chosen airline made him so mad that he wrote a song about them, which has since been viewed over 18m times on YouTube ( [link] ). The anecdotes revealed some interesting themes, and they should make for useful learnings for airline and hotel brands. This was exemplified beautifully by Canadian folk musician Dave Carroll.

Travel 40

Travel Airlines Customer Experience Hotels 40

Currency Alliance

MARCH 21, 2019

The typical incumbent loyalty technology platform comprises five core modules: CRM/Analytics Platform. Loyalty Rules Engine. TechCrunch reports that brands such as Airbnb, Disney, and Twitter have seen a 75% reduction in development lead times by migrating to microservices[i]. Campaign Management. Points Bank.

Loyalty 58

Loyalty Banking Loyalty Programs Brands 58

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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Loyalty Programs Loyalty Hotels Multi-Channel 52