CSM Magazine

AUGUST 22, 2023

In an age where digital convenience is no longer a luxury but a basic expectation, the hotel industry faces the challenge of constantly evolving to meet and exceed guests’ needs. One innovation leading this transformation is the rise of chatbots, designed not only to streamline processes but to enrich the overall guest experience.

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Bill Quiseng

AUGUST 10, 2015

Micah Solomon is a customer service and marketing speaker, strategist, and author of the book, High-Tech, High-Touch Customer Service. Ever since reading his book, I have been following his customer experience articles on Forbes. So buy this book. That is not true.

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ShepHyken

JULY 16, 2019

Putting People First to Achieve an Exceptional Customer Experience. They discuss Cameron’s customer service philosophies and his new book, Yes is the Answer! How can I create the best guest experience? Shep Hyken interviews Cameron Mitchell, Founder and CEO of Cameron Mitchell Restaurants.

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CSM Magazine

MAY 12, 2022

While owning a vacation rental can work in your favor, the key to generating income boils down to quality customer service and experiences. How can you ensure you’re providing the best customer service and experience? More importantly, they’re local, so that they can resolve any immediate guest issues.

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Bill Quiseng

JANUARY 16, 2017

This week’s guest post is from Teri Yanovitch , author of Unleashing Excellence – The Complete Guide to Ultimate Customer Service. You can learn more about Teri and her book at the end of her post. Just about everything is carefully planned, managed and orchestrated to ensure a positive guest experience.

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Magellan Solutions

JUNE 10, 2021

Hotels, inns, and B&Bs present unique, fun, and relaxing opportunities for guests all over the world. Excellent customer service means never allowing the concierge desk to sit empty. From customized virtual receptionist services for vacation home rentals, and bed and breakfasts. Lodging & Vacation Rentals.

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CSM Magazine

MARCH 16, 2022

With a changing operational model, Fridays’ traditional ‘walk-in’ service has been extended to include more booking-led ‘Click & Collect’ services, deliveries and a Fridays at Home range. “A large part of this was to channel bookings from the website to the contact centre.

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ENGAGE.cx

OCTOBER 13, 2016

While you are checking out the property, the company website recognizes you and your preferred customer status, remembers you like a corner non-smoking room, and extends you an offer of an additional 10% off because of your long-standing loyalty. A Connected Customer Engagement solution like ENGAGE.cx

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Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 6, 2017

The problem is, your profit margin is now so low that it’s hard to find the money to improve other areas such as customer service. Research has consistently shown that price is only one factor that customers consider in determining value. You may find your customers coming back for more, even though they’re not saving a cent.

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Comm100

AUGUST 23, 2018

In other words, why invest in chasing after customer expectations when you could be shaping those expectations yourself? This blog post is not about the top customer service trends to watch out for in 2018. What we have compiled here is a list of today’s industry-leading customer service examples.

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Michel Falcon Experience

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

We want all our team members to take ownership of the guest experience and their professional development. Click this link to book a call with me directly to learn if the course is right for you and your company. These same professionals apply and teach themselves to get better. How To Maintain Employee Engagement.

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CSM Magazine

APRIL 11, 2023

According to research by Hubspot, 93% of guests have higher expectations than they did before the pandemic – and guest experience is king. This means that providing an exceptional, above-and-beyond level of customer service in your hospitality business is more important than ever before. Tech can help.

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Smith+co CX

DECEMBER 8, 2020

The third had a notice informing guests that due to Covid they had suspended their usual breakfast buffet but were using this as an opportunity to enhance the guest experience by providing a full hot and cold breakfast service at the table.

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ReviewTrackers

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

83 percent say TripAdvisor reviews make them feel more confident in their travel decisions, and 96 percent of hotels and hospitality brands worldwide say reviews are influential in generating bookings. Businesses that respond to more than half of their reviews are 24 percent more likely to receive a booking inquiry via TripAdvisor.

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Michelli Experience

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

While I can go on and on about Ed’s visionary leadership, ability to inspire teams to greatness, top-drawer guest experience delivery and his ability to manage in a crisis, I want to talk about Ed Mady’s signed baseballs. In any case, the arrival experience was memorable and a signature for the brand. Ok, where is this going?

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ENGAGE.cx

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

While you are checking out the property, the company website recognizes you and your preferred customer status, remembers you like a corner non-smoking room, and extends you an offer of an additional 10% off because of your long-standing loyalty. A customer-experience driven B2C CRM like ENGAGE.cx for free today.

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Service Untitled

MARCH 20, 2009

Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. Possibly Related Posts: Customer service experience with Comcast I live in a community with a Homeowner’s Association, and. Have a great weekend!

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Kustomer

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Listen and subscribe to our podcast: In this episode of the Customer Service Secrets Podcast , Gabe Larsen is joined by CX expert, Justin Robbins. Justin’s the Chief Evangelist at CX Effect and has many years of experience working with customers, starting at an early age. TRANSCRIPT. Intro Voice: (00:04). Thanks, Gabe.

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Martin Hill-Wilson

JULY 23, 2016

Booking a hotel room – see Expedia’s early experiments. Being served as a hotel guest – experience Edward at the Radisson Blu Edwardian in London. These are revolutionising the mundane tasks in our daily lives. Ordering lunch – look out for Tacobot on Slack. Tracking ad performance – check out Zoey on Messenger.

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ShepHyken

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Each week I read a number of customer service articles from various online resources. Customer Service Week: Appreciating Clients and Employees Gives You an Edge by Sandra Idossou. My Comment: This week is International Customer Service Week. Here are my top five picks from last week.

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ENGAGE.cx

OCTOBER 14, 2015

But being big shouldn’t be a barrier to creating loyalty through customer service. From planning to booking and the many small events that make up a guest’s stay, there are dozens of touch points to monitor and address in order to make that stay a memorable event and keep them coming back time and again.

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Customer Enthusiast

AUGUST 2, 2017

The three areas of the study that stood out to me are: 57% of guests said that unfriendly employees were most likely to cause them to have a negative experience at a hotel. 82% of guests question the value for price paid , thinking they overpaid for their stay at least sometimes. Watch the 90-second book trailer.

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Hotels Exceptional Customer Service Guest Experience Hospitality 40

Michel Falcon Experience

APRIL 11, 2019

Earlier this year, Jayson Gaignard, WeWork and I hosted a fireside chat where Jayson interviewed me about my People-First Culture book. Understanding why I focused a lot of attention on purpose-driven companies within the pages of my book. ? Pretty much everything you’ll find in the book. It’s the three P strategy.

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