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Hospitality loyalty: 3 predictions that will change the industry

Currency Alliance

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. Ask any traveler checking into a hotel after an exhausting business meeting, a white-knuckle flight, or a surprise marriage proposal. A bed is not just a bed.

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Does It Matter How You Refer to Your Customers?

ShepHyken

Isn’t that what you want with all of your customers—a long-term relationship in which the customer continues to pay for what you sell? I get that you may be a guest of a hotel or a restaurant. Most people would call them customers. The post Does It Matter How You Refer to Your Customers?

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The New End

ShepHyken

Those become the New End to those customer interactions, and sometimes that New End can taint the experience. I love a certain hotel that I’ve stayed at several times. The hotel is clean, the rooms are nice, the restaurants are great, and the staff is always friendly and helpful. I couldn’t ask for more.

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The Power of the Last and Lasting Impression

ShepHyken

I received a response from Nayeli Burns ( @Nayelihrc ), the concierge at Encore Event Technologies, an “in-house” event production company in hotels and resorts throughout North America. If you’ve ever been to a hotel for a conference, they are the people who set up the audio/visual support, the staging, lighting, rigging, and more.

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Amazing Business Radio: Horst Schulze

ShepHyken

“The greatest driver of customer satisfaction is just being nice. About: Horst Schulze is one of the founding members of The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company and served as its President and COO. He later founded The Capella Hotel Group. And it doesn’t cost anything.”.

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How to Optimize Reputational Risk Management in Banks

ReviewTrackers

Manage online reviews, social media, and customer feedback. Consumers today rely heavily on social media and online reviews — not only to choose where to have lunch or which hotel to check into, but also to make bigger decisions, like where to get healthcare, or who has the best auto service coverage, or which banks are trustworthy.

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What is Bank Reputation Risk Management?

ReviewTrackers

Manage online reviews, social media, and customer feedback. Consumers today rely heavily on social media and online reviews — not only to choose where to have lunch or which hotel to check into, but also to make bigger decisions, like where to get healthcare, or who has the best auto service coverage, or which banks are trustworthy.

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