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. From big data to insight.

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Brands Hotels Rewards Programs Insurance 124

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.

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Oracle

MARCH 18, 2021

Hotels worldwide were operating at 29% compared to 2019’s occupancy rates of 72%. And for the most avid travelers engaged in airline, credit card, and hotel loyalty programs, 2020 provided extremely limited opportunities to maintain status, earn points, or redeem travel rewards. Travel loyalty reimagined.

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Loyalty Programs Travel Loyalty Brands 62

ShepHyken

JANUARY 25, 2021

It’s prime time for retailers to grow an Amazon-level loyalty program by Tom Caporaso. My Comment: Here’s a great article about customer loyalty. Some loyalty programs are actually marketing programs. Some loyalty programs create emotional connections.

Customer Service 161

Customer Service Guest Experience Loyalty Programs Hospitality 161

CSM Magazine

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

When a customer experiences a service failure, you’d assume their trust in the brand takes a hit. Brands that master this can turn slip-ups into opportunities to strengthen customer relationships, often resulting in higher satisfaction than if no issue had ever occurred. Cognitive Dissonance People dislike conflicting feelings.

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Alida

JULY 17, 2017

Creating shared value is essential for developing an authentic brand and truly connecting with customers. Shared value between the customer and the brand is key to doing business in the future. Loyalty programs, for example, are a great way to ensure a constant flow of insight from your customers. Why will that happen?

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Customer Experience Hotels Survey Loyalty Programs 172

Currency Alliance

AUGUST 15, 2024

This is precisely what loyalty programs were originally designed for, as marketing platforms purpose-built for measuring and incentivizing customer engagement, including when the customer is not shopping with your brand.

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InMoment XI

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Customer retention is important because the longer a customer stays with your brand, the higher their average purchase is. Implement Loyalty Programs Implementing a loyalty program can be one of the most effective customer retention strategies that your organization invests in.

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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 137

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

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.

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Loyalty Programs Loyalty Hotels Travel 52

Currency Alliance

APRIL 15, 2024

Many people assume that operating a loyalty program necessarily implies issuing your own loyalty points or miles. The optimal points to offer mostly depends on the frequency of engagement your brand has with target customers. Points and miles are a dominant and popular form of loyalty value.

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Loyalty Programs Loyalty Airlines Banking 52

Currency Alliance

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Apart from adapting to mobile apps and ditching plastic cards, the typical loyalty programs in 2020 still operate pretty much the same as they did at the turn of the century. And there are many, many more of these lookalike programs. Why hasn’t loyalty? Why should investing in loyalty be different?

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Loyalty Programs Loyalty Multi-Channel Hotels 52

Customer Bliss

JUNE 6, 2017

Brad Olson talks with me about his work to velocitize the member experience at Peloton, and creating a movement and a beloved brand. Our conversation charts Brad’s path from consultant to Bain, to Starwood hotels and his groundbreaking work at Peloton. Brad began his career with Bain & Company in Chicago, where he.

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Hotels Social Media Consulting Loyalty Programs 149

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. Every business needs a loyalty strategy, but not every business needs a loyalty points program.

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Loyalty Marketing Loyalty Programs Banking 98

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

MAY 24, 2017

Going from one hotel front desk to the next or calling different customer service reps can have very different outcomes. Because the magic of a great customer experience is tied directly to our emotional connection to a brand. But when treated well day after day and month after month, we build an authentic relationship with a brand.

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Hotels Infographics Loyalty Programs Customer Experience Professionals 125

ShepHyken

AUGUST 30, 2019

This eye-opening case study states that “segmentation has been vital to the success of NIVEA Sun and allowed the brand portfolio to grow to over 40 products.” As a matter of fact, 97 percent of consumers say customer service is a big factor when it comes to brand loyalty. Customer service is about more than that.

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SurveyGizmo

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

If loyalty and retention are not the same, how they are inextricably connected? Customer loyalty is about the emotional relationship a customer has with a brand. Profit and growth are therefore stimulated by loyalty which is a direct result of customer satisfaction. What do the top brands focus on?

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Loyalty Net Promoter Score Airlines Hotels 98

ShepHyken

MARCH 25, 2024

Brands Want Your Loyalty—and Will Offer More Than Points to Get It by Lauren Giella (Newsweek) Loyalty programs offer customers rewards, discounts or other perks when buying from or using the products or services of a certain brand. My Comment: Here is an excellent and robust article on loyalty programs.

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Hotels Loyalty Programs Customer Service Hospitality 82

InMoment XI

OCTOBER 4, 2024

It’s a journey encompassing every point of interaction with your brand, from the initial awareness to leaving an online review. Customer Experience (CX) is the overall perception someone has of your brand based on their thoughts and feelings after each interaction with your business. CXM vs CRM: How They Differ?

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Customer Experience Management Customer Experience Management ROI 195

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 How To Hotels 52

ProProfs Chat

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Efforts to retain customers, help you formulate effective loyalty programs that your customers enjoy being a part of. Let’s take a look at customer loyalty statistics and observe the various ways that help a business improve and boost customer loyalty. Benefits of Improving Customer Loyalty.

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Loyalty Loyalty Programs Social Media Retail 109

ShepHyken

JUNE 6, 2018

Loyalty programs promote perks, rewards, elite status and more, which might suggest that not all customers are equal. Now, I agree that loyal customers can receive some type of reward or discount for their loyalty. I notice the same type of behavior happens with airlines and hotels. Are all customers equal?

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Airlines Hotels Loyalty Programs Loyalty 99

Retently

JUNE 28, 2022

Below, we’ve outlined several techniques that you can use to turn your NPS data into a scalable process for generating word-of-mouth referrals, strengthening your brand through reviews and discussions, and fueling the organic growth of your business. But they won’t be Promoters and brand advocates forever, if you don’t take care of them.

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NPS Net Promoter Score Feedback Case Study 148

ShepHyken

APRIL 17, 2018

Ushering in the Next Evolution of Brand Loyalty and Customer Experience. What does the future of brand loyalty look like? Top Takeaways: In the past, it was enough for loyalty programs to offer a “punch card” with a buy-nine-get-one-free approach. </span> .

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Loyalty Programs Loyalty Hotels Brands 79

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. The rise of white-glove customer service.

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Hospitality Travel Industry Brands 74

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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Loyalty Programs Loyalty How To Touchpoint 52

Currency Alliance

MAY 21, 2017

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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Loyalty Programs Loyalty Airlines Hotels 40

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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Loyalty Programs Loyalty Airlines Hotels 40

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

JANUARY 12, 2015

We are most likely loyal to some brand or another. They earn your loyalty because of how they make you feel. Now consider the last time you talked up a brand without any reward except sharing the good news. All loyalty and authentic word-of-mouth marketing results are based on emotion. Some swear by Nike.

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Loyalty Hotels Hospitality Loyalty Programs 110

BirdEye

DECEMBER 8, 2022

If you don’t know which platforms are available, you may be throwing away opportunities to make your brand a household name. We’ll also help you narrow down your target audience and determine which platforms can help boost your brand and get more followers. Promote content created by your followers with branded hashtags.

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Social Media Brands Video Entertainment 98

InteractionMetrics

MARCH 27, 2025

Because your existing customers have already said “yes” to your brand at least once. They often become your best marketers, recommending you to friends, posting reviews, and championing your brand. Because when you see 500 other people loving a product, youre more likely to love it too, and stay loyal to the brand.

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Customer Retention Strategy How To Net Promoter Score 52

ShepHyken

JUNE 6, 2022

Why Chick-fil-a Is One of the Most Loved Brands by John Dijulius. The DiJulius Group) Even as the demand for Chick-fil-A is at an all-time high, the private company will only grow at a pace they ensure they won’t jeopardize the brand experience. Travelers Today) Customer service should be an integral part of any brand’s strategy.

Customer Service 69

Customer Service Loyalty Programs Hotels Loyalty 69

Currency Alliance

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

As consumers grow more empowered, with more control and choice than they’ve ever had before, their loyalty to a brand and preference for concentrating their purchasing power becomes even more crucial to merchants. Retail brands are worried about the expansion of Amazon, but have done little to transform their approach. .

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Loyalty Programs Loyalty Retail Consumers 40

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.

Hotels 40

Hotels Hospitality Loyalty Travel 40

Customer Bliss

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Mark’s been with Hilton since 2010 — prior to that he was with MarketBridge and PwC — and one of the most interesting aspects of this episode is walking through his career path and ascension within the Hilton brand all the way up to his global position today. Power-winning guest loyalty program. Opportunities.

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Currency Alliance

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

In this new content series, we show what a world-beating loyalty program would look like in four different sectors, and discuss the brands currently showing the potential to build that ‘world-beating’ program. Competition and opportunities have proliferated beyond travel brands’ core markets.

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