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PRESS RELEASE: Free Customer Service Training for Small Businesses Affected by COVID-19

The DiJulius Group

The DiJulius Group, one of the world’s leading authorities on customer service and customer experience, is giving small businesses, that have been affected by the quarantine, free customer service training for all their employees.

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Raising Customer Service to an Art Form at the Townsend Hotel

Who's Your Gladys?

That’s why we sat down with Steven Kalczynski, Managing Director of The Townsend Hotel, a luxury hotel nestled in the upscale shopping district of Birmingham, Michigan. Landing on the list of Travel + Leisure’s “World’s Best Hotels” is one among many of their noted accomplishments.

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The Cost of Surprising the Customer

ShepHyken

His main example of this happened at the Marriott Long Wharf Hotel in Boston. The goodwill and word-of-mouth marketing the hotel received was far more than the upgrade cost, which was virtually nothing. Shep Hyken is a customer service/CX expert, award-winning keynote speaker, and New York Times bestselling author.

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Ford Versus Ferrari: A Lesson in Customer Experience?

ShepHyken

While both may appreciate a good customer experience, one wants a different product experience.   Here’s another example. The Ritz-Carlton is obviously a fancier hotel than the Comfort Inn. The value of an exceptional customer experience cannot be understated, regardless of the product’s price tag. The answer is simple.

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How to Say YES – Every Time

ShepHyken

Trippi is a world-class, award-winning hotel manager and Mitchell is a super-successful restauranteur. Both know the value of their customers hearing yes for an answer. If you dig a little deeper into the concept, it’s not so much about saying, “Yes” to every customer. What is the Question ? The simple answer is, “No.”

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‘It’s Out of My Control’ Is a Bad Excuse

ShepHyken

I stayed at a very nice hotel, and each night I tried to fall and stay asleep. I emphasize the word tried because, unfortunately, there was non-stop, 24-hour-a-day road construction outside the hotel, as the city of Las Vegas is preparing for the Formula One race later this year. In this example, the hotel could offer free earplugs.

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The Perfect Way To Impress Your Customers

ShepHyken

Here is a great example of the power of this exercise and impress your customers. His agent, Katie, referred to as a relationship manager, made a hotel reservation for a trip to Europe to work on a very important court case. It’s usually a box of chocolates, a bottle of wine or something the hotel can provide.

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