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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Currency Alliance

JANUARY 18, 2021

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. Here are three predictions of how loyalty programs must evolve in hospitality. Yet like many hotels, most hotel loyalty programs are homogenous.

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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 83

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. First up: the travel & hospitality sector. A world-beating program in travel.

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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.

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Up Your Service

MAY 3, 2017

This post makes the same point, but for the travel and hospitality – one of the most traditional “service” industries on the planet. Read on… Customer loyalty is a powerful marketing force that travel and hospitality businesses are always chasing. Turning loyalty members into evangelists.

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Currency Alliance

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Mobile check-in can also be deployed to upsell room selection, to offer customized key collection, or can be integrated with a loyalty program to confirm benefits such as lounge-access or free Wi-Fi. Restive guests: understanding hospitality loyalty. Different loyalty drivers apply to different guest demographics.

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Kitewheel

MARCH 4, 2019

Travel and hospitality companies have a difficult job. This despite the fact that 76% of customers tell us that they would be likely or extremely likely to sign up for a brand’s loyalty program if the brand tailored information and experiences based on past behavior. There is huge market pressure to make great deals.

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ShepHyken

MARCH 28, 2022

What Today’s Guests Really Want When It Comes To Hotel Loyalty Programs Might Surprise You by Ellis Connolly. Hospitality Net) Why do so many hotel loyalty programs fail? My Comment: Here’s an interesting take on loyalty programs. Looking at the first stat is intriguing.

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ShepHyken

DECEMBER 28, 2020

In contrast to a loyalty program, gifting is a cost effective way to achieve tangible and significant results. My Comment: Here is a fascinating article about loyalty and the customer experience. It turns out that loyalty programs that give you points for your business may be taking a second seat to the customer experience.

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Customer Service Loyalty Programs B2B Competitive Advantage 147

Kerry Bodine

APRIL 4, 2018

I need to purchase an MRI machine for the hospital. They may even resolve a problem with their bill and sign up for that restaurant’s loyalty program during that visit. If you’re a business-to-business (B2B) organization, your customers also have goals and tasks—they just look a little different.

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InMoment XI

MAY 14, 2022

Instead, it has deliberately positioned itself as a center for wellness, from its on-site illness-prevention services to its comprehensive loyalty program (aptly named wellness+ ) to its online and in-store imagery and messaging focused on healthy families and happy lives.

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ShepHyken

JUNE 6, 2022

My Comment: Regardless of the industry you and your company might be in, a good customer service strategy is to have a “hospitality mentality.” Fred Auzenne- 14 Steps to Creating a Customer Loyalty Program That Works by Anna Duke. My Comment: Here’s a nice “checklist” of ideas to create a successful customer loyalty program.

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Customer Service Loyalty Programs Hotels Loyalty 70

Customer Bliss

OCTOBER 11, 2016

He creates innovative programs, products and partnerships that drive engagement, grow share of wallet and accelerate performance. Power-winning guest loyalty program. He initiated and is leading the strategic transformation of HHonors from a program for only frequent travelers to a club more relevant to all travelers.

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West Monroe

JANUARY 1, 2024

About the episode How do you connect with and serve patients when they’re not sick or in the hospital? Initially, during the mid-2000s, there was a strong focus on hospital-based medicine, with an emphasis on building hospital-based programs and adopting fee-for-service-oriented strategies.

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InMoment XI

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Support Teams Consistency: Identify fundamental customer needs and create customized value and benefits Formal Relationship Surveys: Create goal-oriented relationship surveys; look for churn warning signs specific to your business Leverage Loyalty Programs: Leverage your best customers to be your most outspoken advocates.

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ShepHyken

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The Top 5 Guest Loyalty Trends and Predictions to Watch for 2023 by Ellis Connolly. Hospitality Net) We are officially on the eve of a new year, already moving through the holiday season at the signature blink-and-you-might-miss-it pace that is seemingly synonymous with this time of year. Personalization is more important than ever.

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InMoment XI

OCTOBER 4, 2024

A hotel chain implements a loyalty program to reward repeat customers with points that can be redeemed for discounts or other special offers. The program is likely to boost satisfaction and give existing customers an incentive to book rooms in the future.

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ShepHyken

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Are Hotel Loyalty and Rewards Programs Enough to Keep Customers Loyal to the Brand? Hospitality Net) The best demonstration of brand loyalty in hospitality and travel, in general, is the share of repeat business. We can learn so much from the hospitality industry. by Max Starkov.

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Thematic

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Direct customer feedback can provide actionable insights that help retailers enhance loyalty programs. Hospitality and entertainment Like retail, the hospitality and entertainment sectors overwhelmingly operate in a customer-centric ecosystem.

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Happy or Not

JULY 22, 2024

Learn how restaurant and hospitality company Juvenes uses feedback to improve the restaurant dining experience: How Juvenes develops more individual services Rewarding loyalty The no-frills way to get repeat visitors is through a loyalty program. The trick is to make the program simple and hassle-free.

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Forrester's Customer Insights

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

After more than two years of loyalty program limbo and “will they, or won’t they” debates, Marriott unveiled the name of its unified loyalty program: Bonvoy. For Marriott, the stakes […].

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Customer Bliss

JUNE 6, 2018

Within his role, Eric now owns the VoC programs, CX and brand activation team, and the Gold Plus Rewards loyalty program. In the first 6 months of his role, Eric focused on the following: Fixing the measurement program in order to capture the VoC in the right way with the right level of understanding.

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Michelli Experience

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Cheryl also cites research on how customers want loyalty programs to reflect a brand’s gratitude: A study by Kitewheel shows three-quarters of consumers believe loyalty programs are ways for brands to show their loyalty to consumers.

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Kayako

MAY 30, 2017

Instead of implementing a “loyalty” program that has nothing to do with loyalty (and everything to do with discounts), Van Belleghem says think instead about how you would treat your best friend if he or she became a client. In his talk, Customer loyalty programmes…why bother!

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Currency Alliance

APRIL 15, 2024

Many people assume that operating a loyalty program necessarily implies issuing your own loyalty points or miles. Points and miles are a dominant and popular form of loyalty value. The golden benchmark is about $25 USD per year in loyalty value. This actually is not true.

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Customer Bliss

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

Today, I’m replaying one of our most popular episodes from 2018 about the employee experience and building customer loyalty at Hertz with Eric Smuda , VP of Customer Experience and Loyalty.

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Currency Alliance

AUGUST 22, 2022

The Points Bank in a loyalty program is the module of software that keeps track of all transactions related to issuing, redeeming, or exchanging points among loyalty program members, partners and other stakeholders. It’s also worth mentioning that points banks can be used in non-points based loyalty programs.

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Customer Bliss

MAY 15, 2019

The day after the store opened, she went over and registered Buddy, signed up for the loyalty program, and made an appointment for his first grooming. Jude Children’s Hospital, on honoring customers (in this case, donors) as assets. Her schnauzer, Buddy, could now be just minutes from care if he needed it.

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Currency Alliance

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

2021 will be another year in the long-term journey to become customer-centric, balance the economics of loyalty programs to deliver more value to customers, and ensure the right systems are in place to reduce dependencies on the IT department or vendors. Rebalancing loyalty program economics.

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John Paul

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

This month’s star is Louise, a Concierge VIP working on the customer service team for a large hospitality company. I work on a customer service team for a major actor in the hospitality sector, and the goal is to help the guests of this brand. Read on to learn more about Louise. What do you do at John Paul?

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Hospitality Hotels Loyalty Programs Loyalty 40

John Paul

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

This month’s star is Louise, a Concierge VIP working on the customer service team for a large hospitality company. I work on a customer service team for a major actor in the hospitality sector, and the goal is to help the guests of this brand. Read on to learn more about Louise. What do you do at John Paul?

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Hospitality Hotels Loyalty Programs Loyalty 40

Alida

JANUARY 5, 2018

Forrester expects that rather than plowing money into traditional ad spending, CMOs will focus their time and budgets on revitalizing CX to drive affinity and stem churn and to re-engineer loyalty programs to meet customer expectations. CX goes mobile. Not surprisingly, many CX efforts will be mobile.

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Magellan Solutions

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Below are some of the customer service we offer: Loyalty programs. Entering details for hospital use. Have someone experienced to handle: Creating content to share on your social media accounts. Scheduling posts. Engaging with your followers. Analyzing statistics and reports. Customer Service. Invoice inquiries. Billing support.

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Currency Alliance

MARCH 24, 2020

But there are things we can do to ease the financial stress of those most affected, give customers hope, and proactively manage loyalty program liability. Currency Alliance operates a B2B SaaS loyalty currency management platform. Currency Alliance already has integrations with dozens of travel loyalty programs.

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Qualtrics

JUNE 26, 2020

Koç Holding incorporates more than 40 subsidiaries operating in sectors such as oil refinery, automotive production, durable goods, financial services , hospitals , retail , hotels , higher education , and more. The loyalty program provides functional and emotional benefits partnering with more than 200 leader brands.

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John Paul

JULY 17, 2018

Premier worldwide leader in loyalty solutions and brand hospitality to serve Asia Pacific clients across banking, luxury, technology, automotive, FMCG and hospitality sectors. John Paul is the #1 worldwide service providing brands with customized loyalty solutions through cutting-edge digital technology.

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