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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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. Personalization comprises four key strategic initiatives.

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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. What is Guest Experience?

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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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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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Alida

JULY 17, 2017

Loyalty programs, for example, are a great way to ensure a constant flow of insight from your customers. Silicon Valley keynoter, Connie Dieken, brought up the example of Marriott Hotels, who bought Starwood Hotels specifically because of the loyalty of their customers.

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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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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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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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InMoment XI

OCTOBER 3, 2024

While these strategies can vary based on your business model or resources available to your customer experience program, these proven strategies can help any organization reduce customer churn and improve customer retention. 79% of consumers say that loyalty programs caused them to purchase from an organization more frequently.

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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.

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ShepHyken

AUGUST 30, 2019

Create Loyalty Programs with Enticing Rewards. Another excellent way to sustain customer lifetime value is to create a loyalty program. Loyalty programs incentivize customers to continue doing business with you because there’s a strong incentive to do so. Conclusion.

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Customer Bliss

JUNE 6, 2017

Our conversation charts Brad’s path from consultant to Bain, to Starwood hotels and his groundbreaking work at Peloton. As head of Member Experience, Brad is responsible for retention marketing, member lifecycle and loyalty, community, social media, email marketing, and member. About Brad.

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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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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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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. So when a tired guest has certain expectations for checking into a favorite hotel, his brain continues scanning the environment. “ Am I expected to mention our loyalty program anymore?

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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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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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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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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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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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SurveyGizmo

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Loyalty programs are one method for bringing value to your customers, and to be successful need to deliver upon brand promise and build positive customer experiences. When executed correctly, loyalty programs can often cover potential losses during tougher times because loyal customers will remain customers.

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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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ShepHyken

APRIL 17, 2018

What does the future of brand loyalty look like? Shep Hyken sits down with Patrick Reynolds, Chief Marketing Officer for SessionM , to discuss how technology is transforming traditional customer loyalty programs into a dynamic and personalized customer experience. ? <span How do loyalty programs work?

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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. A more useful loyalty program for the customer is one that offers them a loyalty currency that they desire.

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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.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

JANUARY 12, 2015

In fact, they are 70% more likely to do so if they are part of a loyalty program or “VIP” customers. The ways to increase loyalty AND gain more word-of-mouth traction is to treat your customers fabulously. As an example, I stayed at a hotel monthly in Birmingham, Alabama, for a while.

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Retently

JUNE 28, 2022

Considering that 73% of consumers are more likely to recommend a brand with a good loyalty program, putting together one is worth the try. Meaningful loyalty programs not only drive customer retention by showing care towards existing customers.

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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. For a hotel, that could mean an upgrade.

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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. A world-beating program in travel. Velocity: a leader in modern loyalty.

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ShepHyken

JUNE 6, 2022

It is the client’s well-being that to a large extent determines the satisfaction with the stay at the hotel and the willingness to use its services once again. While the ideas shared focus on hotels, don’t let that stop you from reading this. Fred Auzenne- 14 Steps to Creating a Customer Loyalty Program That Works by Anna Duke.

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Currency Alliance

JUNE 1, 2020

Loyalty marketing is a mix of science and art, but in its most basic form, loyalty programs are a value exchange. I hate bashing the industry, but a great many loyalty programs still don’t even have this basic equation right. They don’t use the data that customers provide. It is making people more deliberate.

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Customer Bliss

OCTOBER 11, 2016

He is responsible for inspiring customers across the world to explore, experience and fall in love with Hilton’s hotels and brands. He creates innovative programs, products and partnerships that drive engagement, grow share of wallet and accelerate performance. Power-winning guest loyalty program. Go to the hotels.

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BirdEye

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Build partnerships with hotels and destinations Networks and partnerships can come in handy when you are a growing business with a small footprint in the market. You can benefit from the hotel and destination’s popularity and secure clients from their referrals. Offer exclusive tour packages and improve customer delight.

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CSM Magazine

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Marriotts dedication to this framework was highlighted in their approach toward handling booking errors or unexpected hotel service failures. For example, if a traveler missed their hotel check-in due to a flight delay, offering a complimentary late checkout or an upgraded room is far more meaningful than providing a generic apology email.

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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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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. The hotel is a dispensary of experiences.

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