ShepHyken

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Each week I read a number of customer service articles from various online resources. Customer Service Week: Appreciating Clients and Employees Gives You an Edge by Sandra Idossou. My Comment: This week is International Customer Service Week. The heart is now more prominent in the branding.

2016 125

2016 Article Airlines Customer Service 125

InMoment XI

OCTOBER 3, 2024

High customer retention rates indicate high customer satisfaction , which leads to repeat business and increased word-of-mouth referrals. Customer retention is important because the longer a customer stays with your brand, the higher their average purchase is.

Customer Retention 195

Customer Retention 2024 Guest Experience Loyalty Programs 195

ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Each week I read a number of customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. 3 Lessons From a Customer Service Failure by Jill Schiefelbein. Entrepreneur) Every brand touchpoint is important. CX is for retail brands, as in B2C. It drives word-of-mouth referrals.

2019 92

2019 Article Customer Service Guest Experience 92

InMoment XI

JULY 16, 2024

Platforms like X, Meta/Insta, YouTube, and Google shape brand perceptions and impact purchasing decisions, directly affecting your ROI. Customers expect not only to be heard but also understood and swiftly responded to. The result is a robust brand reputation , increased customer loyalty, and ultimately, improved business results.

Management 195

Management Social Media Hotels Airlines 195

InMoment XI

JULY 16, 2024

Platforms like X, Meta/Insta, YouTube, and Google shape brand perceptions and impact purchasing decisions, directly affecting your ROI. Customers expect not only to be heard but also understood and swiftly responded to. The result is a robust brand reputation , increased customer loyalty, and ultimately, improved business results.

Management 195

Management Social Media Hotels Airlines 195

InMoment XI

AUGUST 1, 2024

Customer sentiment is the emotions and attitudes expressed by customers towards a brand, product, or service. By analyzing customer sentiment, businesses can gain valuable insights into how their customers perceive their offerings and overall brand experience.

Measurement 195

Measurement Hotels Social Media Hospitality 195

InMoment XI

JUNE 5, 2024

AI: GenAI – post-processing – Multiple methods to check the validity of generative AI results, provide robust structures to allow our users to appropriately tailor the generative AI output to suit their brand voice, and log all generated text to understand what took place.

2024 195

2024 Social Media Innovation Document 195

InMoment XI

JANUARY 16, 2024

Specifically, the world’s leading brands have begun using contact center AI to create a more efficient and effective customer service experience. By integrating these advanced technologies, these companies aim to streamline customer interaction, automate routine tasks, and optimize their overall operations.

Contact Center 195

Contact Center Virtual Agent E Commerce E-support 195

Interactions

JULY 24, 2019

We are excited to announce the launch of the Guest Experience Platform (GXP), our new product for Food Services. For more than a decade, we have been a market leader in building Conversational AI applications for enterprise customer care. The Guest Experience Platform (GXP).

Guest Experience 54

Guest Experience Interaction Social Media Omnichannel 54

ShepHyken

AUGUST 1, 2022

Each week I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Customer Service Teams Are a Brand’s Best Ambassadors by Patti Crume. SmartBrief) Frontline service employees are often a consumer’s first human interaction with a company.

Article 75

Article 2022 Customer Service B2C 75

CSM Magazine

MARCH 19, 2025

Enhanced Customer Satisfaction and Retention By reducing response times and eliminating language barriers, businesses can build stronger relationships with their customers. AI-powered support ensures that customers receive help in their native language, increasing trust and brand loyalty.

E Commerce 59

E Commerce E-support 2030 Competitive Advantage 59

ShepHyken

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Tips to Creating an Amazing Customer Service Experience in Hotels and Beyond. They discuss Rupesh’s “secret sauce” to creating an amazing guest experience across his hotels, and how those ideas can translate to the larger customer service world. Focus on customer service and the money will follow.

Hotels 103

Hotels Guest Experience Hospitality Consulting 103

InMoment XI

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

For instance, product teams can extract data specific to their products, while service teams can focus on improving customer service. These AI bots can understand and answer customer questions. It filters out unnecessary and irrelevant information, enabling businesses to focus on what truly matters.

Insights 195

Insights Social Media Net Promoter Score Events 195

CSM Magazine

JUNE 13, 2024

As hospitality professionals, you’re likely aware that exceptional customer service is no longer just a nice-to-have—it’s a must. Let’s explore some of the latest trends shaping the way hotels enhance guest experiences. Personalized Experiences Guests today expect more than just a place to sleep.

Hotels 52

Hotels Customer Service Guest Experience Hospitality 52

ShepHyken

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Elevating Customer Experience: Embracing Hospitality as the Foundation by Charles Ryan Minton (Newsweek) When it comes to providing exceptional customer experiences, few industries excel quite like the hotel business.

Article 71

Article Customer Service Hotels Hospitality 71

ENGAGE.cx

OCTOBER 14, 2015

But being big shouldn’t be a barrier to creating loyalty through customer service. From planning to booking and the many small events that make up a guest’s stay, there are dozens of touch points to monitor and address in order to make that stay a memorable event and keep them coming back time and again.

Customer Engagement 65

Customer Engagement Engagement Guest Experience Hospitality 65

Think Customers

MAY 14, 2015

Hearing those two brand names, you might be tempted to assume that the guest experience at the Ritz was far better than the one at the Marriott. Last week, I stayed in two different hotels in the greater Atlanta area. One was a Ritz-Carlton, and the other a Marriott.* But it wasn't--at least not for me. 1to1Media.com/weblog.

Guest Experience 75

Guest Experience Hotels Blog Brands 75

CSM Magazine

AUGUST 22, 2024

Shangri-La has been ranked as Singapore’s top customer service provider in a new survey conducted by The Straits Times and Statista. The survey evaluated customer service across various sectors, with over 5,500 respondents participating.

Hotels 52

Hotels Customer Service Airlines Transportation 52

LiveChat

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

And, as you can expect, it’s not easy to compensate these customers for it. They will usually need 12 positive experiences to make it up for the negative one! Other words, every single customer service agent is responsible for how customers perceive your brand. Customer service training ideas.

Customer Service Training 53

Customer Service Training Customer Service Customers Guest Experience 53

CSM Magazine

AUGUST 22, 2024

Shangri-La has been ranked as Singapore’s top customer service provider in a new survey conducted by The Straits Times and Statista. The survey evaluated customer service across various sectors, with over 5,500 respondents participating.

Customer Service 52

Customer Service Airlines Hotels Transportation 52

BirdEye

DECEMBER 27, 2024

stars saw 15% growth) AI-powered response management Birdeye Reviews AI revolutionizes how restaurants handle customer feedback through intelligent automation. 3 ways to build strong relationships with loyal customers First, successful restaurants leverage review insights to personalize guest experiences.

Multi-Channel 52

Multi-Channel Social Media Feedback Guest Experience 52

Michelli Experience

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

When I was asked to do a TEDx talk about a year ago, I keyed in on the message that your brand (be that your individual brand or your corporate brand) is little more than “what people say about you when you are not around.”. Of all things for which Ed is known, “signature baseballs” is a substantial element of his brand.

Brands 45

Brands Hotels Magazine Leadership 45

Avaya

MARCH 13, 2017

Almost two-thirds have stopped doing business with a brand due to a poor service experience, and the majority consider customer service a vital part of brand loyalty. So, why do 65% of customers still believe they put in more effort than a brand to resolve service issues?

Hospitality 56

Hospitality Innovation Hotels Guest Experience 56

Clarabridge

MAY 4, 2017

Lyft Discusses Increasing Efficiency to Elevate the Customer Experience. Following HCSC and Northridge Group’s keynote, Rebecca Liberman, Voice of the Customer Specialist for Lyft, revealed why brands must track feedback in real-time to better delight their customers. Enter Clarabridge.

2017 45

2017 Customer Service Social Media Guest Experience 45

Kustomer

JUNE 9, 2021

Not only is it critical for businesses to solve a customer complaint the first time, it can truly sway a customer’s lifelong experience with that brand. consumers were willing to spend more when companies provided exceptional customer service. According to an American Express survey , U.S.

Tourism 76

Tourism Guest Experience Exceptional Customer Service Hospitality 76

CSM Magazine

MAY 18, 2023

The global technology platform will power personalised guest experiences to increase revenue while providing deeper guest insights for the global hospitality company. SevenRooms is currently live across 25 countries at Marriott brands including W Hotels, The Ritz-Carlton, St.

Technology 52

Technology Hotels Guest Experience Hospitality 52

Playvox

APRIL 14, 2022

Service quality is as important to a business as the taste of the food coming from the kitchen. No matter what kind of restaurant it is, excellent customer service is crucial to keeping it prosperous. Despite gains in self-service adoption, contact center agents are still central to providing consistently satisfying CX.

Contact Center 78

Contact Center Omnichannel Events Webinar 78

Experience Investigators by 360Connext

JULY 16, 2019

Do you know if your customer experience strategy is discussed in meetings that don’t have “customer experience” in the title of the agenda? Does your product team, marketing team, customer service group or others know enough about the strategy to include key parts of it in their own work?

Customer Experience 110

Customer Experience 2019 Guest Experience Hospitality 110

CSM Magazine

JUNE 15, 2021

Avtex, a TTEC Digital company, announced today the hiring of Brian Lannan as Vice President of Retail Experience. In his most recent role, Brian led the Guest Experience team at Target, where he was responsible for experience strategy and insights, guest-centric culture development, voice of guest, and brand and reputation insights.

Retail 52

Retail Guest Experience Contact Center Insights 52

Kayako

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Humanistic experience is achieved when employees are armed and enabled to deliver on the brand promise. The technology and tools can’t replace real-time passion, or a genuine commitment to the organization, brand, and customers”. The business of customer service is emotional. It’s their humanity.

Communication 63

Communication Culture Customers Guest Experience 63

ENGAGE.cx

OCTOBER 13, 2016

While you are checking out the property, the company website recognizes you and your preferred customer status, remembers you like a corner non-smoking room, and extends you an offer of an additional 10% off because of your long-standing loyalty. Every guest’s journey is made up of each touch point a guest has with a brand or property.

Engagement 40

Engagement Guest Experience Hotels Hospitality 40

Customer Enthusiast

AUGUST 2, 2017

The three areas of the study that stood out to me are: 57% of guests said that unfriendly employees were most likely to cause them to have a negative experience at a hotel. 82% of guests question the value for price paid , thinking they overpaid for their stay at least sometimes. Unfriendly employees. Lacking effort.

Hotels 40

Hotels Guest Experience Exceptional Customer Service Hospitality 40

BirdEye

JUNE 21, 2023

With it, you can create an effective marketing strategy to help increase brand awareness and, ultimately, gain a competitive advantage, all based on the revelations you learn. It would be nice if simply producing a quality product and delivering exceptional customer service were all you need to ensure that your doors never close.

Social Media 98

Social Media Hotels Competitive Advantage Marketing 98

CSM Magazine

AUGUST 22, 2023

In an age where digital convenience is no longer a luxury but a basic expectation, the hotel industry faces the challenge of constantly evolving to meet and exceed guests’ needs. One innovation leading this transformation is the rise of chatbots, designed not only to streamline processes but to enrich the overall guest experience.

Hotels 52

Hotels Hospitality Guest Experience Books 52

Happy or Not

APRIL 1, 2025

By leveraging customer feedback analysis tools, businesses can identify trends, enhance customer satisfaction feedback, and create better customer retention strategies. Businesses can close the feedback loop efficiently by implementing customer feedback tools and integrating responses into a structured customer feedback loop.

Feedback 36

Feedback Net Promoter Score Customer Satisfaction Customer Retention 36

SurveySparrow

JUNE 30, 2023

This blog will show you how to captivate your audience, win their hearts, and make them fall head over heels for your brand. Understanding Customer Experience Design What is CX design, you ask? 2 Consistency: Consistency is crucial in customer experience design. This increases customer lifetime value.

Customer Experience Design 52

Customer Experience Design Customer Experience Net Promoter Score Touchpoint 52

SurveySparrow

JUNE 28, 2023

Also, optimizing customer experience requires integrating all touchpoints and ensuring a seamless transition between them. Example: Zappos, a renowned online shoe retailer, offers exceptional customer service across channels. Hence, this innovation saves time for guests and improves operational efficiency.

Customer Experience 52

Customer Experience Net Promoter Score E Commerce Customer Centricity 52