loyalty

Measuring Loyalty: Tracking Passengers Who Fly With Competing Airlines

What would your frequent flyer program do if the most valuable frequent flyer started flying with a direct competitor? Would the program know? What loyalty tracking mechanism provides you with […]

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What Happened to Brand Loyalty? Technology Will Bring it Back

To reach and engage customers in 2019, companies need to deeply understand what today’s consumers value most to appeal to their personal needs. This is especially true in travel – […]

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How Can Your Independent Hotel Compete With Group Hotels?

Staying competitive is key to success. In the hotel industry, small independent hotels always have to compete with bigger brands or chain properties to attract guests, sell more rooms and […]

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Five Guest Engagement Strategies and How Much Staff Effort Required

An engaged guest is a loyal guest and the most effective salesperson a property has. Understanding how to engage guests is essential for a hotel’s success. What’s the best way […]

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12 Practical Ways to Build Guest Loyalty

In the past, hotel guest loyalty programs were more exclusive – travelers were invited to join only after having stayed a certain number of times. Today, many hotel companies invite […]

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Ten Commandments For Hotels To Gain And Retain Guests In 2019

Demands from guests will naturally differ depending on their reason for visiting, and hotels, like all successful businesses, have to be prepared to meet the changing expectations of their clientele.

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Strong Loyalty Adoption Provides Key Benefits to Members and Hotels’ Bottom Line

A new, updated Kalibri Labs Special Report, Book Direct Campaigns 2.0: The Costs and Benefits of Loyalty 2018, provides conclusive evidence that the loyalty member campaigns first launched almost three […]

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Miles Ahead: How to Improve Airline Customer Loyalty Programs

Without a new approach, airline loyalty programs risk alienating many customers. Since American Airlines created the industry’s first successful customer-loyalty program, in 1981, almost every carrier has followed suit. These […]

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Hotel Loyalty Programs in the Post-Transaction Era

Hotel loyalty programs were created in the 1980s, a spinoff on airline loyalty programs implemented as marketing tools after de-regulation. NB: This is an article from Runtriz Marriott was among […]

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No Wonder Hotel Loyalty Programs Can Break

Loyalty programs are as simple as: You book, you stay, you get points, and when you have enough points, you get free stuff—usually hotel rooms, but often gift cards, other […]

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