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How do Smart Hotel Companies Actually Handle Guest Reviews?

Key Takeaways: 1. Positive Reviews = Flag Happiness = More Deals for the Flag and the HMG One of the primary reasons that HMG operations execs place such high emphasis […]

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How Loyalty Programs Help Your Hotel’s Reputation

Hospitality has always been a highly competitive industry, especially nowadays – with additional options from  Airbnb and similar companies. Therefore, hoteliers need to step up their game and engage with […]

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How Kimpton Hotels is using ‘karma credits’ to drive loyalty

Airline loyalty programmes are often transactional but surprising and delighting guests might be more effective. As airlines revamp their loyalty programmes, typically replacing mileage-based credits with dollar-based credits, potentially they […]

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The Painful Truth About Hotel Loyalty Programs

For years, marketing gurus and experts have taught a hotel to focus on driving bookings from their loyal customers. These are the guests who book a few times during the […]

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4 Steps to Stay Relevant Through Customization and Personalization

Hoteliers are seeing their relevance diminishing almost by the day as customers increasingly turn to alternative (non-hotel) types of accommodation and make reservations through online travel agencies (OTAs) rather than […]

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Data Analytics Top Priority in Asia to Deliver Loyalty Personalization

Loyalty building is apparently a high priority for Asia’s travel brands, with data analytics as a top priority to deliver loyalty-fostering personalization. The survey, part of a recent report by […]

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What does the future hold for guest and hotel relationships?

More and more, we hear people talking about guest relations, following the customer journey, Big Data, CRM, and so on. But what do all of these concepts mean and how […]

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Your Guests Booking Habits Are Changing, Yours Must Change Too

The only consistent aspect in the way people plan travel is that it’s constantly changing. Each decade brings new ways for customers to connect with the hospitality experience because of […]

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Expedia “Real-time Feedback” – what’s so special?

If there’s one subject that divides hoteliers, it’s TripAdvisor — don’t worry, though, that’s not what this column is about. Well, not mainly. Instead, I want to talk a little […]

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Three Ways Hotels Can Tell Their Brand Stories Across Multichannel Touchpoints

In storytelling, structure and formula are often important to creating a complete narrative. The traditional stories that you remember from your childhood are often simple and easy to compose – […]

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