loyalty

Choosing a Loyalty Program that Works for Independent Hotels

In an effort to land repeat customers (and increase direct bookings), loyalty programs are one of the most effective strategies out there. A study by Cornell University found that guests […]

Read more

Breakage vs Engagement: The Financial Question for Loyalty Programs

To help understand the challenges that loyalty programs face when trying to optimize the tradeoff between breakage and engagement, we spoke with Len Llaguno, Founder and CEO of SnapShotML, a […]

Read more

Loyalty Program Fatigue and What to Do About It

Loyalty is on the verge of major disruption. Technology, such as mobile and blockchain, are forcing traditional loyalty models to adapt and become dynamic to remain relevant in an ever-saturated […]

Read more

Hotel expert reveals how hotel’s halt demise of guest loyalty

In the current industry, the task of generating hotel loyalty is a difficult one. The behaviours, attitudes, and expectations of today’s traveller is constantly changing. Couple this with an overwhelming […]

Read more

Conversion is King For Marketing and Loyalty Initiatives

For all the fanfare that accompanied the start of brands’ campaigns a year and half ago, hotel CEOs’ public discussion of the success of this media blitz around hotel loyalty […]

Read more

Designing a Guest Loyalty Program to Increase Bookings and Revenue

The hospitality industry, like any other industry in this cutthroat competitive era is massively overcrowded, implying that many hotels, big and small, have swarmed the industry in the recent past […]

Read more

Six reasons why traditional loyalty programs need shaking up

Sam Shank, chief executive of hotel booking app HotelTonight, reveals why traditional travel loyalty programs leave a lot to be desired People tend to love loyalty programs and being rewarded […]

Read more

Is loyalty still relevant in the travel industry?

Everyone keeps telling us that loyalty is dead. It’s probably true, certainly in the low-cost airline market. But what they forget is that for many brands, it never really existed. […]

Read more

Three ways your revenue strategy improves guest service

Delivering an unforgettable guest experience is a brand promise delivered on by hotels around the world. And to say it’s an important promise for hotels to make is a bit […]

Read more

Hotels: the cost of loyalty schemes

This time next summer Marriott International CEO Arne Sorenson will be hoping that a crucial element of last autumn’s US$13bn acquisition of rival Starwood Hotels – creating the world’s biggest […]

Read more