hotel guest experience
The Problem Didn’t Start When Your Customer Told You About It
Shep Hyken | March 18, 2020
By Shep Hyken The phone rings. A customer service representative answers the phone and hears about a problem a customer is having. It may be the first time the company hears about this particular problem, but it isn’t when the problem occurred. It occurred before the customer called. The big question is… how long before the customer called did the problem occur? Maybe it happened two minutes ago—or maybe it was two days ago. Regardless, the customer called at that moment and the customer service rep has no idea, unless they ask, when the problem occurred. This gap in time is out of the company’s control—it is the customer’s ...
The Future of Technology, Content and the Hotel Guest Experience
Nikolay Malyarov | March 8, 2018
By Nikolay Malyarov To address one of the strategic priorities of the guest experience — access to quality content (e.g. newspapers and magazines) — PressReader partnered with Forbes Travel Guide to survey executives of hotels from around the world to gain insights into their plans for the future. Here are some of the highlights: According to Ben Peacock, founder of the sustainability and innovation company Republic of Everyone, millennials prioritize purpose and sustainability over financial rewards, "if companies fail to prove that they are sincere about environmental and social sustainability, they risk alienating th...
