As success coach Marilyn Suttle once said: “Thank your customer for complaining and mean it. Most will never bother to complain. They’ll just walk away.” It may sound backwards, but you shouldn’t dread a guest vocalizing when they’ve had a negative experience — as long as they’re telling you personally and not the entire internet....Continue Reading
Jan Freitag is the Senior Vice-President of Lodging Insights at hospitality data firm STR. Through his column at Hotel News Now and his many appearances at industry conferences, he offers insights into RevPAR, occupancy rates, and other data-related issues pertaining to hotels. He sat down for a Q&A with us to discuss the data and...Continue Reading
Gamification is the practice of introducing elements of game-playing — such as point scoring, rules of play, and friendly competition — for the purposes of engagement, productivity, and motivation. The term was coined in 2002 by a UK-based computer programmer named Nick Pelling, but it was only in 2010 that it gained widespread attention. It...Continue Reading
Most people believe that as long as guests aren’t complaining, they must be satisfied. This isn’t, however, strictly true. Research from a Huffington Post article shows that only one out of every 26 unhappy guests bothers to voice their concerns about their stay, and, moreover, that 91 percent of those who want to complain...Continue Reading
Thoughts from Future Hotel Leaders at Cornell University Earlier this year, I had the immense privilege of visiting Ithaca, NY, to be a guest lecturer at the prestigious Cornell School of Hotel Administration. I was invited by Dr. Rohit Verma, a professor and the Dean for External Relations at Cornell College of Business. He is...Continue Reading
Lawrence Horwitz is the Executive Director of Historic Hotels of America and Historic Hotels Worldwide, both official programs of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. With more than six years of experience leading the Historic Hotels organization, he offers his unique perspectives on what makes its more than 500 historic hotels in 28 countries special,...Continue Reading
Communication with your guests is important, but communication between members of your staff is equally necessary. In the daily hustle and bustle of hotel and restaurant management, it can be a challenge to keep everyone on the same page and apprised of what’s going on from hour to hour. Thankfully, Loop’s internal notes feature makes...Continue Reading
Since joining Preferred Hotels & Resorts in 2004, Lindsey Ueberroth, the President and CEO, has been integral in shaping the company’s image as an iconic global hospitality brand. She sat down to talk to Benbria about the company’s recent rebranding, the evolution of technology in luxury travel, and her tips for offering guests an exceptional...Continue Reading
The generational gap is a very real phenomenon in the travel and hospitality industries. Just as members of each generation approach their day-to-day lives in their own unique ways, so, too, do they approach the travel experience. In some cases, they are as different as night and day; in others, they are surprisingly similar....Continue Reading
Do you use any of the following methods to solicit guest feedback? Check-out comment cards; Emails or forms; Post-stay surveys; Social listening. If so, you may want to rethink your feedback gathering strategy. There is nothing inherently wrong with these approaches — after all, they do often provide hoteliers with the information they need to...Continue Reading
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