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Hotel Loyalty Program
There’s no question that guest loyalty is still important to the health of hospitality brands in 2017. One might argue that it’s more important than ever, now that travelers can base their booking decisions on the millions of reviews that populate TripAdvisor and choose alternate accommodation models such as Airbnb. But what does loyalty mean,...
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Business Messaging Inbox
In the past few months — perhaps even years — much has been made of Airbnb’s impact on the hospitality industry. Between 2010 and 2015, the number of travelers who stayed with an Airbnb host grew from 47,000 to 17 million per year. And in 2016, CEO Brian Chesky announced Airbnb’s new Experiences feature, which...
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High-Touch Service
The AAA defines a luxury hotel as having “sophistication and comfort with extraordinary physical attributes, meticulous personalized service, extensive amenities and impeccable standards of excellence.” Guests who stay at these hotels expect to be treated like royalty; after all, they’re paying for impeccable service, delivered by an attentive and caring hotel employee. So you may...
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Post-Stay Messaging
In a previous post, we covered how pre-stay messaging is essential to winning guest loyalty and ensuring repeat stays. Just as the guest journey begins before they even arrive on the property, it continues to evolve after they’ve left. Many guests will want to write a review about the hotel they’ve just stayed at; others...
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Hospitality Technology
Deploying new technology in a hospitality setting is a huge step; in many cases, it requires vast amounts of capital to implement and an additional time investment for training and education. But in a day and age where guests expect convenience and familiarity, hotels and restaurants often do not have a choice but to invest...
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Hotel Messaging
For a few years now, hospitality thought leaders have predicted that mobile technology will play a central role in how hospitality brands interact with their guests. They’ve championed mobile check-in as part of the inevitable transformation of the hotel lobby. They’ve pointed to mobile apps as the new frontier of travel booking. And they’ve indicated...
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Gray Shealy
Gray Shealy is the Director of Hospitality Management at Georgetown University. Formerly an executive at Starwood Hotels, Shealy brings his wealth of experience to the classroom as he guides the hoteliers of tomorrow in their future careers. He sat down to talk to us about his transition into academia and his predictions for hospitality in...
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Woman using mobile phone and pulling her suitcase in a hotel lobby. Female business traveler walking in hotel hallway.
In an age where disruptors are forcing traditional brands in the hospitality industry to re-think how they attract and retain business, hoteliers must be innovative in engaging their guests. Gone are the days when hotels could attract guests simply by being the best in the neighborhood. Gone are the days when they could get guests...
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Mobile guest engagement helps hotels build strong bonds with mobile-social Millennials and Gen Xers What do Millennials and Gen Xers want from the hospitality sector? And how will hotel operators deliver it? A closer look at new guest engagement trends and mobile guest engagement technologies reveals new ways to increase bookings and capture market share...
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