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When is a Happy Hour, not a Happy Hour?

The Customer Service Blog

As many readers will already know, when I’m not editing The Customer Service Blog, I also do university lecturing in the disciplines of Marketing, Management and Business Studies. Darren Bugg Editor, The Customer Service Blog You may be used to paying more for a plane ticket or a train journey during peak times.

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How SevenRooms Pivoted To Help Support The Hospitality Industry

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Our CXO Series is a space for leaders across a variety of industries to discuss current challenges and share innovative solutions to drive customer success. SevenRooms is a hospitality platform designed to help operators maximize profits, build customer loyalty, and create truly exceptional guest experiences.

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Is CX Dying? 7 Ways to Save Customer Experience at Your Organization

Beyond Philosophy

Having been in the industry since the beginning, I have seen many changes and in my opinion. They are not the right people to do the job in the first place, they have not had the proper training, or they have no authority and cannot enforce the new way of working. Send people to training courses. So, what is happening?

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Airbnb Gets It. Do You? Learn About The Airbnb Way.

Beyond Philosophy

I find Airbnb fascinating because it is an organization that is disrupting the hospitality industry. Conley asked the question, what were the hospitality skills necessary to go beyond just providing a safe place of lodging to something that created a sense of belonging? I wondered what the secret was to their success.

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Incredible Lessons About Customer Service from Movie Clips

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I know I recently spoke about the importance of reading vs. watching television in my latest blog on the top customer experience books , but let’s not completely underestimate the power of the tube. In this clip from Planes, Trains and Automobiles, he is downright angry, but rightly so. Understanding Industry Benchmarks.

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Exciting New Trend: Companies Do Listen To You!

Beyond Philosophy

When Centerplate, a hospitality company that serves stadiums and ballparks nationwide began looking at data on ballpark attendees , it found that season ticket holders might only go to 17 games out of more than 80 on the schedule. This is an excellent example of an industry paying attention to its customers and giving them what they want.

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Customer Perception: The Complete Guide

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Sometimes, public perception of a whole industry can change — we’ve seen this recently with dairy, cereals, and meat-free alternatives. Hospitality firms (think Disney or Ritz-Carlton) are masters at turning mundane customer service encounters into memorable experiences that nurture customer loyalty.