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Browsing Archive: April, 2012

30% on the brink of gaining Advocacy

Posted by David McHattie on Monday, April 30, 2012, In : Customer Service 

Only 13% of hospitality businesses are delivering experiences that cause guests to recommend and act as advocates but the latest insight offers hope for a further 30%.

While:

  • Net Promoter research proves that 90% is the target score
  • 87% of businesses are not delivering experiences worthy of recommendation
  • 34% of businesses scored less than 60% - a level of dissatisfaction causing those guests to act as detractors - sharing the negative experience with friends and colleagues

The good news; a...


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Beware Robotic Service

Posted by David McHattie on Friday, April 27, 2012, In : Customer Service 
While the laying down of processes and systems is essential be clear why you are doing so.
You are doing so to stage the opportunities for team members to interact with and engage guests! Not because these are what the guests came for!
The steps you outline are choreographed opportunities to sell the experience.

But Beware…..
In identifying the customer service steps that will best service guests it is important to bear in mind that the delivery of the process can be easily ruined by scriptin...

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7 Tips for Improving Guest Experiences

Posted by David McHattie on Thursday, April 26, 2012, In : Customer Service 

Hospitality Sector Benchmark rises to 75.42%


Hospitality businesses are in the business of delivering experiences, they are not in the beer, bed, burger or pizza business, these just happen to be products they offer. It is the emotional connection that is made with guests that causes them to become fans and provides competitive advantage. Delivering food, drink and / or accommodation to the standards demanded by guests in a clean and safe environment are simply minimum requirements.

Our rese...


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13% are Sector Assassins!

Posted by David McHattie on Thursday, April 26, 2012, In : Customer Service 
Part 1 of the our NEW Research Report is available today and reveals the true state of "The Customer Experience in the Hospitality Industry":
Some of the headlines include:
  • The Hospitality Sector Benchmark is 75.42% - 14.58% below the 90% target level.
  • 13% of businesses act as sector assassins - creating “hospitality detractors”
  • 34% of all experiences diminish future sales!
  • 30% of businesses have competitive advantage within their grasp. 
  • Personality is the weakest performing area for the H...

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7 Reasons The Wheels Fall Off

Posted by David McHattie on Tuesday, April 24, 2012, In : Customer Service 
During sessions with many operators and in my own personal experiences it is fair to say: "All too often the wheels fall off when its busy."
Indeed I remember our first Mothering Sunday at The White Hart - the first of what became 200+ Vintage Inns. Late at night my wife and I sat down in front of the fire; bruised and battered after a tortuous day; and declared "it can never be like that again!"
The wheels had fallen off - the guests had not had the experience we had wanted to provide and th...

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Complaints are an Opportunity

Posted by David McHattie on Wednesday, April 18, 2012, In : Customer Service 
Based on my personal experience as a guest and an operator, as well as having sight of 000's of mystery guest reports it seems clear to me that the approach to complaints needs to change.
I believe the problem lies is in the base assumption of the team which is compounded by managements mistrust of the team.

The prevalent assumption or starting point when a complaint rears its ugly head often seems to be along the lines...
OMG - another guest moaning. We did not get that wrong! Fixing this is go...

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Over critical and a pain in the.....

Posted by David McHattie on Wednesday, April 11, 2012, In : Customer Service 
When was the last time you reviewed the experience in one of your businesses as a guest rather than as an infatuated owner or a super critical operator?
Operators are typically the latter and I know my wife and children have said to me on more than one occasion:
"Can you just be quiet please - we are having a really nice time - apart from you and criticisms"
I also know as a result I am never allowed to sit facing the action.
That's my penalty for failing to simply be a guest and focus on my ex...

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