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4 Resiliency Skills that Hoteliers Need Right Now
By Eileen McDargh, Chief Energy Officer, The Resiliency Group
This article provides a different perspective on resiliency and why it is critical in these 24-7, constantly changing times. Discover four resiliency skills and what it will take for leaders to begin to cultivate them in themselves and their organization. Discover the danger of arrogance in leaders and how it can kill organizational resiliency. Lastly, consider the role of purpose and legacy as a foundation for attracting and keeping both employees and customers. Remember, resiliency is a life skill-not just a skill for times of chaos.
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Getting Smart: New Tech Provides Conveniences for Guests, But What are the Risks?
By John Welty, Practice Leader, SUITELIFE, Venture Insurance Programs
Those who don't have an Amazon Alexa or similar smart device in their homes likely know family or friends who do. These new smart speakers and their Google and Apple counterparts are quickly becoming a part of daily routines as many go to their smart speakers first to check the weather, set alarms or play their favorite songs. Now, hotels are adopting this and other new technologies to help guests stay connected through the technology they have become accustomed to at home. Although providing this new level of service can be a win-win for many hotel owners and operators, hotels who implement this new technology could be increasing their exposures to new risks.
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DAILY HEADLINES - Thursday Mar 8, 2018 |
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Globalization to Personalization: Your Hotel's ABCs
By Bonnie Knutson, Professor, The School of Hospitality Business/MSU
To really appreciate our guests' requisite for personalization we can go back to Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs that we learned in school. Maslow taught us that people are motivated to achieve certain needs; when one is fulfilled, they move on to the next one. By definition, a hotel satisfies the first two levels of physiological and safety needs. It provides shelter, water, in many cases food, and of course a safe place for guests to stay. The third level includes guests having a sense of belonging and acceptance, of being part of something special. But it is Maslow's fourth level where this personalization trend really kicks in. He called it Esteem and loosely defined it as our desire to be valued by others and to be recognized as an individual person. In this article, you'll find the ABCs of moving your marketing strategy from globalization to personalization.
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Guest Mobility as a Key to Hotel Success
By Adam Gillespie, Founder, BroadView IP
Hotel properties have suffered from a dramatic loss in guest service revenues starting with the in-room telephone, high costs for low rates of bandwidth to dwindling pay-tv take rates. Device mobility has allowed for guests to continue to circumnavigate the ways hotels can charge for sponsored technology services using everyday applications such as Skype, personal Wi-Fi hotspots and entertainment services such as Netflix and Hulu. This is leaving hotels scrambling to find superior ways to introduce new applications that can capture the guests' attention and accelerate immediate purchase decisions.
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Social Customer Service is No Longer an Option
By DJ Vallauri, Founder and CEO, Lodging Interactive
People are used to being treated like crap. Have I gotten your attention? Let me explain further. We all "get" social media and understand how powerful platforms like Facebook, Twitter and others are vital in both building customer loyalty and engaging customers. With this in mind, hoteliers have come to understand that social media marketing is not free. While setting up accounts and pages on the social media networks are free, in order for the hotel's branding and visibility to benefit, it requires constant attention which costs money as it relates to hiring people to leverage the social media networks.
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Eco-Friendly Practices: Corporate Social Responsibility |
The hotel industry has
undertaken a long-term effort to build more responsible and socially conscious
businesses. What began with small efforts to reduce waste - such as paperless
checkouts and refillable soap dispensers - has evolved into an international
movement toward implementing sustainable development practices. In addition to
establishing themselves as good corporate citizens, adopting eco-friendly
practices is sound business for hotels. According to a recent report from
Deloitte, 95% of business travelers believe the hotel industry should be
undertaking “green” initiatives, and Millennials are twice as likely to support
brands with strong management of environmental and social issues. Given these
conclusions, hotels are continuing to innovate in the areas of environmental
sustainability. For example, one leading hotel chain has designed special
elevators that collect kinetic energy from the moving lift and in the process,
they have reduced their energy consumption by 50% over conventional elevators. Also, they
installed an advanced air conditioning system which employs a magnetic
mechanical system that makes them more energy efficient. Other hotels are
installing Intelligent Building Systems which monitor and control temperatures
in rooms, common areas and swimming pools, as well as ventilation and cold
water systems. Some hotels are installing Electric Vehicle charging stations,
planting rooftop gardens, implementing stringent recycling programs, and
insisting on the use of biodegradable materials. Another trend is the creation
of Green Teams within a hotel's operation that are tasked to implement
earth-friendly practices and manage budgets for green projects. Some hotels
have even gone so far as to curtail or eliminate room service, believing that
keeping the kitchen open 24/7 isn't terribly sustainable. The May issue of the
Hotel Business Review will document what some hotels are doing to integrate
sustainable practices into their operations and how they are benefiting from
them.
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Guest Service: A Culture of YES
