Thinking Outside of the Trip: Enhancing the Customer Journey from Start to Finish
July 26th, 2017 | Posted by in Hospitality & Travel - (Comments Off on Thinking Outside of the Trip: Enhancing the Customer Journey from Start to Finish)Customer experience is critical – so critical, in fact, that customers who had the best past customer experiences spend 140% more compared to those who had the poorest past experiences. In the travel industry, customer experience has traditionally focused on only the stay or trip itself; but today, leading organizations are thinking beyond just the in-person touchpoints, to all touchpoints throughout the traveler journey.
Airlines, hotels and cruise lines must think across the four stages of their customer journey: customer awareness, customer acquisition, customer experience, and loyalty and retention. To remain competitive and drive profits, organizations in the travel industry must enhance the traveler experience across each of these dimensions. But how?