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Hospitality is a Zero-Disappointment Industry

This week, I’ll be sharing a series of blog posts related to what I learned at the Agilysys Inspire User Conference in Las Vegas, March 18-20, 2024. For openers, I learned that hospitality is a zero-disappointment industry. If a customer engages in 10 experiences and you exceed expectations on nine

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Steve

Strive for Top 5 in product and service quality

Earlier this month I analyzed 27 mid-range hotels in the Orlando market using publicly available data from Tripadvisor. These properties ranged from locations near the airport, convention center, and theme parks. After rating the hotels from best to worst using an approach linked to Bain & Company’s Net Promoter Score

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Steve

An open letter to restaurateurs and servers

Last Saturday night, our family joined my in-laws for dinner out in Parker, Colorado* in celebration of my mother-in-law’s 75th birthday. When my wife made the 6:00pm reservation for eight, she mentioned that it was Dianne’s birthday. Atmosphere When we arrived, we were seated in a portion of the restaurant

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