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Chapter 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Arrival | the action or process of arriving. |
| Assurance | a positive declaration intended to give confidence; a promise. |
| Customer lifetime value (CLV) | the total revenue or profit a business expects to earn from a single customer over the entire duration of their relationship. |
| Customer orientation | a business philosophy where the company prioritizes understanding and meeting the needs of its customers in all decisions and activities. |
| Customer relationship management (CRM) | a technology and strategy for managing all a company's interactions with current and potential customers to improve relationships, enhance customer service, and drive sales. |
| Departure | the action of leaving, especially to start a journey. |
| Empathy | the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. |
| Guest Cycle | a model used in the hospitality industry that describes the complete sequence of interactions and experiences a guest has with a hotel. |
| Loyalty programs | a marketing strategy that rewards customers for repeat business with incentives like points, discounts, or exclusive offers. |
| Moment of truth | a time when a person or thing is tested, a decision has to be made, or a crisis has to be faced. |
| Occupancy | the action or fact of occupying a place. |
| Pre-Arrival | any activity or process that occurs before a physical arrival. |
| Reliability | the quality of being trustworthy or of performing consistently well. |
| Responsiveness | the quality of reacting quickly and positively. |
| Service recovery | the process a business uses to address and fix a problem with a dissatisfied customer to turn a negative experience into a positive one, potentially leading to increased loyalty. |
| SERVQUAL | a service quality assessment tool that measures the gap between a customer's expectations and their perception of the actual service delivered. |
| Tangibility | the quality of being perceptible by the sense of touch, or being a physical, concrete thing that can be touched or felt. |
| Total quality (TQ) | a management approach focused on improving the performance of an organization through continuous improvement involving all employees. |
| Total quality management (TQM) | a management approach focused on long-term success through customer satisfaction, which is achieved by involving all members of an organization in improving processes, products, and services. |