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Insights 07/10/2024
Loyalty Program Evolution: Adapting to Changing Consumer Behaviors
The loyalty market is rarely stagnant. After all, in a world that’s become increasingly interconnected—with consumers who can make purchases, share brand recommendations, and redeem rewards all from the single tap of a button—consumer expectations for convenience and value grow by the day. So, it’s no surprise that consumer behavior is actively powering the evolution...
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Insights 07/09/2024
The Psychology of Travel: Understanding Customer Motivations and Decision-Making
Proprietary travel industry insights from arrivia reveal that 80% of consumers plan to travel within the year. With a percentage so high, it may leave you wondering what is the secret behind travel customer behavior? What motivates consumers to travel, especially at such a significant rate? The answer boils down to psychology, specifically fundamental human...
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How AI-Powered Travel Planners Can Build Your Dream Vacation
In the past two years, the number of providers integrating travel booking capabilities directly within their platforms has grown from...
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2024 Travel Loyalty Statistics & Trends
The only thing certain about loyalty program trends is that they’re bound to evolve, if not quarterly, then annually. With...
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Navigating Loyalty Program Regulation & Compliance
Consumer data is the bridge that connects brands to members in modern loyalty programs. It guides personalization for offers and...
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Insights 05/31/2024
Expanding Your Loyalty Ecosystem: Strategic Partnerships and Alliances
In business, you’re only as good as the company you keep. For travel, hospitality, and retail groups, the same goes...
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Insights 05/29/2024
Beyond Points: Exploring Creative Rewards in Travel Loyalty Programs
It’s been more than 40 years since American Airlines introduced AAdvantage, one of the world’s first travel loyalty programs for...
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Insights 05/06/2024
White Label Vacation Rental Booking Engine
Move over traditional hotels and resorts; there’s another hospitality leader in town — vacation rentals. Previously constrained to family lake...
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Insights 04/30/2024
Streamlining Customer Experience: The Role of AI Chatbots in Loyalty Programs
It’s no secret that AI-powered chatbots have exploded in popularity recently. Retail chatbots currently engage with more than 600 million...
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Insights 04/26/2024
The Impact of AI Travel Itinerary Planners
Is artificial intelligence (AI) the future of travel planning? The majority of travelers sure think so! More than 60% of...
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Insights 03/22/2024
What the Top Travel Brands Are Predicting for 2024
While today’s top travel brands may not have a crystal ball to prophesize the future, we have enough reliable data...
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Insights 03/12/2024
10 Membership Perks for Customer Engagement
Between rising inflation rates and the ramifications of the pandemic, it’s significantly more expensive to acquire new customers — 222%...
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Insights 03/04/2024
7 Best Loyalty Travel Solutions of 2024
Travel loyalty runs deep in the United States. Of the millions of Americans that belong to a loyalty program, nearly...
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Insights 02/26/2024
What is the Definition of Customer Loyalty?
All too often, business owners and decision-makers view customer loyalty as numbers and percentages, not names and people. Yet, while...
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Insights 02/21/2024
Travelers Will be Considering These 3 Factors When Booking a Trip in 2024
2024 is slated to be a huge year for travel. As per a Forbes Advisor survey of 1,000 Americans, nine...
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Insights 02/09/2024
Determining Loyalty Program ROI
There’s a reason 90% of organizations offer some type of loyalty program, and it’s not because these brands enjoy brainstorming...