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Note from the Series Editor |
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Acknowledgements |
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Introduction |
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1 What Is Customer Satisfaction? |
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1.0 Defining Customer Satisfaction |
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1.1 The Dangers of Overselling and Underselling |
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1.3 Total Quality Management |
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1.4 Service Quality Management (SERVQUAL) |
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1.5 Customer Balanced Scorecard |
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2 Why Is Customer Satisfaction Important? |
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2.0 The Value of Reputation |
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2.1 The Cost of Not Achieving Customer Satisfaction |
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3.0 Knowing Your Competition |
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3.1 Knowing Your Target Market |
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3.2 Personalising Your Offer |
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3.3 Customer Relationship Management |
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4 Know Your Promise to the Customer |
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4.0 Is the Customer Always Right? |
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4.1 What Can You Deliver? |
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4.2 Setting Customer Expectations |
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4.3 Customer Perception of Hotels |
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4.3.2 Hotel Marketing Consortia |
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4.3.4 Online Review Sites/OTAs/Online Booking Sites |
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4.3.5 Hotel Accreditation |
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4.4.1 Setting Event Objectives |
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5.0 Confirming the Promise with Contracts |
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6 Improving Customer Loyalty |
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98 | (3) |
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6.3.1 Underperforming Staff |
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6.4 The Communication Process |
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6.4.1 Effective Communication |
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6.4.2 Hotel Interdepartmental Communication |
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6.4.3 Hotel Interdepartmental Consistency of Performance |
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6.4.4 Event Interdepartmental Communication |
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6.4.5 Departmental Communication |
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7 Dealing with Complaints |
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7.0 Why Customers Complain |
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7.1 Legislation of Complaints |
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7.3 Transactional Analysis - A Psychological Technique to Deal with Difficult Customers |
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7.4 Handling Legitimate Complaints |
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7.5 The Eight-Step Method to Dealing with Complaints |
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7.7 Negotiating a Resolution |
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7.8 Possible Complaint Outcomes |
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7.9 Case Study Examples of Actual Complaints from the Event Industry |
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7.9.1 Case Study 1 - Uncooked Chicken Served at a Wedding |
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7.9.2 Case Study 2 - Steak Preferences at a Conference |
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8 Empowering Staff to Resolve Customer Service Issues |
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8.1 The Benefits for Staff |
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8.2 The Benefits for Management |
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8.3 The Benefits for Customers |
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8.4 The Benefits for the Business |
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8.5 Servant Leadership to Increase Employee and Customer Satisfaction |
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8.5.1 Servant Leadership - Employee Satisfaction |
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8.5.2 Servant Leadership - Customer Satisfaction |
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8.5.3 The Service-Profit Chain |
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9 The Importance of Reflection |
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9.0 The Benefit of Reflection |
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9.1 Reflecting in the Customer Perspective |
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9.2 Well, Would You Complain? |
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Index |
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