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Don’t Let COVID-19 Erode Customer Experience

Modern Restaurant Management

In March, businesses were forced to take a step back and look at their business model to ensure that they were addressing their customer’s health, hygiene and safety concerns. So, what can brands do to address the impacts of COVID-19, while being mindful of the past, present and future of customer experience?

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Is the Customer Always Right?

Modern Restaurant Management

A new study challenging the long-standing mantra “the customer is always right" determined that to better support employee mental health, restaurant operators should have clear policies stating that customers' uncivil behavior will not be tolerated. Unfortunately, people are becoming less civil in everyday encounters.

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Where Is Surge Pricing Headed?

Modern Restaurant Management

"While third-party delivery companies were expected to commoditize food like airline tickets, the opposite happened: people became more attached to their favorite brands. Food is visceral in a way that airline seats aren't. Will customers always be resistant to dynamic pricing at restaurants? Yes, and yes!

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Making the COVID-19 Pandemic Marginally Worse, Airlines Are Banning Alcohol

EATER

A number of airlines, including KLM, Delta and American Airlines are suspending part or all of their alcohol services, in order to minimize the number of interactions between crew and passengers. Some airlines are limiting drink service to water only, according to CNN , or to water and soft drinks. All AM Intel Coverage [E].

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The Experience Paradox

Modern Restaurant Management

“I just don’t understand,” the restaurant owner lamented as we discussed a recent customer incident. On the one hand, consumers are craving unique human experiences with food more than ever before. I call it the “experience paradox.” I call it the “experience paradox.”

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American Airlines Launched an Airplane Wine Club for I Don’t Know Who

EATER

American Airlines has announced the launch of its first-ever at-home wine club anyway, which they’re somehow NOT calling American AirWines. The new at-home experience includes a flexible monthly subscription — three bottles for $99 — as well as a build-your-own-case option, both of which claim to offer high-quality wines at a savings.

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10 Inspirational Hospitality Industry Stories During COVID-19

Social Hospitality: Restaurants

Nevertheless, some brands have demonstrated how to be good to their customers, associates, healthcare providers, and communities during this time. JetBlue and United Airlines: Free Flights for Medical Volunteers. Balboa Bay Resort: Bringing the Experience Home. Hotel Trundle Shares Stories of Happiness.